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Semana 05, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Notas A Los Líderes, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Semana 01, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Sibrandus Lubbertus (1555-1625) And Reformed Polemics On Authority In The Church., Dave Holmlund

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Sibrandus Lubbertus (1555-1625) was a German born Reformed theologian who spent most of his life teaching at the University of Franeker in Friesland, a northern region of the Netherlands. Among his publications, the most significant in size and importance were his disputational works, which used a polemical form to address controversial issues of the post-Reformation period in which he gave a robust defense of the Reformed position over and against the most influential voices of his day, whether they themselves were a more heterodox expression of Protestant theology or simply Roman Catholic. This dissertation examines the major treatises of Lubbertus, …

Salvation By Faith: Faith, Covenant, And The Order Of Salvation In Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680)., Hyo-Nam Kim

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

The doctrines of covenant, faith, and the order of salvation are crucial components of early modern Reformed soteriology. In seventeenth-century England, these three major doctrines of Reformed theology, which had been taken over undeveloped from the Reformers, took a mature shape, but aroused controversies among diverse Protestant groups. Modern historical scholarship on Reformed orthodoxy has produced little significant research that deals with these doctrines synthetically. The object of this dissertation is to explore the broader role of faith in relation to these two significant doctrines for salvation in the early modern Reformed theology, with specific reference to the thought of …

Paul Helm's "Compatibilist" View Of Divine Providence In Light Of The Frankfurtian Debate., Simon Sang-Kyun Ko

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

It is easy to find in prominent scholarly opinion today that to maintain its comprehensive divine determinism the Reformed Christian tradition must endorse metaphysical compatibilism to affirm some semblance of creaturely freedom. Arguably, one of the two Reformed scholars who have promulgated this idea the most is Paul Helm. Interestingly, while Helm’s “no-risk” view of divine providence started off with pretty straightforward classical compatibilism, it has since morphed into what is akin to source incompatibilism. At the heart of this transformation is Helm’s increasing interest in the feasibility of “irreducible agency, despite the fixity of the future” (or to use …

Driven By God: Active Justification And Definitive Sanctification In The Soteriology Of Bavinck, Comrie, Witsius, And Kuyper., Jae-Eun Park

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

For more than two millennia believers have struggled with the antinomy of God’s absolute sovereignty over and man’s ultimate responsibility in justification and sanctification. For at least the past several hundred years theologians have used some version of the terms “active justification” and “definitive sanctification” in an attempt to illuminate this mystery. However, in the past decade scho lars have begun to criticize these concepts, saying that they are unsupported in Scripture, lead to theological confusion, and are of no practical benefit to believers. Through the work of theologians from the broader Dutch Reformed tradition, especially Herman Bavinck (1854-1921), Alexander …

Early Stuart Polemical Hermeneutics: Andrew Willet's 1611 Romans Hexapla., Darren M. Pollock

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Andrew Willet, a Cambridge-educated minister, began his writing career as a popular anti-Catholic polemicist (best known for the influential Synopsis Papismi) during Elizabeth I’s reign. Early in the seventeenth century he shifted genres, writing a series of biblical commentaries using a distinctive six-fold method and earning a reputation as one of the country’s best textual scholars. Willet suggested that the change to exegesis was a move from religious controversy to more irenic waters, and many scholars have taken him at his word, writing of his abandonment of polemics. An analysis of his 1611 hexapla commentary on Romans, however, reveals a …

Theologia Viatorum: Institutional Continuity And The Reception Of A Theological Framework From Franciscus Junius's De Theologia Vera To Bernhardinus De Moor's Commentarius Perpetuus, Todd M. Rester

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Some scholars have identified a certain amount of vagueness in continuity theses of scholarship regarding medieval, Reformation, and post-Reformation thought. A criterion of continuity is necessary in order to prosecute a continuity thesis. One way to root intellectual history within a particular social context over time is to examine a conceptual framework as it develops, changes, and even declines within an academic institution like an early modern university. Institutional continuity is a methodological approach that seeks to clarify the relationship between continuity, influence, confessionalization and deconfessionalization diachronically within an institutional context of an early modern university. The test case for …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 118 - Lent / Easter (December 2015), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Jesus Is Greater by Kyle Haack....3

