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November 9, 2021
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The Weight of Words (Part 1)

by Rachel Hibma
…ing. Before I write any poem at all, I first experience some kind of all-encompassing emotion. Often, that feeling is astonishment, but it can just as easily be longing, loss, or love. Whatever the feeling is, it is usually so strong that I can’t shake it. The experience that captured my attention plays like a movie reel through my head over and over again as I recall the wonder of looking up at blue sky through golden leaves or the delight of wat…
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June 28, 2018
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We Create Because God Created First

by Kim Brinkerhoff
…nk there are eight billion ways to make men and women, and He continues to come up with new combinations of personalities, body types, skin tones, and skill sets every day. To each new person He also instills creativity, this innate desire to imagine, dream, and experiment. We all have it, all eight billion of us, because we are made to imitate God. We create because God created first. Human beings were made to be creative. In fact, it could be ar…
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August 18, 2020
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Culture

Supreme Court Decisions in Review (Part 1)

by Donald Roth
…t the proper standard to apply when determining whether the subpoenas were valid and whether there might be case-specific reasons to block access to these documents. All of these cases return to lower courts to apply these new standards, and we shouldn’t expect this fight to be resolved before the upcoming election. This concludes Part 1 of the Supreme Court in Review. Part 2 will reflect on several important cases that did not make it into Donald…
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January 23, 2015
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Answering Your Question: the Bible and traditional beliefs

by Benjamin Lappenga
…s that as our knowledge inevitably grows, God shrinks. Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers a corrective: “We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don’t know.” 1 There is a lot of truth in this—Christians should marvel no less at the things we learn from observation and study than at the things of God that speak to us on other levels of knowing. So far, so good, but the questioner raises the more particular problems relating to Biblical interpret…
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April 3, 2015
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Devotions

Lent: The Suffering Centurion

by Shirley Folkerts
…t in his church to celebrate their one hundredth anniversary. The rustling papers in the room grew silent and in that moment, to me, God’s presence was more recognizable than at any other time that evening. As we stand with the centurion at the cross today, may we see Jesus in our own suffering and recognize him as the living, loving, resurrected Son of God. There is some debate around the meaning of the centurion’s statement. If we step into the…
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August 17, 2021
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More Than Just “Every Square Inch”: A Review of Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition

by Emily Vander Ploeg
…and how Christian education should work (Chapter 11). Each chapter closely examines Kuyper’s own thoughts on the topics, followed by an examination of the thoughts of other scholars within the Kuyperian tradition, especially those of Herman Bavinck and his nephew, J.H. Bavinck. At times, Bartholomew also points readers to more recent theologians who are a part of the Kuyperian tradition, such as Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff (regarding…
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May 13, 2017
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Devotions

I Am

by Leah Zuidema
…hat this lineage makes them the authorities (John 8:31-47). By the time we enter the story in today’s passage, the religious teachers are so frustrated with Jesus that they are ready to say whatever it takes to turn the crowd against him. They begin with a smug opening line that slyly makes it sound to the listening crowd as though they are being perfectly reasonable (“Aren’t we right that…”), after which they introduce two ridiculous claims: Aren…
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February 13, 2017
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Commandments in Chief

by Abigail Rusert
…our ability to follow the rules. The promise of the God who penned the Ten Commandments is named even before the first commandment is uttered: “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2). Before anything was required of God’s people, God reminded them that they were set free—that their cries for deliverance were heard. Grace precedes the law, then and now. This promise is born afresh…
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July 13, 2015
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A Mathematician’s Apology

by Tom Clark
…often catered to the test as well. This emphasis on high stakes testing becomes reflected in the state standards that guide math education. The tests are based on state standards—and those standards are often written to be easily assessed in a standardized test. This circular logic poses big problems for math, because testing for deep conceptual understanding is difficult to do on a bubble sheet. As a result, you end up with state standards like…
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January 27, 2017
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Our Journey Through Pregnancy Loss

by Madison Mayberry Hofmeyer
…ers that knew we were pregnant. Our doctor assured us that miscarriage was common, we were young, and the outlook for our next pregnancy was bright. With hearts open to wanting a family, we decided to start trying a few months after our miscarriage. During that time, I started writing on my blog about our miscarriage in an effort to raise awareness of something I knew so little about before my own loss. We conceived fairly easy the second time aro…
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July 28, 2016
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Sabbath: Slowing to Celebrate

by Dawn Berkelaar
…easy. It includes paid work, but also schoolwork, housework, etc. When it comes to school, a decision to not study on Sunday might mean that your grades will take a hit—or you might be surprised like my husband, who found that his grades actually improved in university after he made this commitment. If your day of rest is Sunday and you face Monday deadlines, you will need to work ahead and/or consider your “day of rest” to be Saturday evening un…
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August 10, 2021
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For the Love of Mathematical Research: A Conversation with Undergraduate Research Students

by Mike Janssen
…the research process has been a rewarding, albeit challenging, endeavor. I committed days to investigating an idea or question, only to discover few results. Other times, however, I completed multiple proofs in a day. Consequently, the research process has taught me patience and persistence.   Something that surprised me about the research process was the level of independence we were granted. Jocelyn and I were truly given the freedom to focus on…
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August 26, 2015
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Who must take the lead in immigration reform?

