In August 2007 the Lord said to my family, “Leave your friends and country and go to the land I will show you.

The last person in the world who would want us to make a big deal out of his 500th birthday is John Calvin himself.

One Sunday morning I substituted for my daughter in Sunday school. The lesson was about Joshua and the wall of Jericho.

Finances

Q I feel like we don’t have a very good handle on our money, and I know th

A few years ago my church went through a vigorous and drawn-out debate over whether or not we should serve fair-trade coffee.

The first New Year’s Eve I stayed up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, the anticipation was electric.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.

Would you like to peek into heaven? On a clear, dark night, go outside and look up.

Meaning of Blessing

Daniel Boerman correctly points out that blessings should not be thought of as purely material (“Is Pro

Listen, Dad,
God sees you, he knows what’s happened,
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I know more about cooking than finance.

An elderly woman who listened daily to a call-in radio pastor decided one day to call his show.

There are so many ways to say thank you.

According to legend, the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, considered to be the father of Chinese agriculture, discovered tea accidentally one d

A picture of Shona Paterson (left) was incorrectly identified in the October 2008 Banner with the story “Special Needs Don’t

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