The electricity has to come from somewhere, and power plants emit carbon. Am I really being a better steward buying an electric vehicle than an efficient gas-powered vehicle?
Big Questions
Our panel of contributors replies to questions from readers on topics like these: ethics, relationships, missional living, faith formation, vocation/calling, digital life, church/Bible/doctrine, and stewardship. Got a question you’d like answered?
My next-door neighbor and I are both moms in our 30s with kids close in age. I’ve tried to form a friendship with her, but she is not interested even in casually chatting. I am disappointed. What should I do?
Our society’s growing understanding of the significance of community seems to resonate with Scripture and God’s desire for God’s world.
We must first remember that what is done with the bodies of Christians doesn’t decide their everlasting destiny.
Doesn’t God grant us faith by grace? Why do we need to “form” faith?
As a boomer (born between 1946 and 1964), perhaps I’m a lost cause when it comes to changing my bad habits online, but what about our kids and grandkids? Is there anything we can do?
1 Corinthians 4 says that we are “stewards of the mysteries of God.” What did the apostle Paul mean by that phrase? How can one “steward a mystery”?
Issues some people regard as political are what others regard as core kingdom-of-God issues that must be engaged.
Isn’t getting a job enough? Do I really need to have a career or a vocation?
Should Christians receive a vaccine that uses aborted fetal cells in its production?
Jesus tells us to proclaim that “the kingdom of God has come near,” but what does that really mean?
I’ve reached the third third of my life. What does faith formation look like after a life of going to church and being serious about my faith?
What is gaslighting, and how do we respond to people who gaslight us?
We want to put up a clothesline to dry our clothes outside in warm weather so we don’t have to waste gas or electricity using a dryer. However, our housing subdivision prohibits clotheslines. What do we do?
How many categories of members do we have in the CRC? What should councils do about members who disappear?
I’m not sure what I ought to be doing next. Why does deciding this feel so hard?
I sometimes find myself scrolling mindlessly through my social media accounts. I think that’s a problem. Would you agree?
Discipleship is not merely about endorsing a set of propositions or confessional statements.
U.S. law generally allows for the ownership of firearms for purposes of self-defense (much less so in Canada). Whether we as Christians should exercise that right is a harder question.
My siblings and I can’t seem to agree on end-of-life decisions for our parents, and they do not have a living will. How do we find consensus, if not agreement?
My church expects parents to help in children’s worship once a month. Is that necessary? What do we gain and what do we lose?
If people have talents in music, writing, hospitality, technology, or some other area that could benefit the church community, do they have an obligation to do so?
To help you decide, ask how this position might allow you to love God and love your neighbor.
Does the Christian Reformed Church recommend that when a pastor of long-standing service in her or his congregation retires, that she or he mentor the incoming pastor for a period of time?