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The Stromata Vol. 45, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

1- Is Elohim Allah? by Wageeh Y. F. Mikhail

18- Sectarianism and Canonization: Qumran to Yavneh by Steven J. Koster

43- Richard Baxter’s Directory for Mission: Puritan Mission Theory in Motive and Method by Brian A. DeVries

77- William Hasker’s Emergentism: A Novice Account by David J. Zehnder

93- A Critique of Alvin Plantinga’s EAAN: Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism by Jeffrey A. Snapper

116- Still Coherent: An Affirmation of Christ’s Full Humanity without Jeopardizing his ‘Necessary’ Impeccability by Simon Sang-Kyun Ko

136- Being Under Authority: Three Essential Questions for the Christian Life by William H. Jensen

145- …

Theological Foundation For A Reformed Doctrine Of Natural Law, Stephen John Grabill

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Although the magisterial Reformers inherited the natural-law tradition as a noncontroversial legacy of late medieval scholasticism, their twentieth-century descendents have, more often than not, assumed a critical stance toward that tradition. This antipathy has been fueled in large part, but not exclusively by Karl Barth's vigorous repudiation of natural theology in the 1934 disputation with Emil Brunner. Like Herman Dooyeweerd, G.C. Berkouwer, and Cornelius Van Til, Barth identified the doctrines of natural theology/natural law as rationalistic vestiges of Thomism that Calvin and Luther had unwittingly assimilated and that, in the scholastic systems of Reformed orthodoxy, became the foundation for the …

Modified Kenotic Christology, The Trinity And Christian Orthodoxy, Thomas H. Mccall

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the exploration of the resources of kenotic Christology as a way of countering charges that the traditional doctrine of the Incarnation is incoherent. However, John Hick and others have charged the proponents of this strategy with saving coherence at the price of orthodoxy. Some analytic philosophers of religion and philosophical theologians (notably Stephen T. Davis, C. Stephen Evans and Ronald J. Feenstra) defend a modified version of kenotic Christology, one that they think does not contradict the major creedal Christological statements. But to this date no one has produced an extended …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 70 - Lent / Easter (December 2003), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen!....3

The Atonement in Scripture and Song by Peul Detterman, Donald Hustad, and Carl Stam....4

A Time to Mourn by Robert C. DeVries and Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge....8

From Adam to Jonah by Robert Keeley, Laura Keeley, and Marvin J. Hofman....10

The King of Glory Comes....20

A Tale of Three Churches by Todd E. Johnson....28

My Grandmother Saved It, My Mother Threw It Away, and Now I'm Buying It Back by Kevin Twit....30

Worshiping God As We Are by Paul Westermeyer....32

Beyond the "Children's Message" by Mary S. Hulst....36

Holding …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 38 No 2 - November 2003), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Three Dutch Reformed Theologians: Missions According to Scripture by Abraham Kuyper, translated by Pieter Tuit - 237 / “Something That Must Remain, If the Truth Is to Be Sweet and Precious to Us”: The Reformed Spirituality of Herman Bavinck by George Harinck - 248 / Grand Rapids between Kampen and Amsterdam: Herman Bavinck’s Reception and Influence in North America by John Bolt - 263 / Klaas Schilder as Public Theologian by Richard J. Mouw - 281 / Calvin Bibliography: 2003 - 299 / Scholia et Homiletica: Notes and Comments for the Minister: Word and Sacrament on …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 69 - Advent / Christmas (September 2003), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Detterman's Top Ten List by Paul Detterman....3

Tried and True, Fresh and New by Ron Rienstra....6

Why Not "Move" Advent to November? by Lester Ruth....8

The King of Glory Comes by Margaret Van Dyk....18

Longing for Home by Daniel and Mary Sytsma....20

O Come, Let Us Adore Him....22

Twelve Grapes at Midnight by Bill and Laura Van Tol....25

New Every Morning by Peter Slofsma....26

The Pulse of Worship by Andrew Donaldson....35

The Big Picture by Robert Zomermaand....38

Departments

Editorial: All Churches Great and Small by Emily R. Brink....2

Series …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 68 - Worship And Justice (June 2003), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Imitating God by Nicholas Wolterstorff....4

