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May 18, 2016
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Essays

A Letter from the Frontier

by Gretchen Schoon Tanis
…ith. I leave you with my message to the world: be more like Germany. Be welcoming of refugees and open your doors of hospitality because, despite the immense challenges, the joy of building community and friendship across cultures is enriching and life giving! And my message to Germany: you don’t have to be ashamed of the Good News of the gospel. Embrace the person of Jesus Christ and continue to pray for the life of the Holy Spirit to fill your p…
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March 9, 2016
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Essays

Sacred Ground

by Edie Lenz
…ave all been there or we will all be there someday; this reminder gives me compassion for those who walk through the valley and a curiosity about where God is in the midst of loss. If we know and believe that God is there, then we only need eyes and hearts open to hear and see. When I was 16, my dad decided that he could no longer deal with the pain of living. Dad kept secrets from the world, the biggest of which was his hatred for himself and his…
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August 29, 2016
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Essays

A World-Viewing Approach to Faith and Science

by Richard Mouw
…ust type the question into our worldview system and wait for the answer to come. We are on a journey, and often we have no idea what we will come upon around the next bend in the pathway. But we can shine the light of God’s Word on what we see, and pray for the kind of discernment that comes from what God has revealed in the Scriptures. Many of the students whom I teach come from the same kind of spiritual environment in which I was raised. They h…
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March 12, 2019
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Essays

Reimagining the Discussion and Expression of Masculinity

by Joshua Beckett
…ersity present among boys and men, noting the aspirational intent of the recommendations that follow, defining the relevant terms, conceding the reality that males “have historically been the focus of psychological research and practice as a normative referent for behavior rather than as gendered human beings” (3), and delineating the interlocking complexities that necessitate the new guidelines. These include: the disproportionate frequency of le…
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January 8, 2018
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Culture

The Big Problems with Being Small

by Josh Matthews
…n ordinary everyman who has to figure out what life is about. When he’s welcomed into the microcommunity, he’s greeted with the phrase “Welcome to the good life!” But Paul begins to realize that his new mansion and affluent lifestyle are neither “good” nor life itself. He’s friendless, uncharismatic, single, overweight, and bored. Downsizing, which seemed like a great life choice, exacerbates all of Paul’s problems. This theme of an ordinary schlu…
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April 11, 2017
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Culture

Take Long Looks at Anything

by Luke Hawley
…t I’m not much of a non-fiction guy, though, after listening to S-town and comparing it to the rest of the podcast pantheon, I’ve realized that’s misleading. Most of the podcasts I listen to center on true stories. And I suppose McLemore’s story is true too, in that bits and pieces of it happened in real-time, here on earth. But it’s as much fiction as anything—a side-eyed glance at what actually happened. Which, in the end, isn’t much, really. Re…
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July 20, 2016
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Essays

What’s So Bad About Porn?

by Neal DeRoo
…aves me wanting something that I didn’t even know I wanted until I saw the commercial or read the ‘review’? Spiritually, is exchanging my iPhone 5 for an iPhone 6 any less destructive—any less a symptom of failing to be content with what I have because I’m always lusting after something I don’t yet have—then wanting to exchange my spouse’s sexual proclivities for those of the pornographers? My point is not that porn isn’t bad, but rather that what…
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April 10, 2017
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Essays

Hell or High Water: Tattered and Familiar

by Bob De Smith
…nds Bank because, boy, does this small chain come off badly in the film: incompetent, land-grabbing, robbers themselves. No one feels too bad about their losses, and the elegant scheme to pay off a loan with the bank’s own money has a satisfying sense of justice to it. Justice? Well, like any good Western, even one set in the present, this is the theme of the film. The movie transcends all that familiarity with its reap-the-whirlwind logic tempere…
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August 31, 2016
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Essays

Can Christians Believe in Evolution?

by Jim Stump
…gs wrong: geocentrism (the theory that the earth is stationary and in the center of the universe) is an easy example of our error we’ve made in the past in both biblical interpretation and science. Next, just like in evolution, the further we “zoom in” on the specifics of our interpretations of Scripture, there is less consensus. Yes, all humans sin and Jesus must save us. But does Scripture demand that Adam and Eve were the only two humans initia…
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July 17, 2017
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Devotions

Psalm 92: Worship

by Leah Dunlap-Ennis
…(1) the goodness of praise; and (2) the grounds for praise. Let us quickly review these two important truths. (1) Praise is good in that it is appropriate. Nothing is so becoming to the saint as praise. Praise is also good in that it is a delight. It is the cause of great joy and fulfillment in the life of the devoted believer. There is fulfillment and satisfaction in doing what we were created to do. (2) Psalm 92 provides us with two of the princ…
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April 30, 2021
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Podcast

Podcast: WORKING – Feature Conversation: Cory Willson

by Justin Bailey
…ose whose experience of work is full of pain? How has the Covid-19 pandemic shifted our understanding of gathered worship and gathered work? If you’d like to read our review of the biography, written by Dr. Jeremy Perigo, you can find that here. All episodes embedded below….
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March 3, 2016
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Essays

The Job-Hunting Mom

by M.J.
…he now necessary job search, but also a shifting sense of identity as we become, or hope to become, new parents. I always expected to work and be a mom, never questioning the compatibility of the two or even giving it much thought. Finally, with a PhD under my belt and an adorable eight-month-old in tow, I find myself in the midst of job applications. I was blessed with a year of maternity leave following a post-doc in Canada, and now peer-review…
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September 13, 2021
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Culture

