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What Will You Name It? Dordt College Commencement Address, May 9, 2008, Jeri Schelhaas

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Seeing Literature Through Students’ Eyes: The Text Preview, Leah A. Zuidema

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In this article, the author describes a text preview assignment that she gave to her students. Students completing the text preview assignment use multimodal design, introducing classmates to texts in ways that motivate and inform their reading. She discusses using previews to set the stage for reading and discussion and to deepen personal engagements with literature.

Our Academic Tasks And The Cosmic Gospel Economy: What Difference Does Being A Christian Make In The Study Of The Krebs Cycle?, Tim Morris

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Vision With A Passion, Sung Soo Kim

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This paper was presented by Dr. Sung Soo Kim at the Spring Convocation of Dordt College, January 17, 2008.

Dordt Convocation Address: Spring 2007, Duane Litfin

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This address was presented by Dr. Duane Litfin at the 2007 Spring Convocation of Dordt College.

One Mathematician's Journey Through Mathematics And The Faith Equation: One Mathematician's Journey In Christianity (Book Reviews), Calvin Jongsma

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Reviewed Titles: Bittinger, Marvin. One Mathematician’s Journey through Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, 2004. ix + 212 pages. ISBN: 0321241509. Bittinger, Marvin. The Faith Equation: One Mathematician’s Journey in Christianity. Literary Architects, 2007. xxv + 290 pages. ISBN: 1933669071.

The article incorrectly cites "One Man's Journey through Mathematics" as "One Mathematician's Journey through Mathematics."

Why Study The Past? The Quest For The Historical Church (Book Review), Jonathan Warner

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Reviewed Title: Williams, Rowan. Why Study the Past? The Quest for the Historical Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishers, 2005. 129 pp. ISBN 0-8028-2990-2.

What About A Bicentennial? Mr. And Mrs. Crc, James C. Schaap

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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (Book Review), Jack Van Der Slik

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Reviewed Title: Brooks, Arthur C. Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism. New York: Basic Books, 2006. 250 pp. ISBN: 13:978-0-465-00821-6.

Reformed Defense Of Literature: An Apology For Literature's Place In Christian Higher Education, Mary Dengler

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Mary Dengler presented an abbreviated version of this paper at the Conference on Christianity and Literature at Cedarville University, in Cedarville, Ohio, on October 13, 2006.

Mathematics: Always Important, Never Enough: A Christian Perspective On Mathematics And Mathematics Education, Calvin Jongsma

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This article is an edited version of the keynote address delivered by Dr. Jongsma at the B.J. Haan Education Conference on Teaching Math in the Christian School, held at Dordt College on March 9, 2006, for elementary and secondary school mathematics teachers, primarily in Christian schools. The article was earlier published online in the 2006 Journal of the ACMS (http://www.acmsonline.org/Jongsma.htm).

Science & Grace: God's Reign In The Natural Sciences (Book Review), Arnold E. Sikkema

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Reviewed Title: Morris, Tim, and Don Petcher. Science & Grace: God’s Reign in the Natural Sciences. Wheaton Illinois: Crossway Books, 2006. 352pp. ISBN 978-1-58134-549-0.

Evangelicals, Education, And Exile, Harold Dean Trulear

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Dr. Trulear delivered this paper at the Dordt College Convocation, January 13, 2005.

Privilege Of Being A Christian Artist, James Buswell

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James Buswell developed this paper, at the request of Pro Rege and the faculty of Dordt College, from his presentation at our eighth and final Jubilee Convocation, April 25, 2005.

Transformation, James C. Schaap

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This article was presented as the Dordt College Commencement Address, May 5, 2006.

In Search Of A Starting Point: And A Method For Interdisciplinary Studies In The Context Of Christian Theism, William D. Dennison

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This article includes the preface and Chapter 4 from an unpublished monograph by Dr. William D. Dennison.

Every Tribe, Language, People, And Nation, Syd Hielema

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This article was originally an address presented by Dr. Hielema at the Heartland Christian Educators’ Convention at Dordt College, October 2005.

