December 2007 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• BTGH Provides a Lifeline in China
• Gift Funds Loans for Prospective Pastors
• It’s Been a Good Year
• Longing for TRUTH in CHINA
• Reborn and Contagiously Healthy
• Text-Messaging the Gospel
• The Reformed Handbook: A Field Guide to Church Life
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Still very much alive

Mixed Media

• Let TED Infotain You

Columns

• Discover: Away in a Manger
• Grace Through Every Generation: Big-God People
• Cabbages and Kings: Civility
• Cabbages and Kings: Coffee and Connections in a Chicago Suburb
• Big Questions: FAQs
• Editorial: Jesus Is More Like Sinter Klaas
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Vantage Point: The Dangers of Being Thrifty
• Still: The Hands that Hold Us

Features

• Beer Bottle Ministry
• Christmas 1947
• Holiday Blues and the Gospel
• The Rest of Our Story
• Worship Wars Reconsidered

News

• Anniversary Conference Faces Denomination’s Future
• Central Alberta Churches Celebrate 150th
• Christmas Basket Tradition Warms Hearts
• Churches Make Most of Farm Implement Parade
• CRWRC Responds to California Wildfires
• Florida Church ‘a Little Like Pentecost’
• Getting Bob’s Goat
• Grand Rapids Church Celebrates 150th Birthday
• Holland, Mich., Churches Reach Milestones
• Kids Hang Chrismons in Connecticut
• Live Nativity at New York Church
• Play About Gay Christians Sells Out
• Remembering Truckers on Christmas
• Schaap Helps Northcentral Iowa Celebrate CRC Anniversary
• Seniors Enjoy Special Christmas Service
• Southern California Celebrates 150th at Crystal Cathedral
• Southern Ontario Church Closes Amid Protest