Images flooded my mind. Each of those relationships has affected his outlook on life and what it means to live out his faith.
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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I’ve just finished riding all the roller coasters at Canada’s Wonderland. All seventeen.
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Even a few months ago, predicting the rise of drive-in churches was laughable.
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Work has moved online for most who are still working. Social distancing and the “stay-at-home” order isolates us, making us feel out of touch and socially disconnected.
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These 2005 guidelines also note that The Banner needs to “be easily read” yet “be challenging” and be consistently of high quality.
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우리를 의의 길로 인도하시는 하나님은 어둠의 골짜기를 다닐 때에도 우리를 인도하십니다.
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I am a risk, not a certainty. If the coronavirus comes for me, the doctors could use their point system to give a ventilator to someone else instead.
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Of course, I am only human, and while there are many times where I am glad to hand over the reins to God, sometimes fear and anxiety creep their way back in.
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As Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us more than 50 years ago, “a riot is the language of the unheard.”
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Our server seemed disconnected and quite uninterested in doing her job.
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It was a day that would be etched forever in my memory and would change how I view life.
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As our communities begin to think about the gradual reopening of other businesses, parks, and services, it is important that church leaders also carefully consider what your congregation will do as these restrictions are lifted.
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The fight, flight, or freeze reflex may kick in when people of conscience see or hear about the latest incident of Black death.
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The Banner is the official magazine of the ҵ, but it is neither the CRC’s megaphone nor its independent critic.
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Abraham Kuiper warned that “if social developments continue to follow the present course, life on earth will become less and less a heaven and more and more a hell.”
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A coincidence? I’m thinking not. I’m going to guess an algorithm got yesterday’s story almost right, but not quite.
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When contagion emptied the cathedral, people painted Mary and Jesus huddled in alcoves and on the walls of streets hardly more than alleys. Prayer continued there.
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Psalm 109:6 essentially reads, “Condemn my enemies, and may all the devils of hell welcome them with open arms.”
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Being stuck at home these past months because of the pandemic, I’ve found myself falling into a slower pace.
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Is it possible for two people who hold different views on an issue to sit beside each other in church and be in unity?
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I am in a period of huge transition in my life right now. How do I make sure I navigate my decisions and direction-setting well?