Let Justice Roll by Elizabeth Vander Haagen and James Blankespoor....6

Series for the Season: Rattling Heaven's Door....12

Toward a Theology of Staying Put by Eric Jacobsen....20

If You Make Room They Will Come by Elizabeth Vander Haagen....25

A Justice and Worship Checklist by Elizabeth Vander Haagen....25

Can Songs Bring Reconciliation?....26

Seasoned Justice....34

Let Them Hear by David G. Meyers....45

Departments

Editorial: Just Worship by Roy Berkenbosch....2

Songs for the Season: Sing a Song of Justice by John Core....29

Church Profile: In Search of Shalom by Cheryl …

Material Persons, Immaterial Souls And An Ethic Of Life, Kevin Corcoran

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Among objections to naturalist views of human persons like Animalism and the Constitution View are two that concern alleged ethical implications. One criticism is that such views are defective because they lack the metaphysical resources to generate moral obligations or moral expectations to protect life, in either its early or late stages. Another objection relies on the claim that any metaphysical view of human persons according to which some human organisms lack the property of personhood has horrendous moral implications. With respect to the first objection I argue that resources metaphysically neutral with respect to dualism and naturalism about persons …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 38 No 1 - April 2003), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Calvin’s Concept of Natural and Roman Law by Irena Backus - 7 / Devaluing the Scholastics: Calvin’s Ethics of Usury by Michael Wykes - 27 / Christ’s Atonement: A Multi-Dimensional Approach by Willem van Asselt - 52 / The Noetic Effects of Sin: A Review Article by Dewey J. Hoitenga - 68 / Scholia et Homiletica: A New Age Love Story: Worldview and Ethics in the Gospel of John by Hans Boersma - 103 / “Making Proclamation to the Spirits in Prison”: Another Look at 1 Peter 3:19 by Andrew J. Bandstra - 120 / John Knox …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 67 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2003), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Doctrinal Tonic for Spring Celebrations by Robert De Moor....3

The Power and the Presence by John F. Koerner....7

Spiritual Thirst in a Barren Landscape by Amanda Benckhuysen....9

Receiving Guests as Christ by Arthur Paul Boers....12

Worship for Doubters and Other Good Christians by Holger Eschmann....14

Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls....17

God Called Some to Be...Pastors by David Vroege....20

Wade in the Water by Don McCrory....22

Wash First, Ask Questions Later by Marc Nelesen....24

Series for the Season: God of All Ages by Doug Schonberg....30

Departments

Editorial: Intersecting Themes in …

Poster - Buscando La Paz: A Quest For Peace

Symposium on Worship Archive

A poster advertising a bilingual Sunday morning worship session featuring Coro Cántico Nuevo directed by Jorge Lockward.

Sacred Piano Music Recital, Charlotte Kroeker, Abner Hershberger

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program of sacred piano music (or organ or harpsichord music adapted for piano), along with notes about the history and compositional style of each piece.

Conference Worship Services - Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Booklet including outlines for four worship services held during the 2003 Calvin Symposium on Worship. The four services are based on the two central claims found in Joel 2: a call to repentance and the promise of the Spirit. The first claim, "rend your hearts and not your garments," has been the church's traditional call to Lenten repentance. The second, "I will pour out my Spirit," has been the church's traditional reading for Pentecost. The life of faith is anchored by both this challenge and this promise, never one without the other.

Organ Recital: Treasures For The Paschal Season, Marie Rubis Bauer

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program for an organ recital of pieces suitable for the Easter season. Includes pieces by J.S. Bach, Dan Locklair, Petr Eben, and Maurice Durufle.

Schedule Change Note, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Notes about last minute schedule changes at the 2003 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

Program Book - 2003 Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program book for the 2003 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, session description, presenter biographies, practical information, and ads.

