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Marred Clay, Shirley Folkerts

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"If you have been wronged by another person’s sin, or if you have wronged another person, God has taken that awful thing and used it to shape you."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­God's purposes in our lives 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.

http://inallthings.org/marred-clay/

Desperation, Persuasion, And Hope, Howard Schaap

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"Like Job and like David in this psalm, I pray because I seek counsel with God himself, not because, like brushing my teeth, prayer is good for me."

Posting about earnest prayer to God­­­­­­­­ 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.

http://inallthings.org/desperation-persuasion-and-hope/

Practicing Prayerful Communication, Gwen R. Marra

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"When I come to God in prayer, more often than not, I am changed."

Posting about bringing our worries to God­­­­­­­­ 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.

http://inallthings.org/practicing-prayerful-communication/

The Idol Of Tradition, Eric Forseth

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"Bonhoeffer cautioned in his writings about the cost of obedient discipleship and guarding against reducing our religious practices to human tradition."

Posting about honoring God 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-idol-of-tradition/

Brain And Soul: Implications For Life, Bruce Vermeer

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"A great debate over the body-soul connection has captivated Christian and secular scholars alike for several centuries."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­a Scriptural perspective on human life and death 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.

http://inallthings.org/brain-and-soul-implications-for-life/

Grow Up, Ed Starkenburg

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"We need to be about the work of building and strengthening God’s kingdom."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­focusing on God's task 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.

http://inallthings.org/grow-up/

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Movie Review), Joshua Matthews

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"This is fast-food film-making, with cheap doses of movie love, family reunions, and chase after chase after chase."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the 5th installment of Pirates of the Caribbean 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.

http://inallthings.org/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales/

I Know Whom I Have Believed, Donald Roth

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"If we read the promise to Timothy and of the Psalms in the context of Job, perhaps we can gain a new appreciation of even the smallest degree of the rich blessing that is in store for us."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the majesty of God 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.

http://inallthings.org/i-know-whom-i-have-believed/

Spirit Of Living God Fall Afresh On Me, Erin Olson

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"As temples of the Holy Spirit, we have the ability to share a message from the Lord with those around us, but we may struggle to discern that message from the crowd of voices we hear every day."

Posting about using the Spirit's power to serve others 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.

http://inallthings.org/spirit-of-living-god-fall-afresh-on-me/

Exuberant Peace In The Face Of Fear, David Schelhaas

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"First the disciples touch Jesus' wounds; now he breathes on them. How close they must have been."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christ's presence which erases all fear 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.

http://inallthings.org/exuberant-peace-in-the-face-of-fear/

Announcement Of The Ten Commandments, Douglas Deboer

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"Imagine comparing God’s presentation of the Ten Commandments to Steve Job’s presentation of a new Apple product. It’s not exactly a fair comparison, but in both cases, drama is made a big part of the announcement."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­God's proclamation of the law 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-announcement-of-the-ten-commandments/

Shalom Seeking: Foundations Of Flourishing, Kevin Timmer

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Jesus instructs us to seek first the Kingdom of God. Seeking first the Kingdom of God is no small task. It is a process of striving to show God’s love in every situation by showing love to our neighbors and to the rest of the creation. It is serving in a way that enables them to flourish. Seeking first the Kingdom of God is striving for true progress in all its wholeness; it is seeking shalom [1]. Shalom is an Old Testament word which refers to the restfulness, contentment, beauty, and harmony of a life lived in perfect obedience to …

The Voice Of His Word, James C. Schaap

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"Lake Michigan still leaves me in awe, too full of the touch of its presence to explain it clearly."

Posting about the power of God in 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-voice-of-his-word/

Prophet Of Consumerism, Aaron Baart

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"How can you let the Bible read you today, rather than merely the other way around? Read slower. Way slower. Read for transformation, not for information."

