We often view receiving gifts—especially of assistance, necessities or financial help—as signs of weakness.

The only way back to Eden was through death.

Jesus not only brought us peace with God, but gives us the peace of God in our hearts.

Several news stories, a few of our Cross Examination columns, three features, and an As I Was Saying blog post captured the most attention in The Banner’s web-published articles this year.

It’s difficult, when we want to create an atmosphere of trust and good will, to recognize that we also need to be aware of the ways that sin can lurk unseen among us.

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It’s almost as if God had ordained this table for me—which, I would later come to learn through my systematic theology course, he did.

As long as these eggs are kept at room temperature, they don't begin to develop.

Who goes to synod as voting delegates? What change did Synod 2023 adopt?

“I shouldn’t be here…” For the last three-plus years, this phrase has reverberated in my head more than once.

Disgruntled already about the annual hoopla surrounding the birth of the Savior, Santa really did it. This was simply outrageous.

When my mentor suggested we study the book of Deuteronomy, I thought, “Really? Deuteronomy? Isn’t that one of the books that makes people quit their Bible-in-a-year reading plans?”

Someone I care about is unemployed and looking for work. How can I best help them?

Honoring Native American heritage feels differently for me as a new immigrant at this particular time in history.

We cannot erase our emotions, but we can learn to lower their intensity so that they become more manageable.

I’m a boomer who has started to use emojis. Is that a bad thing?

We are to be God’s ambassadors of reconciliation, showing how a world so bent on murdering each other can be shown how to love each other and even to do the impossible in loving our enemies.

Even our very best words fail to capture the power, beauty, and glory of the uncreated and everlasting God.

If God loves the world (John 3:16), why are we told not to love the world (1 John 2:15)?

A good pastor is hard to find—in art, at least, if not life.

The cold hard fact is that we are all addicted to sin and every one of us struggles for sobriety from it. Repentance offers a way to be free.

This is just one example of how well-meaning Christians, all with valid reasons, all respecting Scriptural authority, can in good faith have different interpretations of the same passage.

What is cultural appropriation? Why is it wrong? How do we avoid it?