Globalization And The Christian Community, Duane Bajema

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Abraham Kuyper In The White House? Why Dordt Isn't So Far From Washington, Dc, Stanley Carlson-Thies

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This paper was originally an address, delivered by Dr. Stanley Carlson–Thies at the Dordt College Spring Convocation, January 12, 2006.

Understandable Worry, Understandable Frustration: The Christian Reformed Church's Long Journey From One College To Multiple Colleges: 1916-1962, Nicholas Davelaar

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Historical Studies And Creational Development: Constructing A History Program In Light Of A Reformed Perspective, Paul Otto

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Dr. Otto presented this paper at Covenant College in the spring of 2002.

What Directs Graphic Design?, David Versluis

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David Versluis presented this paper at The Bauhaus and Beyond: The Shape of Design Education Conference, April 8-10, 2005, at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Fifty Years Later, Nicholas Wolterstorff

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This paper originated in an address presented at the March 8, 2005, Jubilee convocation at Dordt College, celebrating Dordt’s fiftieth anniversary.

What's A Dordt?, John B. Hulst

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This article was presented by Dr. Hulst at the Jubilee Convocation of April 5, 2005, at Dordt College.

Examining The Skills, Attitudes, And Perceptions Of Developmental Writing Students At A Midwestern Private College, William P. Elgersma

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Postsecondary degree-granting institutions recognize that students lack necessary academic skills, but the characteristics of this at-risk population have not been as clearly identified. As well, the value of remedial programs that serve this at-risk population need to be investigated.

The survey instruments for this study were developed by the researcher. The purpose of the study was to examine the skills, attitudes, and perceptions of basic writers of a remedial writing course Academic Skills Center (ASK 060) at a private Midwestern college. Specifically, this study identified the value of the remedial writing program related to perceived level of competence and academic …

"Whither?" Some Thoughts On The Genre Of Literature In An Electronic Age, James C. Schaap

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This article was originally presented as a lecture for the MacLaurin Institute, a Christian study center at the University of Minnesota, on January 19, 2005.

Defining The Phenomenon Of Teaching Christianly At A Christian College: A Study Conducted At Dordt College, Barb Hoekstra

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Despite the high value that Christian colleges place on teaching, there is scant literature on teaching christianly in higher education. Pedagogy that promotes Christian beliefs resides in the K-12 literature. Using the work of Van Brummelen (1988) and Van Dyk (2000) originally developed for teaching christianly at the K-12 level, a conceptual framework was developed. This study investigated what it means to teach christianly at a small Christian college. A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to explore teachers’ perceptions and beliefs about teaching christianly in higher education. A criterion sampling strategy was used in selecting 10 participants who had the …

Theodore Beza--The Man Next To John Calvin: A Review Essay, Keith C. Sewell

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Reviewed Titles: Scott M. Manetsch, Theodore Beza and the Quest for Peace in France, 1572-1598. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought # 79), Leiden: Brill, 2000, ISBN: 90 04 11101 8, xii + 380 pp. Also, Jeffrey Mallinson, Faith, Reason, and Revelation in Theodore Beza, 1519- 1605. (Oxford Theological Monographs), London: Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 0 19 925959 3, 267 pp. Both works include a bibliography.

Correction: Footnote 65. "Calvin and the Stars, Kuyper and the Fossils: Some Historiographical Reflections" (Pro Rege 32.1 [September 2003]: 22.) The credit for translating Abraham Kuyper's "Evolutie" should go to George …

Getting In Line: Justin Martyr, St. Augustine, And The Project Of Integral Christian Scholarship, Robert Sweetman

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This article is part of a lecture series for The Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education (ARIHE), 2004-2005, as well as Ch. 2 in Dr. Robert Sweetman’s upcoming book, Delineations: Re-imaging the Adventure of Integral Christian Scholarship.

Study Of The Characteristics, Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment Of Faculty Members At Ten Colleges Affiliated With The Council For Christian Colleges And Universities, