A team of researchers interviewed 235 low- and middle-income families to find out why so many families feel so financially insecure.
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What do the current crop of nominated films tell us about our culture and ourselves?
In this picture book, Martin wonders, “If Jesus comes to visit me, what would I say? What would I do? How would I welcome him?”
Abu Atallah was “a good Muslim kid” who grew up in Cairo, Egypt . . .
In the beginning God created humans in his image, male and female . . .
All Set: James K. A. Smith’s latest book, Awaiting the King, is the third book . . .
Imagine an African country untouched by colonialism, completely in control of a rare mineral resource, and more technologically advanced than any other nation.
Living Biblically is a new half-hour comedy based on A. J. Jacob’s best-selling 2007 book The Year of Living Biblically.
Ken Medema has been writing and singing music for the church since the early 1970s, so Nothing Like the Rain, an album of new Medema songs, seems almost instantly recognizable.
A common happening: a father and son go fishing. But in A Different Pond this simple activity is so much more.
Moonee is 6 years old and lives in a cheap hotel in the Orlando area. But this is no Eloise-in-the-Plaza-Hotel fantasy; Moonee’s young single mother, Halley, is doing her best to feed her daughter and make sure they have shelter.
Author Jim Burns’ goal in writing Understanding Your Teen is to help parents raise kids “who love God and who will one day become responsible adults.”
Based on a true story, this juvenile novel relates events in England in 1486.
Paddington, the lovable bear from Peru, is back. Once again, he’s getting himself into a pickle.
When author Joshua Jipp set out to examine what Scripture teaches about hospitality to strangers, a resounding theme emerged, namely, “God’s hospitality to us necessarily results in and creates hospitality to others.”
The Northern Ireland band Rend Collective offers an antidote to all the negative news in the world with its sixth studio album, Good News.
When Liza Jessie Peterson began teaching full days at Island Academy, the high school for inmates on Rikers Island, she encountered teenage boys who were ...
Have you ever tried something new and failed? This is the situation Humpty Dumpty faces in After the Fall.
How did urban sprawl get its start? What do walkable neighborhoods and mixed-use zoning have to do with loving our neighbor?
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an astonishing performance in this twisting, twisted cinematic creation.
Reading Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place could well be the best gift you ever give your family.
All Set: En la mesa de Dios/At God’s Table is a bilingual picture book from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship that explains communion;
As the music industry amps up anticipation for the Grammy awards on Sunday night (CBS/City), you can check out some of our music reviews from the last year to see what Banner reviewers thought.
A. A. Milne returned from the First World War traumatized by what he’d seen. He wanted to help people see the truth of war so that it would never happen again.