eople are big! Jesus healed a blind man who, upon opening his eyes, said he saw people as trees walking (Mark 8:24).
Columns
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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Have a Heart
Make a fist with your right hand and look at it. Your heart‘s about that size.
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Fast from discontent.
Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger.
Feast on patience.
Fast from worry.
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Bible
Q How can the Old Testament God who helps the Israelites destroy their enemies be t
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Harry Potter
The cover and article concerning Harry Potter (“Harry Potter and the Way of Jesus”) in the January Banne
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Thank you so much for “Pastoral Calls That Matter,” by Rev. Louis Tamminga (November 2007).
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One Sunday morning years ago I walked beside a less-than-mobile elderly lady toward the front steps of a Christian Reformed church.
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How do we keep love from petrifying into law?
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What’s on the minds of the next generation of Reformed Christians?
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The walrus said to the oysters, “The time has come to talk of many things: of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax &mdas
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There are lots of wonderful things to see in our world. But which ones are the most amazing of all?
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Relationships
Q. Our daughter and her boyfriend are living together.
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When I was a child about 5 years old, I would go to my grandfather’s small Baptist church.
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One evening after GEMS (girls’ club) I chatted with a counselor and two mothers, while one of their daughters waited nearby.
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The Banner invites letters in response to articles that have appeared in this magazine.
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I like the Banner editor’s list of hopes for the future of the Christian Reformed Church a
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Blog with Me
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There are only so many times you want to tell yourself a blatant lie. There are only so many times you want to fall for such a lie.
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Baptized in a Violent World
A Christian response to violence should involve not just undiscerning peace and mercy, but should inc
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Away in a Manger
The kitchen sink, the dog’s bowl, and the milk jug are all necessary things but not ones to inspire great
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Like a fly on a wall, I too can eavesdrop. I overhear because I am overlooked. Like God. Sometimes I get an earful.
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In 1866 German immigrants founded a Christian Reformed congregation among the fertile fields of northern Illinois, 25 miles west of Rockf
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Finance
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