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The Reformation’S Legacy Continues Shaping Latin America, Isaias D'Oleo-Ochoa

CTS Student Publications and Creative Works

Five hundred years after Luther’s 95 theses, the Latin American society recognizes Protestantism as an important socio-cultural and religious movement that has significantly benefited the Hispanic culture. Fostering religious diversity and speech freedom was one of the major contributions that Protestantism brought to Latin America.

Teaching Science And Technology As Stewardship Of God’S Creation, Fred Haan

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Took place on 9/24/25 at Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Lippo Village in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event was called Integration of Faith and Learning in K-12 Education.

Designing For Shalom: Deepening Faith Integration In Engineering And Technology, Fred Haan

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Presented on 9/22/2025 at the event, Integration of Faith and Learning in the Disciplines at the University Pelita Harapan in Jakarta, Indonesia

A Christian Case Against Capitalism, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Early in his new book, CENTURY columnist Phil Christman recounts a formative, almost mystical episode from a college Bible study. Amped on adolescent anxiety and tormented by the sort of shame in which Christian fundamentalism sadistically specializes, a young Phil gathers with some classmates to read the Sermon on the Mount. This, his younger self muses, is not something a guy with a girlfriend does on a Saturday afternoon. “I am a loser,” he realizes. “We are the losers.”

Christian Character Formation In A Culture Of Anger, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Anger is a hot topic, perhaps especially for Christians. We might concede that it’s OK to be angry sometimes—for example, when human rights are violated. It’s not right to be complacent or indifferent in the face of that kind of intentional injury! At the same time, we might be wary of justifying anger, given how many times we’ve been harmed—or seen others harmed— by people who get too angry. No one who has encountered Christians ranting on social media thinks we need more of that kind of witness.

Week 1: Can I Get A Witness?, Calvin University

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Week 2: Wind And Flame: Equipped For Witness, Calvin University

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Week 4: The Witness Of Proclamation, Calvin University

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Week 6: The Witness Of Suffering, Calvin University

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Week 7: The Witness Of Transformation, Calvin University

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Week 8: The Witness Of Changing Our Minds, Calvin University

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Week 3: The Witness Of Shalom, Calvin University

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Week 5: The Witness Of Engaging Conflict, Calvin University

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Cybersecurity: Digital Stewardship In A Violent World, Rocky K. C. Chang

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

This paper defines cybersecurity based on the principle of biblical stewardship. The focus of this principle is God, not the technologies, who is the creator and owner of cyberspace and everything in it. Humankind is called by God to steward them by protecting the digital property of our neighbors in cyberspace from malicious attacks. In the context of cybersecurity, a neighbor can be any individual cyber user, practitioner, educator, organization, tech company, or even hacker. However, as argued from the perspectives of human sin and human finitude, the defending stewards can never win over evil in this spiritual battle. Instead, …

In Grief We Need Each Other, Derek Schuurman

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

In the face of grief, human connections provide a far deeper comfort than new AI developments.

A Holy And Subversive Imagination, Amanda Benckhuysen

CTS Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

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Does Change In Faith Maturity Reflect Maturation? Establishing Strict Measurement Invariance For The Faith Maturity Scale Across Time, Hiroki Matsuo, Tyler Greenway, Grant B. Morgan, Sarah A. Schnitker

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Despite its early focus on religious development and faith maturation, the psychology of religion and spirituality field underutilizes longitudinal designs; work is needed to reduce barriers to the longitudinal study of the processes by which faith matures. As a first step, the present study examines the invariance structure of the Faith Maturity Scale across three time points to assess the reliability and structure of the scale over time. The confirmatory factor analytic method was used to examine data from 572 college students. Configural, metric, scalar, and residual/strict models were tested. Findings support the full strict residual longitudinal invariance model, providing …

Why Calvin? Naming A Seminary After A Theologian Of Consolation, Sam Ha

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How John Calvin Shaped Modern Seminary Education, Karin Maag

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Why Calvin? Naming A Seminary After A Theologian Of Consolation, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Serving Others Using Generative Ai, Kenneth C. Arnold

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Ken Arnold, computer science professor at Calvin University, explores the idea of use Generative AI as a tool to help us serve others.