Posting about how consumerism affects the way we read the Bible 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-prophet-of-consumerism/

Err On The Side Of Action, Aaron Baart

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"When we become so afraid of doing the wrong thing that we fail to even try to do the right thing, something is askew."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­actively helping those in need 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.

http://inallthings.org/err-on-the-side-of-action/

The Calculus Of Charity, Tom Clark

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Online access: https://worldrenew.net/our-stories/calculus-charity

The Case For Christ (Movie Review), Joshua Matthews

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"The Case for Christ tries to present a rational defense of Christ’s death and resurrection."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie The Case for Christ 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-case-for-christ/

Hear My Prayer, Ethan Brue

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"God listens to the forsaken; he hears their cry. We are the forsaken, and he hears our crying."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­comfort in suffering 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.

inallthings.org/hear-my-prayer/

I Am, Leah A. Zuidema

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"In just a few short words, Jesus has revealed his own name, and has thereby shown himself to be LORD. 'Before Abraham was, I am.'"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­God's infinite existence 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.

http://inallthings.org/i-am-3/

What Do You Want?, Shirley Folkerts

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"[Jesus] redirects us toward giving ourselves for the glory of Christ and the benefit of others."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­sacrifice for Jesus' sake 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.

http://inallthings.org/what-do-you-want/

Spirit-Filled Mindfulness Through Lectio Divina, Shirley Folkerts

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"Lectio divina is a Latin phrase meaning 'divine reading.' It is a historical, meditative, prayerful method of reading Scripture."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­one of the spiritual disciplines 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.

http://inallthings.org/spirit-filled-mindfulness-through-lectio-divina/

Technology And The Mind, Body And Soul, Kayt E. Frisch

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"Both The Shallows and The Next Story do an excellent job of motivating the reader to consider their use of media, but it seems to me that the different approaches taken by these authors are rooted in fundamentally different pictures of what it means to be a human being."

Posting about two books that discuss the effects of technology on our lives 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.

http://inallthings.org/technology-and-the-mind-body-and-soul/

Ways Of Wisdom, Teresa Terhaar

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"In the section of Proverbs that we read for today, the Lord calls us to listen and act on His invitation to come to His table. This invitation comes in many forms."

Posting about God's gift of wisdom ­­­­­­­­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.

http://inallthings.org/ways-of-wisdom/

선교지 기독교 대학의 코어 커리큘럼 작성 / Establishing Core Curriculum At Christian Colleges In The Mission Fields, Jay Shim

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This paper deals with establishing Christian core-curriculum from a Reformed point of view (the paper also uses the term “college education that enables mission”) for Christian colleges and universities in the mission fields. The paper explores definition, content, and uses of core-curriculum, and relevant issues that must be deal with for the formation of it in the situation of the mission field. It also provides a plan and roadmap for the formation of three core-curriculum for PAUA member institutions. Faith and education/knowledge are two different tasks. From a Reformed view of life-system, however, they are considered to be structured and …

Resurrection Of The Dead, Gwen R. Marra

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"We press on as people of the resurrection, so that we can 'experience life to the full'."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Christ's victory over death 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-resurrection-of-the-dead/

First Suffragette, James C. Schaap

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Posting about ­­­­­­­­Mary's Easter morning visit to Jesus' tomb 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-first-suffragette/

The Shack (Movie Review), Joshua Matthews

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"[The Shack] deals head-on with the vexing questions of why a good God allows evil to exist and why people have to suffer."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie The Shack 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.

http://inallthings.org/the-shack/

Haunted By The Father: The Poetry Of Li-Young Lee, Howard Schaap

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"In Lee’s poetry I find myself sharing the experience of being a lost son in a father’s world."

Posting about Li-Young Lee's poetry 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.

http://inallthings.org/haunted-by-the-father-the-poetry-of-li-young-lee/

Lasting Promise, Ed Starkenburg

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"You have a delightful inheritance and a faith that results in salvation and everlasting life."

Posting about celebrating new life in Christ 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.

http://inallthings.org/a-lasting-promise/

Stained Forever By A Sanguine Glow, David Schelhaas

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"It is National Poetry Month and I want to celebrate the month with a little essay about the poet Richard Wilbur and his poem 'October Maples.'"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the delight in Richard Wilbur's poetry 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.

http://inallthings.org/stained-forever-by-a-sanguine-glow/