Come and See: Painting the Lenten Journey by Lisle Gwynn Garrity....10

Nothing but the Blood by Jana Dykhuis....19

Articles

Editorial: It Feels Like Lent: Where Is Easter? by Joyce Borger....2

The Lord’s Supper on Good Friday: Yes and No by Rita Klein-Geltink and James Payton....32

For Pastors: Disciples Follow by Scott Hoezee....34

Q&A: The Pastoral Challenges of Summer by John D. Witvliet....39

More than a Fiesta by Gerardo Martí and Mark T. Mulder....42

The Gift of the Felon by Kate Kooyman....44

Resources

Psalms to …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 50 No 2 - November 2015), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

ARTICLES: Doing History as Theologians by David C. Steinmetz - 174 / Hagiography and Theology for a Comprehensive Reformed Church: John Gauden and the Portrayal of Ralph Brownrigg by Stephen Hampton - 181 / Whose Common Grace? Exploring the Implications of Common Grace on an Analysis of the Effects of Globalization by Jessica Driesenga - 211 / Celebrating Relief from the Enemy: Discerning and Preaching Esther's Post-canonical Adversary by Arie C. Leder - 230 / Reading the Bible with Rembrandt: A Fresh Look at Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11 by Amanda W. Benckhuysen - 247 / CALVIN BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 …

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum: October 2015, Julius T. Medenblik, John W. Cooper, Jeffrey A.D. Weima, Arie C. Leder

Calvin Theological Seminary Forum (2002- )

Biblical and Hermeneutical Reflections on Same-Sex Relationships

Articles
3 - Entering the Conversation by Jul Medenblik
5 - Not Like Women in Office: Scripture, Hermeneutics, and Same-Sex Relations by John W. Cooper
9 - Same-Sex Activity: What Does the New Testament Say? by Jeffrey A.D. Weima
13 - Until my Body Finds its Rest in You, O Lord by Arie C. Leder
17 - From Dream to Forum Editorial from the Inaugural Issue by David E. Holwerda

Called to Serve
18 - Calvin Seminary’s Certificate for Hispanic Ministry Program
19 - 2015 Convocation Address excerpts from Professor Mary Vanden Berg …

Kerux - Vol. 49, No. 5, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kerux

Inside This Issue

• Cover Cont'd Page 3
• North Philly Needs Something Page 5
• Book Review: Shades of White Flight Page 8
• Empathy: Grace to Change the World Page 9
• Space to Wonder Page 10
• Mid-Summer Nights in California Page 11
• Change the World? Page 12
• Book Review: Where the Cross Meets the Street Page 13
• My Experience with CPE Page 14
• The Daily Struggle of Formation Page 15

The Roots Of Despair, Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

This paper is an exploration of the Thomistic vice of despair, one of two vices opposed to the theological virtue of hope. Aquinas’s conception of despair as a vice, and a theological vice in particular, distances him from contemporary use of the term “despair” to describe an emotional state. His account nonetheless yields a compelling psychological portrait of moral degeneration, which I explain via despair’s link to its “root,” the capital vice of sloth. Cases in which sloth and its offspring vices progress into full-fledged despair raise interesting issues about whether and how despair might be remediable. I conclude by …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 117 - Advent / Christmas (September 2015), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Angels and Songs by Chris Schoon....3

Worship Amid Pain by Swee Hong Lim....10

The Word Became Flesh by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap....24

Articles

Editorial: Thinking Deeply by Joyce Borger....2

For Pastors: Missional Preaching for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany by Scott Hoezee....16

Q&A: Whatever Happened to the Second Coming? by John D. Witvliet....46

Resources

The Ghost of a Chosen Legacy by Jennie Stephenson....9

Who Do You Say I Am? by Maria Monteiro....18

Come and See: A Visual Choir by Lisle Gwynn....20

Light for Our Wilderness by Tracie Wiersma....28

Sonny's Cupcake Cafe by …

Ijce’S Editors: Broadening The Scholarly Conversation, David I. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 116 - Multicultural Worship (June 2015), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Life in the Minor Key by Nathan Drake....3

