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January 31, 2015
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Supporting Football: the Physical Damage of the Game

by Greg Youngblood
…arm when they are not physically able. As with all things in this world it comes back to the spiritual question as to what does God call us to do and how does he call us to behave if we want to honor Him and be obedient to His commands. Instead of asking if supporting football is moral or not I believe we should be asking ourselves as players, coaches, and fans how can we use the gifts, talents and abilities God has given us to create a culture in…
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September 29, 2018
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Prayers for Peace: A Review of “Christianity in the Twentieth Century”

by Anneke Stasson
…w many books would also challenge us to consider how certain forms of Pentecostalism have compromised the gospel in their emphasis on material wealth (Chapter 13)? A major strength of Stanley’s book is its breadth and its ability to stimulate your thinking from multiple angles. The only angle I wished Stanley would have given more thought to is the angle of gender. Granted, he has one chapter dedicated to the topic (Chapter 12, which discusses wom…
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August 27, 2019
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Labor Day, the Side-Eye Holiday

by Howard Schaap
…thers. All of us are complicit in injustice in some way. Even scripture is complicated when it comes to work. Yes, Ecclesiastes sets out enjoying your work as one of the greatest blessings of life, but that proviso comes in the midst of a profoundly skeptical book in which “everything is meaningless” (1:2). Paul says that our “labor in the Lord is not in vain” (I Corinthians 15:58), which often leads toward another dualism, valuing church or spiri…
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June 19, 2015
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Devotions

Worship: What Do You Bow Down To?

by Eric Forseth
…ought but never shared with anyone out loud, “If you really heard yourself complain, you would embarrass yourself because you really don’t have much to complain about.” Why would I only think this versus sharing this out loud? Frankly, I think this in my mind periodically because we all have idols in our lives. It is a daily temptation to separate ‘this or that’ from its place under God’s dominion. In my mother’s situation, she could have kept ‘id…
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May 11, 2018
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Echoes of Exodus Review

by Stephen Shaffer
…n succeed in opening the Scriptures to be seen with clarity. Even if every example is not completely convincing, the overall argument is compelling. The book brings clarity by helping to see how seemingly bizarre stories in Scripture resonate with the themes of exodus. Abram in Egypt pretending Sarai is his wife, the ark of covenant in the temple of Dagan, and the deaths of Ananias and Sephira are but a few of the stories connected to the exodus i…
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July 25, 2016
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The Antidote to Busyness

by Dave Mulder
…rtue. Perhaps we complain about our busyness, but I wonder if it’s a false complaint…perhaps more of humble-brag? Because when I really think about it, I might act as though I’m complaining about being so busy, but I really want people to take notice of me, of the things I am doing, and somehow justify myself by my good works. In our culture, being “busy” is held up as something honorable. Maybe, in the broadly evangelical North American culture,…
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July 16, 2019
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Reinventing the Church: Staying Relevant in a Shifting World

by Caleb Schut
…es from the institutional church in favor of finding alternative religious communities. The two events were a microcosm of spirituality in 2019. The contrast was plain. City to City is committed to the institutional church in a form that is fairly familiar. The panel at the MCA was seeking to forgo the institutional church in favor of alternative forms of community. In an odd way, though, the events felt like kindred spirits. Both were responding…
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July 21, 2021
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Little Wasps on the Fringes

by Jeremy Hummel
…s (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, in part) 7 . Amidst human-dominated landscapes, a complex site such as Oak Grove is a welcome habitat for a diversity of organisms and the diversity of ecosystem functions those organisms contribute to their environments. It gives us space to see and interact with these diverse creatures and functions. Our survey work is generating a list of insect species names, but more importantly, it is opening the book to letters and…
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October 5, 2014
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Handiwork of our Creator

by Carl Fictorie
…r Creator. In chemistry, a relatively small number of elements are able to combine in a myriad of ways to form millions of compounds. Second, as stewards of the creation we are called on to tend and keep. Through creative chemical synthesis, chemists bring new substances into being that enables the creation to grow and flourish. Finally, chemistry is both part of the problem and part of the solution to the effects of sin on creation. The developme…
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June 27, 2017
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Culture

Chariots of Fire: Between Two Mountaintops

by Brad Littlejohn
…ivations are indeed varied and complex, making his character a rather more compelling study than that of Liddell, who, however inspiring his triumph over external obstacles and temptations, remains serenely at peace with his own sense of calling for most of the film. In a revealing scene, Abrahams explains to his friend, Montague, his struggle over his Jewishness: “it’s an ache, a helplessness, an anger; one feels humiliated.” His immigrant father…
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October 4, 2022
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With Us Sing: A Reflection on Music

by Jackson Nickolay
…faithful witness of the church.  This centrality of song within Christian community has produced some of the most beautiful and well-known strains of melody in all of history. These songs have been used to weave together Christians from all corners of the world. Hymns, praises, melodies, psalms, and creedal settings reach across borders and differences and remind us of our shared community. Souls resonate with the ongoing hymn of praise that all…
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March 19, 2020
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Preaching in All Places: A Review of A Big Gospel

by Joel Kok
…and the author of A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, offers his book as “a theological vision for ministry in small places” (143). Humbly, Witmer indicates that the book results in part from his “rediscovery of things once knew,” (11) which took place during his ministry in a relatively small church in a small town. At the same time, the author displays considerable theological learning, combined with sig…
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March 30, 2019
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Fixing Metric Fixation: A Review of The Tyranny of Metrics

by Donald Roth
…Muller demonstrates the reality of these dangers with an abundance of case study examples demonstrating the good, bad, and ugly when it comes to using metrics. We will address the good examples at the end of this review; however, the bad to ugly cases are more fun, so I will mention a few of them here. On the bad end are examples like the rising number of students seeking college education even though SAT/ACT scores would suggest that no more stud…
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October 11, 2022
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God’s Voice in Disruptions

by Caleb Schut
…stor? What would my relationship with scripture be like without any weekly commitment to preach or lead Bible study? My friends knew me as a pastor. I knew myself as a pastor. My daughter knew me as a pastor. In Sydney, she told me that I should be a nurse. “But I’m not sure you know how to do that,” she admitted. She was certainly right. Honestly, though, I’m not sure how to simply be a human being. “When I slowed down to pray, I found God inviti…
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March 20, 2015
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Are You Mad(ness)?

