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What Is A Human Being?, Neal Deroo

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"Our religious relationship to God is nothing other than the entirety of the life we live, and our life is nothing other than a spiritual or religious act, from start to finish."

Posting about the "God-human-creation" relationship 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/what-is-a-human-being/

Why Should Ecology Matter To A Christian?, Derek Buteyn

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"The goodness of creation is more than a pleasing aesthetic. It doesn't just provide value to us because we enjoy it. It is inherently valuable; in every rock, tree, and living creature, truth is spoken of the Creator."

Posting about living responsibly within creation 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-should-ecology-matter-to-a-christian/

Institutional Stewardship And Ecology, Arlan Nederhoff

Staff Work

"We are not to exploit, waste, or abuse the resources of God's world, but care for them and use them to serve God and humankind."

Posting about becoming environmentally conscientious 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/institutional-stewardship-and-ecology/

Eco-Pietism Vs. Eco-Piety, Ethan Brue

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"Good intentions undergird each practice and authentic faith formation has emerged from even our most legalistic practices."

Posting about true Christian piety 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/eco-pietism-vs-eco-piety/

Meaning, Being And Expression: A Phenomenological Justification For Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Neal Deroo

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The purpose of this talk is two-fold: first, to lay out a phenomenological justification for why scientific or theoretical investigation must be carried out both within particular disciplines and across various disciplines; and second, to show that such a justification--alluded to with varying levels of explicitness in various works by various figures--itself opens new paths of exploration for phenomenology.

Mountain Top Vistas, Derek Buteyn

Staff Work

"I feel most alive and near to God after I've spent and given of myself."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the rewards that come from things that require time and energy 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/mountain-top-vistas/

Fish And Bread, Howard Schaap

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"The wonder of the world is tied up in a child, a bobber, and a fish."

Posting about deeply satisfying experiences in life 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/fish-and-bread/

Creation As Art, Jeff Ploegstra

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"If we consider God an artist, we should study His technique, the elements of balance, proportion, repetition, and variation in what He has made."

Posting about experiencing God through interacting with nature 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.

God Is Creation's Second-By-Second Sustainer, Justin Vander Werff

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" ... the Psalms clearly indicate God's active hand in creation."

Posting about God's orderly care in nature 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/god-is-creations-second-by-second-sustainer/

Reformed Approach To The Interactions Of Science And Religion (Cont'd), Tony N. Jelsma

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"The relationship between faith and science is not just a scientific or theological topic."

Posting about conflicts between science and religion 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/a-reformed-approach-to-the-interactions-of-science-and-religion-contd/

Models Of The Interaction Of Science And Religion, Tony N. Jelsma

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"As Christians we are... immersed in this scientific culture and yet God’s Word communicates to us from very different cultural contexts."

Posting about religion and science­­­­­­­­ 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/models-of-the-interaction-of-science-and-religion/

Divorce And A Broken Home, Jeff Ploegstra

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"Reflections on the encyclical letter "Laudato Si" of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­reframing all of creation to bring glory to 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/divorce-and-a-broken-home/

Distinctively Christian Engineering: Implementing Guiding Principles In Our Civil Curriculum, Joel K. Sikkema, Justin Vander Werff

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At Dordt College, we work to make our motto, Soli Deo Gloria (glory to God alone), the organizing principle for all activities. In the Engineering Department, it is our responsibility to continue to shape our program to be holistic and Christ-centered in order to equip our students to serve the Lord obediently in engineering. To direct the development and modification of our engineering curriculum, we established a set of five distinctively Christian guiding principles for engineering. Setting the direction for this work required a grounding point. Therefore, in a subsequent manuscript we evaluated the extent to which these principles were …

Groaning Creation, Carl P. Fictorie

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"What does the Bible mean when Paul writes about the frustrated and decaying creation? What should scientists expect to see in their investigations of creation given that the creation is frustrated and decaying? How does sin adversely affect the most basic laws by which the creation operates?"

Posting about creation from the perspective of a Christian scientist 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-groaning-creation/

“Like A Girl”: Why Our Words Matter, Jason Lief

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"Did you see the Always #LikeAGirl Super Bowl XLIX commercial? Why does this commercial matter?"

Posting about how Christians should respond to the video/commercial #LikeAGirl and the phrase "like a girl" which can have a negative impact on the self-confidence of young girls 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/like-a-girl-why-our-words-matter

The referenced video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs