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First Reformed (Movie Review), Tom Clark

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"The experience of watching First Reformed is deeply moving, unsettling, challenging, quieting, but above all worth it."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie First Reformed from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/movie-review-first-reformed/

Bearing Witness In A Tldr World: A Review Of "Disruptive Witness", Justin Bailey

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"In a world full of noise, TLDR is emblematic of our society’s short attention span."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Disruptive Witness from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/bearing-witness-in-a-tldr-world-a-review-of-disruptive-witness/

Scrolling Alone, Abby M. Foreman

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"We should ask ourselves how we can create community that is hospitable and encourages positive connections with one another."

Posting about the problem of social isolation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/scrolling-alone/

What If Assessment Was A Gift?, Patricia C. Kornelis

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The Fortnite Phenomenon: Should Christians Be Wary? (Part I), Donald Roth

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"Evidence shows that video game addiction is much more of a concern among young people using video games to escape or cope with challenges in their lives."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­parental responsibility in managing children's leisure activities from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-fortnite-phenomenon-should-christians-be-wary-part-i/

The Past Speaks To The Present: A Review Of "Demanding Liberty", Scott Culpepper

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"Brandon O’Brien’s Demanding Liberty reintroduces us to a forgotten hero who deserves to be remembered and emulated."

Posting about the book Demanding Liberty: An Untold Story of American Religious Freedom from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-past-speaks-to-the-present-a-review-of-demanding-liberty/

The Book Of Job And Our Human Suffering, James C. Schaap

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"In this world, people suffer. It comes with the territory. You can wish that fact not true, but you cannot wish it away. People suffer."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the universal experience of grief and pain from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-book-of-job-and-our-human-suffering/

De Profundis: Lament In Worship, Karen Demol

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"If we come into God’s presence as whole persons, we come burdened with illness, grief, and confusion as well as with joy; with regrets and sorrows as well as with thanksgiving."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­honest faith from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/de-profundis-lament-in-worship/

Interpreting Scripture Through Mystery, Doubt, And Ancient Lit: A Review Of "Inspired", Kayt E. Frisch

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"In her new book, Inspired, popular blogger Rachel Held Evans engagingly wrestles in reconciling the difficult passages in the Old Testament with the overarching message of the Bible."

Posting about the book Inspired from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/interpreting-scripture-through-mystery-doubt-ancient-lit-a-review-of-inspired/

The Fortnite Phenomenon: Should Christians Be Wary? (Part Ii), Donald Roth

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"Video games should be viewed as providing teachable moments rather than dangerous temptations."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­parental responsibility in managing children's leisure activities from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-fortnite-phenomenon-should-christians-be-wary-part-ii/

Do Bakers Have To Bake Cakes For Same-Sex Weddings?, Donald Roth

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"As to the underlying issue of whether wedding cakes are something that the government can compel a baker to bake for same-sex couples, well, the jury is still out."

Posting about a recent ruling from the Supreme Court regarding free expression vs. public accommodation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/do-bakers-have-to-bake-cakes-for-same-sex-weddings/

Why They're Leaving And Why It Matters: Gen Z'S Mass Exodus From Church, Aaron Baart

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"Whether we want to admit it or not, the Church has an image problem. Today’s iteration of the Church isn’t appealing to Gen Z."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­reasons for the decline in church affiliation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/why-theyre-leaving-and-why-it-matters-gen-zs-mass-exodus-from-church/

The Liturgical Lives Of Pets, Howard Schaap

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"Stewardship draws our hearts upward and downward, to not only the transcendent and sublime but also the immanent and mundane."

Posting about lessons learned from pet ownership from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-liturgical-lives-of-pets/

Parenting, Attachment Theory, And God, Erin Olson

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"Have you ever stopped to consider how experiences in your childhood may have impacted your perceptions of God?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the importance of the parent-child relationship from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/parenting-attachment-theory-and-god/

Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Interventions And The Soul: Moral And Ethical Considerations, Bruce Vermeer

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Estate Planning: Psalms And Hymns For A Lifetime, Karen Demol

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"Singing classics of the faith that have been 'keepers' for decades and centuries enables the various generations within a congregation to sing together, strongly."