by Ross Douma
…oliath’, despite knowing little about either team. In that sense, are we a compassionate lot that enjoys seeing the little guy work his way to the top or are we vindictive and want to see the perennial power topple? Probably an internal question for each of us to ask ourselves. Athletics are the great laboratory of the human spirit with so many emotions racing to the surface during the course of a contest. Each time an athlete steps in the batter’…
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March 1, 2017
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Embracing Ecumenism

by Jim Payton
…ended study and teaching or involvement in a service organization for this passion to awaken in you. Once you step out of the comfortable Christian enclave in which you have been raised to encounter others who profess faith in Christ and try to live faithfully for him, some of your unconscious assumptions about what it means to be a Christian get upended. People who live in a different place, time, or church structure come to be less “other”: you…
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October 1, 2020
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Embracing the Color of Life: A Review of Joyful

by Kayt Frisch
…same shade of taupe it was when we moved in, a shade which I have recently come to recognize as the color of a sky filled with smoke from nearby wildfires. I have complimented it with a gray couch, a neutral colored rug with a geometric pattern, and some espresso accents. No wonder coming home so often feels draining. For years I have thought that the way to have a “classy” or “modern” interior of my house was through neutral colors. Reflecting on…
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August 7, 2015
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Devotions

God in School

by Jon Peters
…those prayers that you don’t want to leave because the emotion, heart felt passion, and love is just right there. I hope you can relate. Those types of prayers aren’t always easy to come by. I am not a master of them by any means, but when I get the privilege of hearing one, I am all in. I am a big time fan of the powerful prayer. No “wimpy” prayers for me, as a great friend once said. Prayer has played a large part in my past and continues to be…
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November 7, 2019
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The Future Through the Eyes of the Past: A Review of From Gutenberg to Google

by Kayt Frisch
…nment regulations. I find it particularly interesting that, despite a case study of the 20th century AT&T monopoly, which the company argued for based on an assertion that it was for the greater good, he suggests that the current social media giants (e.g. Facebook) should take action (out of a sense of public duty) to combat the proliferation of clickbait/fake news and allow 3rd party developers access to the input and output of their platforms. (…
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September 17, 2015
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Boys and Girls Being Boys and Girls

by Luralyn Helming
…d what could at first be anticipated. Feminine traits such as kindness and compassion, for example, can increase pro-social behavior in all children; evaluation of academics as based on efforts rather than ability will increase the future efforts of any child, thus increasing their likelihood of success in school; and traditionally ‘male’ toys, such as Legos and models, are believed to be a contributor to males’ higher spatial aptitudes later in l…
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September 1, 2015
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Life, Name, Identity

by Jeff Ploegstra
…d by them, to praise God for them. This is at the heart of care, love, and compassion. It is also at the heart of being pro-life. There is certainly a unique kind of concern that we should have for unborn humans, those living creatures who uniquely bear the image of God (Genesis 9:6). When we recognize that all of life has value, that we are a part of a bigger scope of life, it actually deepens and enriches our concern for human life. When we seek…
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February 3, 2017
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5 Things I Wish I Didn’t Know About the Super Bowl

by Jen Sandbulte
…bers of our team have rescued women from the industry, women who have been offered an opportunity to freedom and take it wholeheartedly. If it were my daughter, no amount of effort or resources would be “too much.” Each one matters—and there are many. With all the things I wish I didn’t know, one key anchors me and reminds me that we know the end of the story: we know who wins and brings justice. Jesus does. Isaiah 42:3-4 assures justice. In faith…
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August 20, 2015
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The Turn

by Matt Covey
…re their Christian upbringing. However, since education at its core is the study of God’s world, Christian schools can make a significant contribution towards the faith formation of your child. Christian schools, if they are focused on faith formation in the context of learning, can serve as a significant support to you as you raise your child to understand that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalm 111:10). Will your child’s te…
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April 2, 2019
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Comfort in the Canons: A Review of Saving the Reformation

by Donald Roth
…res eased, internal pressure grew, and Godfrey brilliantly illustrates the compromises and complexities that developed in a church that had close ties with different political factions. Ultimately, Dordt was not just about responding to the Remonstrants, it was about a larger struggle for the soul and identity of both the Dutch people and the Reformed church. The second part of the book is a new translation of the Canons’ original Latin. By shorte…
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December 5, 2014
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Ten Great Books on Church History

by Scott Culpepper
…whose life and contributions are too little known in the larger Christian community. James Bratt set out to correct that omission with this first comprehensive biography in English of the nineteenth century Dutch theologian and statesman. Bratt’s work is a good beginning to what will hopefully be a number of future attempts to explore Kuyper, his times, and his legacy. 8. The Lost History of Christianity: How The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the C…
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