As we cry out to God to fix our broken world, communities, and systems, we can slip into the trap of starting to see people not as fellow image bearers, but as the opinions their group espouses.
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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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Like a scratched record album, her life is stuck on “repeat” and can only move forward when the needle is bumped, and we remind her of the events of the past.
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I get my news mostly from social media, Facebook in particular. As we head into the U.S. elections, how do I know whom to trust?
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In its simplest form, our classification puts human beings into two categories: friend and foe.
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In Jesus, the “not yet” breaks into the “now” as we share in his resurrection and life abundant.
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Did you know that there are more than 7,500 kinds of apples grown around the world?
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This is a danger for people of all political stripes, from conservatives to progressives, from anarchists to conspiracy theorists.
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In the past, The Banner used to have an entire page of reader-submitted jokes.
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I am left with a feeling of great discomfort when I think of the awkwardness of that moment, his inability to read my cues, my inability to tell him no.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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As a member of the LGBT+ community, I am no stranger to division within the world and within the church.
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Some of my Christian friends give large sums of money to political candidates and causes.
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Everything seems so clear now.
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Cavernous divides between people groups are not unique to our modern plight.
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양측 진영은 모두 자신들이 느끼는 모욕과 홀대에 부글부글 끓는 분노를 품고 있습니다. 그리고 모두 다양한 방식으로 상대측에 벌을 주고 싶어하는 것처럼 보입니다.
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Would we have the gospel of Mark were it not for Barnabas? Had Barnabas not encouraged the lad and taken him on his own missionary journey, Mark might have disappeared into obscurity.
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Opinion: It underestimates the breadth and depth of racism to focus largely on white racism and hammer away at white guilt.
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Alcohol induced loneliness, despair, and depression, which had become unbearable, and I became aware of my dark thoughts of suicide.
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You will sense the Holy Spirit’s nudging inside your heart and soul.
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We fought to swallow the lumps in our throat, and we blinked away the tears. Then we said goodbye.
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The Christian community wonders why teenagers are not interested in Christianity—why I don’t want to be associated with the name.
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In the act of putting on some characteristic garment, you share strengths, experiences, understanding, and love. … Masks are a big deal because all clothes mold us and mediate between us.
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If we relegate the healing ministry of Jesus to the New Testament alone, then how can we say that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever?
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I wonder what I would have done if I was in Ebed-Melech’s place. Would I have acted courageously? Or would I have remained silent?