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Re-Hearing "Every Square Inch": Anthropocentrism In Neo-Calvinist Rhetoric, Howard Schaap

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Howard Schaap presented this paper at the Calvinism in the 21st-Century Conference at Dordt College, April 10, 2010.

City Of Tranquil Light (Book Review), James C. Schaap

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Reviewed Title: Caldwell, Bo. City of Tranquil Light. Henry Holt & Co., September 28, 2010. Hardcover, 304 pages. ISBN: 978-0805092285.

Wow! What A Ride! A Journey With Cancer (Book Review), Pam Adams

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Reviewed Title: Bosma, Cella. Wow! What a Ride! A Journey with Cancer. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press, 2010. 274 pages. ISBN: 978-0-932914-84-2.

Living At The Crossroads: An Introduction To Christian Worldview (Book Review), Wayne A. Kobes

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Reviewed Title: Goheen, Michael W. and Craig G. Bartholomew. Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008. 205 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3140-3.

Christian Practices As Counter Discourses: Foucault, Barth, And The Discourse Of Higher Education, Jason Lief

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Jason Lief presented this paper at the Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices Conference, held at Calvin College in October 2009.

Semper Reformanda In All Of Life, James W. Skillen

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Dr. Skillen presented this paper at the Calvinism in the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 10, 2010.

Apocalypse And Allegiance: Worship, Politics And Devotion In The Book Of Revelation (Book Review), Syd Hielema

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Reviewed Title: Kraybill, J. Nelson. Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics and Devotion in the Book of Revelation. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2010. 224 pages. ISBN: 978-1-587432-61-3.

Leadership Behaviors Of Athletic Coaches In The Council For Christian Colleges And Universities, Jeff Schouten

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The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership behaviors of coaches within the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities using the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport. A secondary purpose was to gain greater insight into the democratic and positive feedback leadership behaviors of male and female coaches in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Three hundred and ninety-six head coaches in the CCCU participated in the study; 320 (80.5%) males and 76 (19.5%) females. The participants completed the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport (Zhang, J., Jensen, B.E., & Mann, B.L., 1997). The results of the study …

Outrageous Idea Of Academic Faithfulness (Book Review), Ryan G. Zonnefeld

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Reviewed Title: Opitz, Donald, and Derek Melleby. The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2007. 144 pages. ISBN-978-1-58743-210-1.

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.

Emily Dickinson, Peter De Vries, And The Strangely Unshakeable Calvinist Character, James C. Schaap

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Dr. James Schaap presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 8-10, 2010.

Desiring The Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, And Cultural Formation (Book Review), Laurence C. Sibley

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Reviewed Title: Smith, James K. A., Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009. 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-8010-3577-7.

Erratum: The last line of the third paragraph should read, “His Desiring the Kingdom argues that it is the heart that leads because it is the heart that hungers for and loves the kingdom; and imagines what that kingdom might be" (32).

Perspective On Mathematical Modeling, Gary De Young

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Christians, The Care Of Creation, And Global Climate Change (Book Review), Delmar Vander Zee

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Reviewed Title: Scott, Lindy (ed). Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008. 144pp. ISBN 13:978-1-55635-844-9.

By Good And Necessary Consequence: Preliminary Genealogy Of Biblicist Foundationalism (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Title: Bovell, Carlos R. By Good and Necessary Consequence: A Preliminary Genealogy of Biblicist Foundationalism. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009. xiv + 173 pages. ISBN: 978-1-60608-457-1.

Christian People Across The Centuries (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

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Reviewed Titles: Christian People Across the Centuries. Richard A. Horsley (editor), Christian Origins; Virginia Burrus (editor), Late Ancient Christianity; and Derek Krueger (editor), Byzantine Christianity, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of A People’s History of Christianity, Denis R. Janz (General Editor). Minneapolis MN: Fortress Press, 2005, 2005 and 2006, respectively. ISBN: 0-8006-3411-X, -3412-8, and -3413-6.

Are You Called To Be An Alligator Tamer?, Syd Hielema

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Dr. Sydney Hielema presented this paper on September 7, 2009, as part of the Dordt College First Monday Series.

Job Satisfaction Of Naia Head Coaches At Small Faith-Based Colleges: The Teacher-Coach Model, Craig L. Stiemsma

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The head coaches at smaller colleges usually have other job responsibilities that include teaching, along with the responsibilities of coaching, recruiting, scheduling, and other coaching-related jobs. There is often a dual role involved for these coaches who try to juggle two different jobs that sometimes require different skill sets and involve different responsibilities that may lead to role conflict. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the level of job satisfaction of coaches in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). This study also sought to determine if there were differences in coaches' levels of job satisfaction based on …