The Banner

See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.

The wounds inflicted will take years to heal, and some might never fully recover.

People often say that we should read the Bible to know what God is saying. How do we read the Bible to make decisions that don’t necessarily have a moral answer?

Read the third-place essay from this year’s Young Adult Writing Contest: “Plastic walking sticks and hushed pilgrims poke through the gap where the hermitage’s rock melts into the hillside….”

Read the honorable mention essay from this year’s Young Adult Writing Contest: “Yellowstone and its surrounding towns experienced catastrophic flooding this summer, washing away roads, houses, and any hopes of a normal season funded by tourism.”

Citing hopes to better serve congregations, break down “ministry silos,” and reduce overall financial costs, the Christian Reformed Church is reorganizing staff of race relations, diversity, chaplaincy, disability concerns, faith formation, pastor church resources, safe church, social justice, and worship ministries into cross-ministry teams.

A faithful pastor in the Christian Reformed Church for almost 60 years, Ken Havert touched the lives of many people with his genuine kindness. He died August 4 at age 89.

Through colorful illustrations and rhythmic rhymes, your child will see what compassion looks like and how to emulate it.

This multiple Emmy-nominated dark comedy is about an extremely rich family that owns a large media company.

New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to the California frontier in this sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette.

It strikes me that church picnics and potlucks are much like the church itself. The CRC is one denomination, but within it there are many flavors of congregations.

The CRCNA wants churches to be places that not only prevent abuse but also support the healing of those who have been affected by it.

A husband and wife talk movies in an entertaining podcast.

This study explores some implications for the connection between believers' baptism, infant baptism, baby dedication, and Christian unity, particularly among evangelicals.

I witnessed that spirit of censure and distrust during debates on the floor of synod.

The birds who have happily feasted on the surplus of bugs and abundance of space found in the North begin to think about making the long flight back to their wintering grounds.

I have changed my mind about rapture theology. Reformed theology does not support it.

My thankfulness revolves around small and big things.

The association’s report “Loving the Least of These: Addressing a Changing Environment” lays out the biblical basis for environmental activism.

ThereforeGo Ministries’ annual SERVE had about half of pre-pandemic attendees but many first-time participants in their 2022 return to youth mission trips.

The only crown of victory ever offered to the Christian is that of martyrdom. We were never called to win, only to testify.

HALO takes place in the universe that first came to be in the Xbox® game, dramatizing the epic conflict between humanity and an alien threat.

When Evan’s draft number is called up for the Vietnam War, his Amish family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their belief in non-resistance.