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Is it wrong to continue asking God for something over and over again? Is it a sign that the answer is “no” if you haven’t yet received it?

Wanting to be big without the leading and loving presence of the Holy Spirit is a kind of sickness, an addiction that can lead to ruin.

During adolescence my view of my mother’s occupation as a stay-at-home mom turned to the judgmental conclusion that she was not living up to her potential.

A recent ruling in Alabama declared frozen embryos to be children. The ruling raises important ethical issues about in vitro fertilization.

Working with New Horizons Foundation–USA, First Christian Reformed Church, in Orange City, Iowa, built 35 solar-powered lights to send to Ukraine.

Young readers are invited to journey with Jesus all the way to Easter and experience his great love for each one of us.

Author Isabel Wilkerson writes her seminal book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents while coping with personal tragedy.

Jon Sweeney offers a beautifully illustrated, playful, gentle, meditation on the many spiritual truths and practices our feline companions provide if we but pause and pay attention.

God is weaving together the stories of a former missionary family, a pastor from Haiti, and local Christian Reformed churches into a tapestry that can welcome and empower new Haitian communities in North America.

Once a year, members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America are asked to respond to the denomination's annual survey covering things from giving and diaconal work to prayer and spiritual disciplines.

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them

A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.

At the beginning of the semester, we were all hesitant to speak up, but by the end of the semester everyone was chiming in about what they did or didn’t like.

Each one, with its unique shape and color, played a vital role in the grand design we were creating.

I'm in a job that I never planned to be doing. I feel I should be thankful to have a job, but I'm not really sure how I feel about it or whether I should do anything about it.

Now expanded and revised, David A. Anderson revives the biblical model for showing special grace to others on the basis of ethnicity, class, or social distinction—one of gracism.

Bible teacher, author, and speaker Amy Lively dives into Peter's first epistle to light the way for today's struggling Christian.

The Banner’s Mixed Media editor reviews her favorite Best Picture nominee while giving a brief preview of the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 10.

솔직히 말해서 저는 항상 그것이 약간 이상한 전통이라고 생각했습니다.

The Cambodian Fellowship in Holland, Mich., is a Christian Reformed congregation begun in the 1990s. Transferring leadership to the younger generation meant giving and receiving mentorship.

The Church Order Review Task Force recommends consistency for supervision of ministers serving in noncongregational settings and a continued single-track process for occasions of a pastor being released from service to a church.

A “faithful, honorable, and dependable man of God,” Dick Duifhuis died May 22, 2023. He was 86.