Obeying the Great Commission

Jason De Vries rightly urges us to rethink the Great Commission because it is a succinct description

We hear statistics of Third World countries so often we become apathetic

The word missional has become a buzzword among many church leaders today. There are varying definitions of that word.

A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her small daughter was very sick with a fever.

Alyssa told me recently that what attracted her to our church was the sense that people are “alive and excited” about reachin

I can still hear the gentle waves under my feet.

Have you fed any elephants lately? Fixed the broken wing of a bird? Given a bat a home or welcomed a wolf?

Relationships

Q It seems that once she became a teen, my daughter stopped sharing what&rs

Reforming Politics

In “Beyond Election Madness” (August 2008), Mike Hogeterp attempts a political commentary on justice that can speak to the en

Everything I know about church planting I learned from my father.

SHOULDN'T WE TELL THE TRUTH EVERYWHERE, EVEN IN CHURCH—es

Rev. Jake Eppinga has been with the Lord for some months now.

I am dying. Of cancer. This past Christmas was my last. Spring always has been my favorite season.

When I asked our four graduates how parents should handle anxieties when sending children off to college, they responded, “Well, yo

An eyesore jumble,
a rat’s nest of disorder.
Help!

Culture

Q Because I work long hours and travel for work, I’m away from home a lot.

Come to a space that you choose to be your place of solitude—at least for the span of a day.

Is the Belhar Marxist?

Brian Polet in "Marxism Comes to the CRC?" (June 2008) regards statements in the Belhar Confessi

Health

Q Is there any merit in discontinuing handshakes in church to prevent infections?

Truth in Palestine

Your June 2008 article “CRC Leaders Visit Palestine” gives a glimpse of what is happening in the I

Something that has long puzzled me is the Christian Reformed Church’s relationship with its chaplains.

Rev. Ole was pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.