These prayers involve asking, listening, and acting—perhaps not what first comes to mind when we think of the call to pray.
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Many movies depict the strength of knowing one’s identity.
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft was commissioned to explore the outer regions of our solar system.
For years, I was not aware of my control issue—because it was cloaked in spiritual piety.
I received an unexpected letter in the mail in mid-January.
Our children are visual learners, but so much in our worship and church programming is word-based. What's a parent to do?
One unlikely man was instrumental in starting two of our great universities: David Brainerd.
Our children look to us as their example for how to live. Through us, they discern a model for how to live as broken people in a broken world.
I believe God despises how the body of Christ has been divided when the Scriptures have called us to unity.
We are often inclined to judge others about how they deal with their “makeup” simply because they are not made up the way we are.
Belief is a true attachment that fastens believers to their Savior in ways unknown to the human eye.
I’m hearing a lot about the artificially intelligent ChatGPT these days. Should I pay attention?
See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
A lot of the criticism seems to stem from a suspicion of emotions and spiritual experience.
A Nashville pastor contemplates the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting.
There are important context clues to help us understand this phrase.
I felt immediately at home there.
Peter responds with encouragement to be clear—to ourselves and to others—how our countercultural lifestyle is part of God’s worldwide redemptive mission.
My job feels as if it has become my whole life. As much as I love it, I don’t think it’s healthy for me to check my messages constantly or work whenever I have a free moment. How do I break the pattern I’ve fallen into?
Think of your favorite breakfast, lunch, or dinner food. What does it taste like? What makes it so yummy? Chances are your favorite meal is made with herbs and spices!
In order to find the light, we must be willing to enter the darkness.
It’s difficult to give up one’s own desires—to be broken, in a way, for others—even when it means you take part in a divine miracle.
Can a couple get married in the eyes of the church but not in the eyes of the state if they have financial or family concerns about a legal marriage?
Jesus’ way is the opposite of our natural inclination to be self-serving.