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The Faithful Flyer, 03-27-2011, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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The Faithful Flyer, 03-13-2011, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

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He Ascended To Heaven, Dale Cooper

Coop's Column

A devotional about Jesus's commission to his disciples when he ascended to heaven.

Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just (Book Review), Nathanael D. Peach

Faculty Publications - College of Business

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The Faith And Rationality Of Dalit Christian Experience, Mathew N. Schmalz

Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship

A reflection on the John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio in connection to Dalit (Untouchable) Catholic and Christian experience in India. The article focuses on the spirituality of a Dalit Christian woman and relates it to the debate between historicity and ahistoricity in the appreciation of faith, rationality, and spirituality. The article was published in Asian Horizons, a peer reviewed journal published by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India

Avoiding The Debilitating Effects Of Compassion Fatigue, James S. Caruso

Doctor of Ministry

Many clergy experience a debilitating stress condition called compassion fatigue (CF). Church leaders leave ministry for many reasons such as moral failure, financial stresses, marital problems, burnout, and CF. CF is not easily recognized, but its effects on ministry leaders are very visible. Preventive measures include observing the Sabbath observance, reliance on the Holy Spirit and other self-care techniques. This projects thesis is that CF can be avoided through Sabbath observance reliance on the Holy Spirit and proper self-care practices. Church leaders are vulnerable to CF in their care-giving role. They should understand the signs and symptoms of CF and …

The Nature Of Evangelism In Missional Churches, Russell York

Doctor of Ministry

Evangelism has long been at the heart of God's mission for the church. The arrival of the twenty-first century brought with it renewed interest in both the mission of the church and evangelism, a practice central to the church's mission. A leading factor in this resurgence is the decline in church attendance over the past several decades. The most influential factors leading to the decline in attendance are culture changes from modernism to postmodemism and from a Christendom society to a post-Christian pluralistic society. These culture shifts resulted in the diminishing influence of the church and non-Christians' often harboring hostile …

Telling The Gospel Master Story In The Google Era, Timothy R. Orton

Doctor of Ministry

Narrative is fundamentally important to the human condition because the very fabric of our lives and existence is composed of a story-line-in-sequence; a narrative. The premise upon which this study is built holds that the personal story of each individualhis or her mininarrative1--cannot have meaning unless it is framed in a viable masterstory, or metanarrative. I believe humans were made in God's image for the purpose of eternal and unbroken fellowship with Him and unless one's personal narrative is framed by the metanarrative of the Gospel, he or she cannot be a spiritually complete person. This dissertation claims that three …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 3 - (March 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Go Calvin! by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Parque Central by Joel Van Dyke / 8 - IMHO: The Muslim-Christian Chasm by Paul Hansen / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Canadian government cuts CRWRC funding / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Yes and No: Lent and the Reformed Faith Today by John D. Witvliet / 20 - A Sacred Circle by Rebecca Warren with Roy Berkenbosch, Travis Enright, and Maggie Hodgson / 22 - Called to Be Sent by Kristen deRoo VanderBerg / 26 - …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 99 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2011), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

A Wonderful Hope by Calvin Brondyke....3

Alive to the Spirit by Leonard Kuyvenhoven....6

From the Cross, through the Church, to the World by Steve Van Zanen, Diane Dykgraaf, and Ben Van Houten....10

The Holy Spirit, Our Guide by Lenae Bulthuis....14

Praying with Brothers and Sisters from Guatemala by Julia Esquivel....15

Remembering Those with HIV/AIDS by Jennifer Holmes Curran....16

True Confessions by Scott Hoezee....17

Passing the Peace by Paul Ryan....26

From Rebel to Worshiper by Ron Man....34

The Wilderness Transformed by Rudy W. Ouwehand....38

Reaffirmation of Ordination by MaryAnn McKibben …

Routes Of Learning: Highways, Pathways, And Byways In The History Of Mathematics (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Reviewed Title: Routes of Learning: Highways, Pathways, and Byways in the History of Mathematics by Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. xii + 372 pages, with index. ISBN: 9780801892486.

Science In Law: Reliance, Idealization & Some Calvinist Insights, David S. Caudill

Pro Rege

Dr. David S. Caudill presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 2010.

"Emptiness About The Heart Of Life": A Reformed Approach To Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway And Michael Cunningham's The Hours, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

Dr. Mary Dengler presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference, at Dordt College, April 2010.

If A Calvinist Had Coffee With A Feminist, Julia K. Stronks

Pro Rege

Dr. Julia Stronks presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 2010.

Children Of The Light, Charles Veenstra

Pro Rege

Dr. Charles Veenstra delivered this address at the Dordt College Commencement, May 8, 2010.

Hole In Our Gospel: The Answer That Changed My Life And Might Just Change The World (Book Review), Abby M. Foreman

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Stearns, Richard. The Hole in our Gospel: The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010. ISBN: 0849947001.

Revolution Of The Mind: Radical Enlightenment And The Intellectual Origins Of Modern Democracy And The Reformation Of Rights: Law, Religion And Human Rights In Early Modern Calvinism (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

Reviewed Titles: Israel, Jonathan I. A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. 276 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0-69114200-5. Witte, John, Jr. The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 388 pages including bibliography. ISBN-13: 978-0-521-81842-1.

When Helping Hurts: How To Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting The Poor And Yourself (Book Review), John Visser

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself. Chicago: Moody, 2009. 230 pages. ISBN:978-0-8024-5705-9.

To Change The World: The Irony, Tragedy, And Possibility Of Christianity In The Late Modern World (Book Review), Daniel Edward Young

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Hunter, James Davison. To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 358 pages. ISBN: 978-0-19-973080-3.

The Faithful Flyer, 02-27-2011, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.