Character, Charisma, Hope, and Healing: Reflections on The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

by Gayle Doornbos
…lf-giving love.6 In some ways, this tendency may be novel given the unique combination of American culture and the way the internet allows for people’s external capacities to be manifest (almost) completely abstracted from their inner lives. However, it is not new. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul identifies how it is possible to manifest incredible gifts of knowledge, speaking in tongues, prophesy, and even faith that moves mountains, but be absent of l…
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May 2, 2017
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Technology and the Mind, Body and Soul

by Kayt Frisch
…e chapter toward its conclusion by discussing the implications of internet communication for Christian community, particularly as it applies to the cyber church. The chapter finishes with a set of application points and questions for reflection, encouraging the reader to consider the implications of the chapter’s ideas in the context of his or her own life. Both The Shallows and The Next Story do an excellent job of motivating the reader to consid…
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February 15, 2018
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Books

iAt Book Club: “How to Think” Round Table

by Myles Werntz
…451499608 Erin’s pointing us to the phenomenon of “lumping and splitting,” combined with Mary’s reading along the axis of forbearance, brings up a question about the virtues necessary to pursue Jacobs’ preferred way of thinking: In addition to the material conditions of enacting thought, we’ve touched lightly on the virtues necessary to enact thought as Jacobs describes it. This is not an exercise in cultivating interior dispositions, as I underst…
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February 10, 2018
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iAt Book Club: “How to Think” Round Table

by Erin Olson
…see the times in which those categories have broken down and need to be reexamined—this is when lumping becomes problematic. Jacobs argues that perhaps then we should switch to splitting—creating new categories—rather than just continuing to blindly add individuals to old ones. This is where thinking comes in. We need to be consistently thinking in order to assess the categories in which we place people, and we should always be willing to take th…
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April 16, 2021
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Podcast

Podcast: REFORMING – Feature Conversation: James Eglinton

by Justin Bailey
…discuss: How we remember the past: the difference between “critical” and “commemorative” biography The relationship of the two monumental figures from the Dutch Calvinist tradition: Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck How Bavinck might respond to the idea of “always reforming” How Bavinck managed to maintain friendship and to integrate so many voices across ideological virtues Why Bavinck was pessimistic about the future of Calvinism in America, an…
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September 22, 2022
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Culture

Of Trees and Rings: A Reflection on The Rings of Power

by Tom Clark
…heart of enemy territory in Mordor. This singular act will cause Sauron’s defeat once and for all. Because the ring was not destroyed at Sauron’s first defeat, he was able to rise to power once again. The Rings of Power takes place long before this, and explores the world of Middle-earth and the tale of how Sauron’s ring of power was first forged. The Tolkien lore masters among us know all this, for they have already read all of Tolkien’s collect…
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August 25, 2017
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Devotions

Culture of Comparison

by Justin Vander Werff
…engineering worlds in which my work regularly resides rely heavily on peer review, mutual comparison, lateral evaluation, and the like. And both the academic and engineering worlds regularly hand out awards, offer promotions, or even promise job security based primarily on these lateral measurements and comparisons. Such activity sounds an awful lot like “commending themselves.” Of course, Paul is not condemning such activity in and of itself. The…
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February 6, 2018
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iAt Book Club: “How to Think” Round Table

by Myles Werntz
…ationships are largely the same. Jacobs proposes that thought, as a social enterprise, occurs in the company of difference, engaging with those whose words and dispositions are not ours. This, I think, is not due to a desire to think differently, but largely due to the ways life (and perhaps our world) is organized: we seek out people in our stage of life, or with our own tastes, or with our backgrounds. As C.S. Lewis once put it, friendship has t…
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January 27, 2018
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The Meaning of the Trinity

by J. Todd Billings
…t (6). Similarly, many contemporary theologians have claimed that “the greatest deficiency of ‘classical’ trinitarian theology and Christology is that it begins with a non-christological ‘Hellenistic’ conception of divine transcendence and that this deficiency is now being redressed by efforts to rethink divine transcendence from the perspective of the person and work of Jesus Christ” (9). But Anatolios once again suggests this widespread belief g…
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February 9, 2022
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Podcast

Podcast: RETRIEVING – Feature Conversation: Jess & Rob Joustra

by Justin Ariel Bailey, Jessica Joustra, Robert Joustra
…n tradition learn from the wider Christian world? – Why might Kuyper’s vision be especially appropriate for “a secular age”? To read a short piece in which the authors introduce their book: https://inallthings.org/can-calvinists-save-the-world-a-review-of-calvinism-for-a-secular-age/ For further engagement around this topic, read additional book reviews from Dordt faculty: theology (1) professors(2), a Co-Director of Kuyper’s Honors Program profes…
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May 31, 2022
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Working through Possibilities: A Scientist Reviews When Did Sin Begin?

by Tony Jelsma
…this class will not answer all their questions. Instead, they will see the complexity of this issue, and that people who honor both Scripture and science can come to different conclusions. Haarsma’s book is a good illustration of this fact. Even if one agrees on the science, the theological interpretations are more difficult, but not impossible, to sort out. It almost makes one long for the simple and clear answers that Augustine provided. Almost,…
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May 23, 2017
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Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Has Secrets

by Christine Cohen
…the facts, ma’am; they want them interpreted. And he shoulders the role of commentator with a deceitful ferocity that has the reader begging Scott to take him down. In the aftermath of the crash, Scott notes with almost detached interest how the media has relentlessly dissected his life and recreated him in wildly disparate ways: the hero, the villain, the shmuck. Ultimately, he is powerless to prevent others from forming these false narratives ab…
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June 29, 2017
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Culture

Why I Watch the Wire

by Myles Werntz
…pproaching moral life than is often attempted. Let us take Season 4, which examines the public school system as an example. When a film like Stand and Deliver, or Dangerous Minds, or even one of my most beloved films, Dead Poets Society, explores the issue of how to fix a stagnant or failing school, the answer is universally given: find us an inspirational teacher! If only we could find an inspiring teacher willing to give themselves totally to th…
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