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Why I Want To Work In The Church, Marta Vander Top

Student Work

"When I tell people that I want to work in the church, what I mean is I want to work in a community of love."

Posting about serving the body of Christ­­­­­­­­ from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/why-i-want-to-work-in-the-church/

Don't Forget God, Jonathan De Groot

Staff Work

"All of life is worship, but can we draw a distinction between glorifying God through our lives and the intentional activity of practicing worship? My answer is yes."

Posting about worshiping God from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/dont-forget-god/

Is Certainty The Same As Faith?, Howard Schaap

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"If we allow each other to operate on a greater continuum of certainty and uncertainty within the body of Christ, and don’t associate those poles with faith and doubt, debate and disagreement can perhaps be a more edifying experience."

Posting about respectful debate among believers from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/is-certainty-the-same-as-faith/

Sanctified By God's Word: Towards A Websterian Ontology Of Scripture And Church, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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John Webster’s account of Scripture grants the canonical texts an ontology determined by their divine use, discusses Scripture as an aspect of the doctrine of revelation rather than the church, and above all preserves the capacity of God’s Word to question and form believers. Yet, Webster’s proposal has met resistance from theologians who find his accent on sola scriptura inconsistent with his claim that interpretation (not simply “text”) has ontological force as a part of “sanctification.” This paper asks whether it is possible to retain a robustly Websterian account of Scripture while at the same time denying that Scripture’s primacy …

Responsible Ones: Young People, Faith, And Letting Go, Jason Lief

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"More thoughts on the Pew Research Center’s findings on the decline of youth in the church: “We need to remember that the life and existence of the church doesn’t depend on us. The church is not something we have to anxiously preserve; the church is created and sustained by God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our task is to BE the church, to live as the new humanity in and for the world.”

Posting about young people and the church from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, …

Vanishing (Reformed) Youth, Donald Roth

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"The Pew Research Center released some of the first data from its 2014 research on the religious affiliations of the populace of the United States. With the comparisons made to a similar 2007 study, there are a lot of interesting tidbits floating in the data, but there are also some concerning trends"

Posting about doing a better job instilling a vibrant faithfulness in our children from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/the-vanishing-reformed-youth/

Diversity Question, Howard Schaap

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"If I live in a small town, and all the people there are white, and I look around at my church and see that we’re all white—is that really a bad thing? Scripture’s vision from creation through Pentecost to the New Jerusalem is a diverse vision—it includes all tribes, nations, and languages and that inclusion is by design. But what do we do in small town Midwest churches about diversity?"

Posting about diversity and how Christians should engage with it from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus …

Return Of Liturgy, Howard Schaap

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"We are first of all not thinkers but worshipers, shaped by liturgical worship practices that literally form us for continued worship and service in the world during the week."

Posting about leaving the church, evangelicalism, liturgy and unity from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/the-return-of-liturgy/

Church And Homosexuality, Aaron Baart

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"How do we present a Biblical interpretation of this issue while remaining true to the grace that covers us all?"

Posting about the Church and homosexuality from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/answering-your-question-the-church-and-homosexuality/

I Didn’T Come From A Normal Family, Erin Olson

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"Divorce and re-marriage from the perspective of a child. 'God didn’t intend for divorce to happen, but we live in a broken world and divorces happen. God can take broken things and make beauty out of them.'"

Posting about having divorced parents and adjusting to the realities of step families from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/i-didnt-come-from-a-normal-family

Is Christian Education A Tithe?, Liz Moss

Staff Work

"Giving should be done cheerfully, rather than an obligation, and not for the purpose of public recognition."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the meaning of tithing from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/answering-your-question-is-christian-education-tuition-a-tithe/

Is The Church For Sinners Or Saints?, Neal Deroo

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"Is church for people whose lives are already put-together, looking good and on the right path? Or is church a place for people with problems and struggles, constantly struggling to live up to an ideal that they can never seem to reach, and feeling crushed by their failure to be ‘better’ than they are? Is church for saints—or for sinners like me?"

Posting about who the church is really for from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/is-the-church-for-sinner-or-saints/

Answering Your Question: Leadership And Power, Liz Moss, Neal Deroo

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"Rather, an office is about the particular ways in which one kind of creature can serve within creation in such a way that a necessary task is achieved."

Posting about servant leadership in the church from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/answering-your-question-leadership-and-power/

All Of Life, Jonathan De Groot

Staff Work

"In true Reformed practice, we come to God in 'response' to his call or action in our life."

Posting about worship from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/all-of-life/

Hearing The Call: Liturgy, Justice, Church, And World (Book Review), Roger Henderson

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Hearing the Call: Liturgy, Justice, Church, and World. Eds. Mark R. Gornik and Gregory Thompson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. 440 pages. ISBN 978-0-8028-6525-0.

Devil Reads Derrida (And Other Essays On The University, The Church, Politics, And The Arts) (Book Review), David Schelhaas

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Reviewed Title: Smith, James K. A. The Devil Reads Derrida (and Other Essays on the University, the Church, Politics, and the Arts). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2009. 163 pages. ISBN 978-0-8028-6407-9.

"Historical Background To Conflicts Over Religion In Public Schools": A Response, Lloyd Den Boer

Pro Rege

This paper was presented in response to that of Dr. Charles Glenn.

Response To Dr. Charles Glenn, Paul Fessler

Pro Rege

This paper is a response to Dr. Glenn’s presentation.

Charles Glenn: A Response, Nick Lantinga

Pro Rege

This paper was given in response to Dr. Glenn’s presentation.

Historical Background To Conflicts Over Religion In Public Schools, Charles L. Glenn

Pro Rege

Dr. Glenn’s paper was presented at the Spring Semester Convocation Ceremony Dinner at Dordt College, January 15, 2004.

Challenges Facing Russia Today: From Communism To Chaos, Wendy Elgersma Helleman

Pro Rege

This paper was presented at Dordt College in Spring 2000.

Future: Toward Genuine Educational Pluralism And Disestablishment, Rockne Mccarthy

Pro Rege

For part one of this essay, see "Public Education and Public Justice in a Pluralist Society," Pro Rege 14,3: March 1986, pp. 10-18.

An expanded version of this manuscript was prepared in 1985 for the U.S. Department of Education. That paper, slightly revised, is to appear in a book edited by Richard John Neuhaus.

Public Education And Public Justice In A Pluralist Society, Rockne Mccarthy

Pro Rege

For part two of this essay, see "The Future: Toward Genuine Educational Pluralism and Disestablishment," Pro Rege 14,4: June 1986, pp. 20-27.

An expanded version of this manuscript was prepared in 1985 for the U.S. Department of Education. That paper, slightly revised, is to appear in a book edited by Richard John Neuhaus.

Reconstructionist Movement: In The Calvinist Tradition?, L. John Van Til

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No abstract provided.

Principled Paraenesis: Reading And Preaching The Ethical Material Of New Testament Letters, James A. De Jong

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No abstract provided.

Religion And American Higher Education, John B. Hulst

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No abstract provided.

Renewal Lectures, Wayne A. Kobes

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No abstract provided.

Institutional Religion And The American Revolution: Churches, Clergy, And Religious Issues In The American Revolution, William Nawyn

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No abstract provided.

Christian's Responsibility In The Political Arena, John B. Hulst

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Christianity And Latin America, John C. Vander Stelt

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No abstract provided.