Living as faithful disciples of Jesus requires making a lot of judgment calls.
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A culture war is raging over the primary purpose of marriage.
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The human heart, like clay, is soft and pliable; throughout our lives it is conformed and shaped. The question is, into what?
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Jews and Christians have long recognized the words recorded in both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 as the heart of the Old Testament&rsqu
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Imagine that you’ve been invited to the home of new friends.
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In this column we’ve reflected all year long on the confessions held by the Christian Reformed Church.
Confessions: Caution and Concern
(Opinion 2)READ MOREWhat do CliffsNotes, Auto Mechanics for Dummies, and our church confessions have in common?
Confessions: Why Have Them?
{Opinion 1}READ MORETo many people a church confession seems like an extra layer of beliefs and teachings added to the multitude of beliefs and teachings
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I am a convert to the Belhar Confession.
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The first piece of furniture I purchased after I bought my home was a large rectangular Shaker-style table of naturally finished pine wit
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It became obvious in the 1960s and ’70s that not only did our historic confessions say some things about other Christians that we w
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Some people think that only those who have climbed mountains, fought in foreign wars, or battled a disease should write their life storie
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Have you ever walked into the middle of a heated conversation near its conclusion?
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If your church has been around for a while, you’re probably familiar with the struggle to keep a particular ministry alive.
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A good teacher must do at least two things: show the student what is not known and make what is known more clear and applicable to life.
The Case for Christian Education
Does the commitment of the past hold up today?READ MOREHistorically, when members of the Christian Reformed Church moved to a new location, they built churches, then schools.
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Ask almost any Christian Reformed person what he or she knows about the Canons of Dort or the Belgic Confession, and you’ll probabl
How to Be Catholic
Helping Calvinists recover from the notion that we’re “the one true church”READ MOREIt was an afternoon in the late 1970s, and I was attending a meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churche
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If you’ve ever recited the Athanasian Creed in a worship service, please send me an email to tell me about it!
Shaping a Youth-Friendly Church
Taking cues from natural teen traitsREAD MOREIf you work with young people in the church, it’s almost guaranteed that someone will ask you for help or advice in reaching their
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Neal Plantinga once asked us to imagine a world in which theology was a cause for casual conversation, the way people might discuss the m
Young and Undocumented
A Christian's experience of moving to the United States from MexicoREAD MOREJuan*, now 27, moved with his family to the United States from Mexico more than 13 years ago.
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Many people make the honest mistake of referring to the most famous creed as the “Apostle’s Creed” (note the placement
When to Stop Being a Christian
One really good reason to forget about our faithREAD MOREI was about 12 years old. I woke up on a Sunday morning, trying to process a dream from the night before.