August 2014 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• Aida's Testimony
• Banded Together in Missions
• Combating Human Trafficking
• Equipping Leaders in New Mexico
• Family Portraits
• Giving Back by Washing Windows
• Rain Falls on Cue in Ghana
• Reformed Collaborative at Work

Mixed Media

• All My Puny Sorrows
• For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind
• Graphic Church History: An Interview with Gene Luen Yang
• Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons
• Live at the Gospel Coalition
• The Lowdown
• The Railway Man

Columns

• The Other 6: A Great Cloud of Witnesses
• Editorial: A Lamp unto Our Feet
• Discover: Animal Similes
• Big Questions: Frequently Asked Questions
• The Other 6: Heaven Bound
• Still: Letters
• Reply All: Letters: August 2014
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Vantage Point: Renewal

Features

• A Church Pew Friendship
• Conscious Christianity: The Life and Legacy of Abraham Kuyper
• Shopping with a Checklist
• The Role of the Church in Society: Two Perspectives

News

• A Small Group with a Powerful Message
• Bike to Church Day for Ontario Congregation
• California Church Does Missions Close to Home
• Church Worldwide: Presbyterians Vote to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
• Church Worldwide: Rick Warren to Pastors: “There is no testimony without a test”
• CRCs Affected by Rock Valley Flooding
• Faith, Farms, and Fathers
• Four Generations Join Washington Church
• Helping Kids Be Kids
• Hope Centre Ministries Rolls Out the Red Carpet
• In Memoriam: Rev. Allen Hoogewind
• In Memoriam: Rev. Gerald Van Oyen
• In Memoriam: Rev. James Lont
• In Memoriam: Rev. Peter Chung Ping Tong
• Minnesota Church Spreads the Gospel with Parachutes
• New City Kids Celebrates 20 Years of Transforming Lives
• Racing Back to the Future
• Study Trip Takes Pastors to Middle East
• Wisconsin Church Digs Deep for Water in Africa