Fifteen years after women were first allowed to serve as ministers of the Word and sacraments in the Christian Reformed Church, approx
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Global Warning(s)
The science behind climate changeREAD MORETwenty minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the alarm “Iceberg right ahead!” echoed across the Titanic. The
Best Youth Ministry Ever!
Your ministry can thrive if you remember you’re ministering with nomads, not settlers.READ MOREI honestly think that this past year in youth ministry has been the best ever. My wife, Aileen, laughed when she heard me say that.
How Should We Read the Bible?
. . . especially when science and faith collideREAD MOREWhen considering science and biblical interpretation, perhaps it’s better to think of an artist’s brush, rather than a camera.
Trick or Treat?
Our Halloween dilemmaREAD MOREIn 21st-century North America, you don’t need a calendar to tell what time of year it is—just look at the seasonal merchan
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A Daughter’s Thoughts
These are my thoughts. I find no satisfaction in life.
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Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X three years after he posted his 95 theses on a church door and subsequently showed no r
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Secular education is not inherently hostile to Christianity.
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I enter the 19th-century castle that houses France’s largest Protestant Christian school.
Evangelism for Everyone
All you need is a willingness to listen.READ MOREHe came to the service to see his niece get baptized, but God had other plans.
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Korean women delve into God’s Word while learning English.
Supporting Public Education
The existence of Christian schools has consequences for public schools.READ MOREIn his Banner article last August, James K.A.
What if IT Happens in Your Church?
Is your congregation or classis prepared to minister to victims of sexual abuse?READ MOREWhat if abuse happens in your church?
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A short list of needful truths most pastors would like to see you work into your life.
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“Come, follow me.” Those words inspire every disciple of Christ in general and everyone who aspires to vocational ministry
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We know we’re supposed to “speak the truth in love,” but we don’t always know how to go about that.
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Army Chaplain (Col.) Herm Keizer was at the Pentagon on 9-11.
The Gospel Amid Yanks and Canucks
Considering the challenges of our cultural contextsREAD MORESo which do you prefer, living in Canada or the United States?
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In the November 2010 Banner, Rev.
A Call from the CRC’s Young Adults
Their diagnosis of the disconnect they feel with the denominationREAD MOREThe carpet of the old church floor dug into my knees.
Mash’Allah: Whatever the Will of God
Islam in the context of its desert homeREAD MOREWhen my wife and I arrived in Kuwait a few years ago, we thought we’d brought with us an informed perspective on the Middle East
Jihad: What Does the Qur’an Really Say?
Putting our questions directly to a Muslim scholarREAD MOREZacharia al Khatib was studying at the University of Alberta while Tom Oosterhuis was the Christian Reformed chaplain there. Afte
Our Fundamental Identity
An adoptive father and a daughter of Chinese immigrants reflect on the significance of baptism.READ MOREAbout two years ago, while driving to a preaching engagement in a Christian Reformed congregation that had invited me for the first time