Recently I had the privilege of turning over my work in Niger to my Nigerien counterpart, Harouna Issaka.
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Raising the MySpace Generation
Our Kids have become the media, yet they’re still just as vulnerable as everWhen I was a kid lying on our shag carpet, watching “The Brady Bunch” or “The Flintstones,” the world of media wa
Seeing the Face of God
What My Muslim Father Taught Me About Christ in the name of God the MercifulGrowing up, I cannot recall a time I got into a car with my father that he didn’t recite this short prayer in Arabic before departi
Are We Wrong About Racism?
Expanding our understandingI believe Satan has done a superb job of deceiving many well-meaning Christians, even Christian leaders.
Correcting a Structural Heresy
Ministers aren’t supposed to be the only ones providing pastoral care.“When I’m sick, especially on my death bed, I want my minister, not the elder, to visit and pray with me,” said my moth
Make no mistake, what we believe about the Bible is important—not as important as believing what is in it, but still crucial to our
Brad’s father regularly offered him advice. Often Brad appreciated it. His dad had helpful insights into a variety of matters.
Is God Responsible?
Whom do we blame when bad things happen?Recently I heard a christian friend talking about the tragic death of her sister.
An Impossible Dream?
Team Ministry can work well, as two longtime co-pastors attest.Once a year we stand in front of a class of skeptical seniors at Calvin Theological Seminary.
Every believer is a minister.
You don’t have to be contemporary to grow
The emerging church has become the Rorschach test among Christians in this country.
As William Rang lay dying, his grandson was just coming into the world.
Restoring Our First Love
When Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father, he showed his
It’s been three years since the onset of the war in Iraq.
At the beginning of his confessions, Augustine says to God, “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless u
Meandering through the bed of a small creek near my home, most of which was dry, I discovered a microcosmic patch of wetland decay.
Since 1970, April 22 has marked the annual celebration of Earth Day.
The 2006 Academy Award-winning film Crash is one of the most profound and powerful films I’ve ever experienced.
What’s happening in the CRC, and where will it lead us?
OK, so we can’t afford official datafrom a scientificallyac
When people ask whether there was death before the fall, they’re not all asking the same question.
Each year, AIDS kills more people than tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes combined. So why are we IGNORING AN ONGOING HORROR?
In my personal time with the Lord, I’ve been studying about waiting on God.
Occasionally, and often tangentially, I pick up in conversations and in periodicals in the Reformed community the terms general revel