Brochure - 2003 Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

A brochure for the 2003 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, list of presenters, and a registration form.

Conference Preview, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Handout from a preview session on Thursday, January 9, 2003, which provided an overview of the plenary sessions at the 2003 Calvin Symposium on Worship. Includes conference announcements and notes from several presenters. Featured presentations by Charles Farhadian and Michael Hawn about global worship.

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: January 2003, Duane Kelderman, John Bolt, Lugene Schemper

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Reflections
3 - Is Seminary Education for Pastors Still Necessary? by Duane Kelderman
5 - Warning! Seminary May Be Hazardous to Your Spiritual Health by John Bolt
7 - Interview on Continuing Theological Education with editor Lugene Schemper
9 - Seminary Education for Hispanic Pastors by Lugene Schemper

Departments
10 - Discipling
11 - Preaching
12 - Continuing Education
14 - News

The Stromata Vol. 44, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

4- Our Hands, Our Feet, Our Mouths: A Brief History of Fund-Raising in Christian Reformed World Missions by Timothy Dejonge

14- An Evaluation of the Present Denominational Ministry Structure of the CRCNA by Ben Meyer, Chad Steenwyk, & Joel Ringma

19- Consuming Zeal by Dave Gifford

26- Thy Kingdom Come... by A sermon by Lisa Vander Leek

30- Worship Leadership & The Office of Evangelist by Paul Ryan

34- Editorial—Writer’s Block Blues by Joshua S. Benton

The Stromata Vol. 44, No. 2, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

4- The Hollow Hammer: Nietzsche's Weapon Against Christianity by Jordan J. Ballor

12- Our Paedocommunion Discussion: Children and the Lord’s Supper in the Christian Reformed Church by Ryan Faber

18- God is our Deliverer: A sermon on Daniel 6 by Benny Solihin

22- The Problem of Evil: A poem by Daniel Bud

23- The Christian Roadmap: A sermon on Psalm 119:97-106 and 2 Timothy 3:10-17 by Alfred Muema Muli

27- Friendship: A sermon on Romans 5:7-8 by Jeffery W. Scripps

32- On Common Grace: A Tale Related to Romans 1:18-32 and Other Such Texts by Andrew Brennan

Christian Scholarship...For What?, Susan Felch, Joel A. Carpenter, John Hare, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, John Polkinghorne, Tite Tienou, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Mouw

Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship

On September 27-29, 2001 Calvin College concluded its 125th anniversary celebrations with an international, interdisciplinary conference centered on the topic, "Christian Scholarship ... for What?" The title, a variation on Robert Lynds provocative address to the American social science establishment in 1938, acknowledged that faith-based scholarship has come of age. It is no longer a question of whether we will produce, publish, and read Christian scholarship. Rather, we must turn our attention to improving such scholarship and thinking deeply about the purposes to which it is directed. The conference, with its seven plenary and forty-seven concurrent sessions, attracted nearly 500 …

From "Winner" To "Sign": The Changed Understanding Of The Church-World Relation In Twentieth-Century Ecumenical Thought, Benebo Fubara-Manuel

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Many critics and supporters alike of the World Council of (WCC) contend that it has shifted from its original Christocentric and Trinitarian "Basis." Some, especially conservative evangelicals, see this shift as a. movement away from Christian evangelism and the uniqueness of Christ to the unification of humanity in a syncretism of in which the gospel is replaced by social work. Others have identified the shift to be a movement away from Christology to cosmic prieurnatology, or from an eschatological vision of human unity to a narrow vision of church unity, or from a Christocentric universalism, which did not allow for …

Calvin's Hermeneutics Of The Imprecations Of The Psalter, Paul Mbunga Mpindi

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation rehearses the issue of Calvin's Old Testament exegesis in the light his hermeneutical approach to the imprecatory passages of the Psalter. The imprecatory passages of the Psalms offer an ideal place to examine the thesis that Calvin's exegetical principles shared elements of the late medieval hermeneutics, but also moved him away from late medieval exegesis toward a more direct application of the literal meaning of the text to his contemporary situation. Our analysis of Calvin's exegesis of the imprecatory passages of the Psalter reveals that the Reformer of Geneva followed a three-pronged approach: With traditional and sixteenth-century commentators, …

