How do you picture God when you pray to him?

I remember being asked that question many years ago in a small group.

In these pages you will find the annual presentation of candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.

Last July 4 weekend I came across the following church announcement:

If I had to choose only two concepts from John Calvin’s vast theology to teach my spiritual heirs, I’d choose piety and relig

As I lie awake each night in Iraq, I ache with homesickness for the abundant water, the evergreen trees, the peaceable mountains, the lus

Recently The Banner asked Rev. Ken Baker and Rev.

“He who knows his own sin is greater than the angels,” said seventh-century Isaac of Nineveh. John Calvin would agree.

After glancing at my calendar and doing a double-take at my ever-growing pregnant belly, I realize that I will miss out on Mother’s

John Nash is one of the most gifted mathematicians of our lifetime. As a student at Princeton he wowed everyone with his genius.

I was a member of a Second Blessing church before I joined the Christian Reformed Church.

I live in the South—a simple place with smiling folks who Hodding Carter described as “polite right up to the point they get

Some Christians are “Big God” people; others believe God’s a bit smaller and a little less powerful.

What an impertinent question! Why would you even ask such a thing? The church is the body of Jesus Christ.

People don’t tend to knock when they come into my office.

As I read through a stack of essays, one caught my eye.

At a recent conference I was part of a panel of pastors who were talking about the realities of being a pastor. OK, let's face it&md

One of my great teachers, Henry Stob, a longtime Calvin Seminary professor, never tired of reminding his students that Jesus Christ came

If I could give young Christians a few gifts to help them to live steadily amid today’s seismic cultural shifts, one of those

You’ll probably be hearing a lot about evolution this month.

I stand in awe of how God led me to become pastor of Fox Valley Christian Reformed Church.

On may 24, 2005, Joel and Holly Davis from Bellevue, Nebraska, experienced what they call a “God thing.” On that day, Preside

Admit it. A certain, not necessarily flattering, image comes to mind when you think of John Calvin.

A while back I held a class on the Canons of Dort.