Along with ministry basics like theology, pastoral care, and preaching, students at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) are learning how to
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At a dinner party, you ask a question, a simple question.
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Health
Q Is there any merit in discontinuing handshakes in church to prevent infections?
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Truth in Palestine
Your June 2008 article “CRC Leaders Visit Palestine” gives a glimpse of what is happening in the I
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Something that has long puzzled me is the Christian Reformed Church’s relationship with its chaplains.
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Rev. Ole was pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.
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Our family went camping every summer. It was fun, healthy, and cheap.
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We played church. We even played wedding. I don’t think we ever played funeral. Should children attend the latter?
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I GREW UP in the Christian Reformed Church and attended Christian schools that espoused a Reformed outlook.
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How do you feel about squash?
I think it’s disgusting. It’s mushy, too orange, and it smells funny.
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Discovering that a relative or friend or church member is involved in an affair shocks us.
Peculiar Purity
Practicing holiness in a sex-saturated societyREAD MOREA sex-saturated society. That phrase captures the cultural context in which we live today.
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My bookshelves contain numerous volumes about contemplative life and spirituality—books on the desert fathers, on famous or obscure
Beyond Election Madness
Pursuing Justice in the FracasREAD MOREThe sniping sound-bites of left vs. right. The “I’m always right-You’re always wrong”
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The ethnic advisers to Synod 2008: (back row, l-r): Rev.
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Synod 2008 voted to give more time to the denomination’s Candidacy Committee to struggle with different routes to ministry in the C
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Seattle, Wash., known as the “Emerald City” for its lush green surroundings, is also sometimes referred to as “The None
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Over the past few years, thousands of refugees have settled in the area of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
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In some Muslim countries the penalty for converting to Christianity can be severe.
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“I love my vocational mentor.” That sentiment expressed by one student was multiplied many times when the Calvin Theologica
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Jan. 18, 1961 – Feb. 4, 2008
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When it comes to finances, synod does more than just set ministry share.
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April 8, 1930 – Feb. 3, 2008
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Synod 2008 adopted a ministry share for calendar year 2009 of $307.53 per active, professing CRC member age 18 and older.