Posting about the rich heritage of classic hymns from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/estate-planning-psalms-and-hymns-for-a-lifetime/

Science For All Christians, Jeff Ploegstra

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"What questions should we endeavor to answer as we work out the relationship between our faith commitments and our scientific insight?"

Posting about a Reformed worldview on the complexities of creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/science-for-all-christians/

Providential Creation And A Gracious Science, Carl P. Fictorie

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"Christians who work in the sciences wrestle daily with the work of investigating the universe through the lens of faith."

Posting about God's providence and nature from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/providential-creation-and-a-gracious-science/

Against Common Sense, Channon Visscher

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"Scientific inquiry... allows for the exploration of phenomena that would otherwise remain beyond human intuition."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­beauty and truth in creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/against-common-sense/

The Fruitless Search For The Theory Of Everything, Rebekah Earnshaw

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"Knowing truly is something we are given and not something we achieve."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­discovering truth from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-fruitless-search-for-the-theory-of-everything/

Reading In Context: Zacchaeus And The Economics Of Salvation, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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"One way to go about shaking ourselves from the interpretive grooves (ruts!) formed by our Western assumptions is to encounter a reading of a well-known text that seems shocking at first, until the 'new' reading focuses our eyes upon the biblical words themselves."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Zacchaeus' salvation story from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/zacchaeus-and-the-economics-of-salvation/

A Christian Psychologist's Take On Parenting In A Tech-Driven World, Luralyn M. Helming

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"Technology is changing faster than any of us can comprehend or adapt to, and we must keep on the lookout for good research to support our decisions in coping with it."

Posting about adapting to a digital world from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-psychology-professors-take-on-parenting-in-a-tech-driven-world/

See The Story, Live The Story, Patricia C. Kornelis

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Movies Are Prayers (Book Review), Joshua Matthews

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"I think that Josh Larsen believes that movies can be important imaginative visions, but he goes one step further."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Movies are Prayers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/movies-are-prayers-book-review/

Resisting The Devil’S Instruments: Early Modern Resistance Theory For Late Modern Times, David Henreckson

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In the midst of religious conflict in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, a number of prominent Protestant theologians and lawyers wrote on the collective moral obligation to resist systemic injustice. My essay focuses on Johannes Althusius, who offers a theological account of the political com­munity and its obligation to preserve the ·common good and resist injustice. Thinking alongside Althusius, I will consider not only the conditions that may prompt acts of resistance but also the lawful means and ends of resistance. In other words, how might resistance be carripd out rightly? By whom? And to what end? Finally, …

Suffering, Double Negatives, And The Friday We Call "Good", Howard Schaap

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"The story of Jesus’ suffering is powerful, and the theological wonder of it is infinitely profound."

Posting about Christ's humanity on the cross­­­­­­­­ from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/suffering-double-negatives-and-the-friday-we-call-good/

Empathy That Is Simply Divine, James C. Schaap

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"When we stumble through the desert places of our lives, when we’d give anything for a drink, He understands."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christ's love for us from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/empathy-that-is-simply-divine/

On Why Design Might Be Detectable, Tony N. Jelsma

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A Christian Look At The Biology Of Gender Dysphoria, Tony N. Jelsma

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"We should treat people suffering from gender dysphoria with the dignity, respect, and support that are due anyone created in the image of God, recognizing that their condition may not be resolved in this life."

Posting about the church's response to sexual identity issues from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-christian-look-at-the-biology-of-gender-dysphoria/

Peace With Graham, Scott Culpepper

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"We are fooling ourselves if we do not recognize the reality that the American religious landscape in which we operate was forever transformed, for better and sometimes for worse, by the influence of Billy Graham."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the legacy of Billy Graham from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/peace-with-graham/