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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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“When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious,
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The change was slow at first, almost imperceptible. Small and surmountable things showed up, but no one could quite put their finger on what those things were.
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Many of us have spent a lot of time at home this year: working from home, learning from home, and just plain staying home.
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I feel that Christians have not reflected deeply enough on the radical significance of the story of the “wise men.”
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As I reflect on my childhood experience with gifts at Christmas time, or thinking about how my people love to give gifts to their family and friends, or when I reflect on the Christmas story in the Gospel of Luke, it all reminds me of Jesus.
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Too often we confuse God’s calling for our lives with a paid vocation.
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Is it permissible to watch movies as worship?
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Sitting under a cloudless sky with an afternoon sun baking my skull and turning my balding head bright red didn’t sound like anything I wanted to do.
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I had laid the foundation as soon as the frost was out of the ground and was framing the walls when Gloria was diagnosed with signet cell carcinoma, an aggressive appendix cancer.
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The word ‘meme’ itself was coined in 1976.
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So many books, so little time, right? How do we narrow it down?
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What we see in Jesus’ truthing is the embodiment—the flesh and blood expression—of God’s love.
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This Canaanite intuits that Jesus gives spiritual bread. She is not too proud to beg.
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What do you think about “regifting”—giving someone else a gift that you had previously received yourself as a gift?
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In an event-orientated approach, I focus on the quality of the event, not the agenda with all its timetables and often unrealistic expectations.
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지금은 박해받는 기독교인을 기억하고 존중하며 기도해야 할 때입니다.
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I am touched when I see teenagers raising their hands in contemporary worship, singing at the top of their voices, with tears flowing down their cheeks.
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Can someone who is divorced and remarried serve as an elder?
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It’s a time to remember, honor, and pray for persecuted Christians.
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How out of place this broken tree was, how odd that the owners of the garden—known for their skill—hadn’t removed it. It seemed almost a disservice to their handiwork, a marring of their reputation to have left this hollow shell where it stood.
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My father thinks it’s God-ordained, but my mother disagrees. Who is right?