Embracing Leer And Leven: The Theology Of Simon Oomius In The Context Of Nadere Reformatie Orthodoxy, Gregory D. Schuringa

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Scholarship has tended either to brush aside the Dutch Reformed piety of the movement known as the Nadere Reformatie (c.1600-1750) as an aberration from the Reformation, or it has tended, more recently when it has shown interest in the movement, to fail to place the theology of its proponents in its proper orthodox Reformed theological context. This latter failure has resulted, often, in a bifurcation between the Nadere Reformatie and Reformed orthodoxy and scholasticism during the post-Reformation era of Reformed church history and theology. The two have tended to be viewed as mutually exclusive movements. The Nadere Reformatie, with its …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 66 - Lent / Easter (December 2002), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

The Solemn Reproaches of the Cross....3

Giving Up Hurts for Lent by Rose Fry....4

Table Service by Rhonda Brink....6

Robes of Righteousness by Sonya VanderVeen Feddema....8

Celebrating Easter in God's Acre....10

Series for the Season: The Lord, Our Shepherd by David R. Koll....12

Celtic Connections by Paul F. Rack....26

Dialogue with Scripture....31

Tension in Our Music Ministry by John Thornburg....32

Ring Those Bells! by Norma deWaal Malefyt....34

Helping Kids Understand Worship Through Music by Judy Britts....36

An Invitation to Come Home by Syd Hielema....38

Departments

Editorial: Time-Tested Traditions by Emily …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 37 No 2 - November 2002), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial Notes - 207 / Articles: Infants, Nursing Mother, and Father: Paul's Portrayal of a Pastor by Jeffrey A. D. Weima - 209 / Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Marvin Meyer - 230 / Covenant and Pentecost by James C. Vanderkam - 239 / Alleged Rationalism: Francis Turretin on Reason by Sebastian Rehnman - 255 / Reflecting Theologically on Popular Culture as Meaningful: The Role of Sin, Grace, and General Revelation by Theodore A. Turnau, III - 270 / Calvin Bibliography: 2002 by Paul Fields - 297 / Scholia et …

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: October 2002, Ronald J. Feenstra, Ronald J. Nydam, Rev. John Scott, David Rylaarsdam

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Reflection
3 - Forgiven—and Forgiving by Ronald J. Feenstra
6 - Forgiving Seventy Times Seven by Ronald Nydam
8 - Charge to a Young Leader 1 Timothy 6:11-12 by the Rev. John Stott
10 - Prayer for the Students of Calvin Seminary by David Rylaarsdam

Departments
11 - The Council Room
12 - Presidential Inauguration
14 - News

Kerux - Vol. 37, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kerux

Inside This Issue

• Schedule of Events Page 2
• Sept 11 Commemoration Page 2
• Student Senate Page 3
• Still Waters Page 3
• 20 Years Ago Page 4
• At His Beckoning Page 5
• Chicken Soup Page 5
• Changes Page 6

Reformed Worship (Rw) 65 - Advent / Christmas (September 2002), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Sing of God's Care by Karen Van Bemden....4

Advent Through the Psalms by Joyce Borger....6

Series for the Season: Six Biblical Characters, Six Traditions of Faith by Peter Hoytema....9

Lift Your Light High by John C. Bush....17

In the Fullness of Time by Erick Schuringa and Ruth Ann Schuringa....18

The Light of Life by Carol Veldman Rudie....23

Where Did You Get That Script?....26

Comfort, Comfort Now My People by Emily R. Brink....36

Questions About Worship and Technology by Quentin J. Schultze....44

Departments

Editorial: Learning with Brothers and Sisters Across the Globe …