Integrating Faith And Academic Administration, Derek Schuurman

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

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2025 Denominational Survey Results, Calvin University

CRCNA Denominational Survey Results

As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey , the CRCNA has contracted with DataWise Consulting to administer an annual denominational survey. The results from the 2025 survey have now been compiled.

All CRC-affiliated adults and older youth are welcome to respond to this survey as they are led. However, in order to ensure a healthy number of responses to the survey each year, CRC leaders have randomly assigned every CRC church to one of five “cohorts.” Each cohort includes about 20 percent of all active congregations, and each congregation will be asked to engage in active recruitment of …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 156 - Doxology (June 2025), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Editorial: Of Thresholds, Stones, and Doxologies by Joyce Borger....2

Release and Receive by Gary Brouwers....6

Full Circle by Colin P. Watson, Sr.....8

A Chorus of Praise by Diane Dykgraaf....12

Q&A: Developing Identity as a Worship Leader by Paul Ryan....13

For Pastors: The Word of the Lord by Scott Hoezee....15

Singing Stones by Bethany Besteman....17

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words by Joyce Borger and Dean Heetderks....18

Songs for the Season: Sonic Standing Stones by Chris Walker....25

Mile Markers by Trudy Ash....31

Creation's Song by Diane Dykgraaf....36

The Goodness …

Is Slavery Integral To Augustine's Theology?, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

A review essay considering two new books in Augustinian studies: Slaves of God by Toni Alimi (Princeton University Press, 2024) and The Problem of the Christian Master by Matthew Elia (Yale University Press, 2024).

https://www.christiancentury.org/books/slavery-integral-augustine-s-theology

The Invisible Health Care Provider: Informal Caregivers Within Medical And Faith Communitie, Dr. Julie Yonker, Erin Cawley, Joseph Devries, Elianah Reynolds

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

• Training – Professional Caregivers

• Training – Faith Community

• Training – Informal Caregivers

A Tender Turning Point, Debra Rienstra

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Last Sunday, my congregation voted overwhelmingly to disaffiliate from the Christian Reformed Church. We had already gone through a long process of discernment to get to this point, so there was a little tension in the room. We knew what was going to happen. We were ready.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 155 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2025), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Editorial: What Story Do You Love to Tell? by Joyce Borger....2

Worship Series: God Is In the Story by Mike Collins and Dorothy Vandersteen....3

Worship for All by Lindsay Wieland Capel....12

Q&A: Framing Worship by Paul Ryan....15

Worship Service: God and Goliath by Jay Knochenhauer....18

Reading Scripture in Public Worship by David W. Music....23

Worship Service: James Wrote You a Letter! by Charles Keogh....26

The Nicene Creed....29

The Nicene Creed at 1700 Years Old by Joyce Borger....30

Songs for the Season by Anthony Bolkema....32

Marking the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene …

Discerning What Power Is For: The Spirit’S Dynamic Work In History Will Always Rhyme With What God Has Manifested In Jesus, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

It was the 90s, as the kids say. The Pentecostal church where we worshipped in Stratford, Ontario, was swept up in the revival rippling from Airport Vineyard in nearby Toronto. News of strange and miraculous manifestations spread around the world. But the reports that struck me were testimonies about emotional healing — gut-level emotional restoration that overcame years of pain and trauma. I can still picture my friend, Michael, weeping as he bore witness to the work the Spirit had done in his heart and soul. Whatever one wanted to make of the laughing and barking(!) and trance-like states people …

Sabbath For The Restless: Rediscovering God’S Gift Of Rest, Youngkhill Lee

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

God commanded his people to rest, embedding it in the fourth and longest of the Ten Commandments. In Exodus 20, he declared: “Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work” (vv. 9–10). This command was not merely a rule but a reflection of God’s love and care. By blessing and sanctifying the seventh day (Genesis 2:3), God wove rest into the rhythm of life, pointing to its sacred significance.