by Abby Foreman
…on, it must also make a decision about how to resolve the legal and social complications that arise for those who live in the United States – sometimes for decades – without the proper documentation. Community organizations, churches, and individuals can each do their part to help care for their neighbors, and many already do, but the government needs to set the policy that defines immigration, creates expedient avenues for legal immigration that…
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June 15, 2021
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Theological Truths That Divide Us and Engaging in Disagreement Well

by David Westfall
…cles to unity in each of us, and we are called to endure the uncomfortable process of transformation that God promises to carry out in our relationships as he unearths all the things in us that impede our fellowship, passes judgment, and remakes us into people who are truly one. But embracing that process may come more easily if we can recognize that oneness in Christ for what it really is: the foretaste of eternal life….
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December 16, 2016
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Restore Us, O God

by Shirley Folkerts
…s a valid plea. It is the return to a former way, a way of life that Jesus has already lived. It has already happened, and it is happening today whenever we see glimpses of love and compassion, peace and wholeness. This is the continual advent (coming) of Christ in and through his people. Restore us, LORD God Almighty!…
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June 14, 2018
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Work and Rest: Cultural Lessons from a Semester Abroad

by Sam Roskamp
…n an advantage for me, it also comes with the curse of never being able to completely become a part of a particular culture. I think especially of my dad, who could never get into soccer or of my mother’s difficulty in keeping up with English idioms, despite their years of experiencing each other’s cultures. Likewise, while in Paraguay I found my Latino and American upbringings to be playing a sort of “tug-of-war” within me, showing itself distinc…
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March 10, 2020
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The Future of Higher Education

by Brandon Huisman
…y lap, or fifth year, to be over $130,000 when considering the opportunity cost of lost income, retirement plans, home equity, and the additional tuition paid. Many schools are graduating four-year degree students in six years, with the additional cost valued just under $300,000 by NerdWallet. There are certainly clouds on the horizon of higher education, and while the forecast has changed, the sky is not falling. Here at Dordt, we are looking for…
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January 25, 2022
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Reimagining Rhythms: A Review of The Sacred Pulse

by Erin Olson
…disconnected from God’s holy rhythm for my life. Fiet’s approach was fully compassionate, gracious, and patient, encouraging the reader to begin by taking small steps toward reconnecting with the rhythms of activities such as gardening, shopping, and grief. Gardening, argues Fiet, can help us reconnect with the rhythm of the seasons while we recognize when and how things were meant to grow. This sustainable practice creates a connection to the foo…
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December 29, 2015
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5 Legal Developments You May Have Missed in 2015

by Donald Roth
…ng challenges with administering the tax credit system that subsidizes the cost of insurance for low-income individuals.4 From the outset, the IRS has been concerned about its ability to meet current challenges (its budget has been slashed by $1.2 billion, resulting in an 11% reduction in the workforce), let alone enforcing the 46 new provisions added by the ACA. From an analysis done in April of this year, it appears those concerns were well-plac…
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April 17, 2017
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Eulogy for the Living

by Cole McClain
…are to honor with our whole lives. Yet, the bearing of this name does not come without a certain cost and sacrifice. The apostle Paul in his letter to the Colossians hints at this sort of cost and sacrifice in the context of death. In a fallen world, death is an everyday reality. One does not have to look far to see its devastating effects—cancer, murder, war, loss of loved ones. Death was never supposed to be a part of this world. Death does not…
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January 16, 2020
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Recipes, Imagination, and Scripture: A Review of Romans Disarmed

by David Westfall
…ual meals). The ethics of this community and its sense of social justice, centered on the law-fulfilling command to love one’s neighbor as oneself, are therefore rooted in the habitual experience and practice of God’s universal hospitality, and rule out social dynamics that impede or prevent “mutual upbuilding.” Such hospitality gives rise to an “economy of care,” rather than of exploitation, that recognizes creation as a gift to be received, prot…
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July 9, 2020
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Forging Our Future: A Review of The Synthetic Age

by Jeff Ploegstra
…iderations about 1) how much of each should be done 2) by whom, 3) at what cost, 4) who benefits, and 5) who bears the cost (financially, ecologically, and socially). A clear example addressed by Preston is the global climate. While some are still debating whether we have altered it, Preston makes the point that others have already concluded that we are, we can, and we should. The problem is obvious; as Preston points out, the climate is shared—th…
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March 26, 2018
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Keeping the Faith

by Josh Larsen
…ve? Star Wars: The Last Jedi is written and directed by Rian Johnson, a newcomer to the series, and one of his more potent contributions is a montage that offers an elegant explanation of the Force—that mysterious presence that lies at the heart of the Star Wars saga. While training Rey, Luke describes the Force as the tension that exists between light and dark, life and death. As he explains this, we see alternating images that visually echo thes…
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July 2, 2019
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Movie Review: Toy Story 4

by Tom Clark
…rs are incredible, Keanu Reeves voicing of “Duke Caboom” being a stand-out example, others are only passable. Many of the classic toys get short shrift, only appearing in a large group, with their individual talents left on the table. Some of the slap-stick humor hits, but not all. One of the things that Toy Story has held sacrosanct is the wall between toys and humans. The toys only are alive when no one is watching. The complete devotion to one…
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January 7, 2021
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Burnt-out Lightbulbs: A Review of Can’t Even

by Mike Janssen
…y by women, who are generally expected to sacrifice their careers if those costs become too much. One of the criticisms of Petersen’s original article was its focus on the white middle-class experience. This has been largely overcome in the book by the inclusion of numerous anecdotes from millennials of all sorts of demographic backgrounds. As one reviewer notes, the book is written with deep empathy for its subjects. If millennials have made choi…
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