Worship as Sacred Time, as Home, and as Fiesta by Marissa Galvan-Valle....14

Psalm 1: A Walk in the Woods by Martin Tel....32

Articles

Editorial: It’s Not Enough— But It’s a Start by Joyce Borger....2

From Conflict to Blessings by Kathy Smith....10

“Belonging” in Worship by Mwenda Ntarangwi....16

Fostering Multicultural Worship by Jaret Williams....20

Potholes, Detours, and Hazards by Joy Engelsman....22

Building Bridges with a Gospel Choir by Nate Glasper....26

Q&A: Constancy, Enduring Dispositions, and the Holy Spirit’s Help in Our Weakness by …

Trauma Of The Heart: Augmenting The Family Paradigm To Stem The Spread Of Hiv/Aids And To Facilitate Healing And Recovery In The Wake Of Hiv/Aids, Gibson Danjuma

CTS Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

This article briefly reflects on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African American community. The article suggests an alternative paradigm that views the high-risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of the virus as a reaction to ‘trauma of the heart’ as opposed to viewing the epidemic solely in terms of a lack of HIV and sexually transmitted disease awareness. It further suggests a pastoral intervention of expanding the paradigm of family beyond the classical nuclear construct to family as a system of individuals committed to embracing and ‘adopting’ individuals who have experienced trauma of the heart. This augmented understanding of …

People As Wochristian Leaders And Managers, In Light Of And In Response To Gods Common Grace, Are Capable Of Building Organizational Practices That Foster Employee Engagement And Promote Human Flourishing. In This Article, We Examine What It Means For Humans To Be Created In The Image Of God And Therefore To Be Made To Work And To Use Their Unique Gifts And Strengths In Such Efforts. We Will Argue That It Is Precisely This Constructive Function Of Gods Common Grace That Is The Key Not Only To Individual-Level Flourishing But Also To Organizational-Level And Societal-Level Flourishing As Well.Rkers In The Image Of God, Brian Cawley, Peter J. Snyder

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Christian leaders and managers, in light of and in response to Gods common grace, are capable of building organizational practices that foster employee engagement and promote human flourishing. In this article, we examine what it means for humans to be created in the image of God and therefore to be made to work and to use their unique gifts and strengths in such efforts. We will argue that it is precisely this constructive function of Gods common grace that is the key not only to individual-level flourishing but also to organizational-level and societal-level flourishing as well.

Excellence, Success, And The Protective Function Of Common Grace In Accounting, Jason Stansbury, Marilyn Stansbury, Debra Snyder

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

The sustainability of the accounting profession depends on both internal goods (excellences) and external goods (successes) supported by the practices and institutions of accounting. While both types of goods matter, a virtuous organization must hold them in tension. Failure to do so risks violating the public trust and damaging accountants integrity. The accounting professions management of this MacIntyrean tension exemplifies the protective function of common grace. Accounting helps to protect business from the effects of sin (e.g., negligence, opportunism, and malfeasance), as well as to enable business to meet human needs through both meaningful employment and goods and services that …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 50 No 1 - April 2015), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

EDITORIAL: "Why We (Still) Speak" Calvin Theological Journal: Vols. 1.1 to 50.l, by decades by Arie C. Leder - 6 / ARTICLES: Dating John Davenant's De Gallicana controversia sententia in the Context of Debate over John Cameron: A Correction by Richard A. Muller - 10 / Spiritus Propheticus: Spirit and Prophecy in Calvin's Old Testament Exegesis by Keith D. Stanglin - 23 / Protestant Preaching: Its Strengths and Weaknesses by H. de Leede and F. Stark - 43 / The Worship of the Reformed Church and the Creation of Its Service Book by Abraham Kuyper - 59 / …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 115 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2015), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: G.R.O.W. G.R.E.E.N. for the Glory of God by Verlan VanEe....3

Two Events That Make All the Difference by Diane Dykgraaf....10

Noteworthy: Quodlibet by Martin Tel....22

Articles

Editorial: The Spirit’s on the Move by Joyce Borger....2

Give Thanks to the Great Musician and Poet by David W. Music....30

Worship in the Face of Death by George Den Oudsten....38

Q&A: Ten Reasons to Celebrate Ascension Day by John Witvliet....44

Punjabi Psalms: An Interview with Eric Sarwar, Part 2 by Emily Brink and Eric Sarwar....46

Resources

Come and See: Wind of the …

Ijce And Scholarship On Christianity And Education, David I. Smith, Trevor Cooling

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Listening To Your Listeners: A Preaching Preparation Process That Changes... Everything!, Lori J. Carrell

Symposium on Worship Archive

A vast majority of listeners attending U.S. churches have never talked with a pastor about a sermon. And, unfortunately, those listeners report by the thousands that though they expect spiritual growth as they listen to their preachers, it usually does not occur. Preachers who listen to their listeners as a regular part of sermon preparation can expect to change these patterns, increasing the spiritual impact of preaching for individuals, congregations, communities—and culture. During this workshop, participants will discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups (without adding to the preachers’ limited sermon prep time!).

Until Justice And Peace Embrace: Worship That Announces And Shapes Reconciliation, David M. Bailey, Shannon Jammal-Hollemans, Mwenda Ntarangwi, Kathy Smith, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, Nicholas Wolterstorff, David Rylaarsdam

Symposium on Worship Archive

Public worship and reconciliation are deeply connected. In worship, we announce the good news of reconciliation in Christ in sermons and songs. But we don’t speak or sing about it. In worship, we also practice habits that are fundamental building blocks of reconciliation: we confess sin, pass the peace to each other, and gather in unity around Christ’s table. At its best, public worship both announces and participates in Christ-shaped reconciliation. Yet this is not easy, especially when congregations are marked by divisions and conflict. What about churches that sing about reconciliation and unity, but seem unwilling or unable to …

Singing For Faith Formation: Nourishing Songs For Worship, Norma De Waal Malefyt, Rebecca Snippe

Symposium on Worship Archive

Our time together will explore song resources especially from the new songbook Lift Up Your Hearts and their selection process that will guide a congregation’s faith development through song. We will think about how songs that are chosen not only express, but form faith.

Psalmody For Holy Week, Martin Tel

Symposium on Worship Archive

The gospel writers relied heavily on the Psalms to tell the story of Christ’s suffering and crucifixion. Using the Psalter resource Psalms for All Seasons, we will explore different ways that the congregation can engage the Psalms in Holy Week services.

Seven Streams: Negotiating The Widening River Of Congregational Song, Emily R. Brink

Symposium on Worship Archive

We’ll explore both Glory to God (Presbyterian) and Lift Up Your Hearts (Christian Reformed Church in North America and Reformed Church in America), both published in 2013, for how they included many newer streams of congregational song that have joined the traditional hymn. Have you noticed that few contemporary "hymnals" today even use the word "hymn" or "hymnal" in their titles? "Hymns" don’t acknowledge the many different streams that have joined the main river of congregational song, including choruses, responses, spirituals, contemporary songs of all types, and global songs. How do congregations, let alone hymnals, respond to all that diversity? …

Biblical Storytelling Master Class, Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

Symposium on Worship Archive

In 1 Timothy, Paul says, ". . . devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture," to his friend Timothy. One way we can devote ourselves to Scripture is by learning it by heart and telling it others. In this workshop, participants will be invited to participate by presenting, in the style of a storyteller, Scripture passages they have learned by heart. Participants are invited (not required) to present a text they have worked on in advance for discussion, encouragement, and constructive critique. Those who are unfamiliar with this style of Scripture presentation may hear familiar texts anew!

Liturgy, Anthropology, And Life Cycle, Kathy Smith

Symposium on Worship Archive

How do children worship best? How can worship help young people through the teen years? What practices of worship resonate most with adults and elderly people? This workshop will look at the human life cycle and the developmental stages that all people grow through (cognitive, sensorimotor, psychological, moral, and faith development), and will consider what this means for all ages to participate fully in worship.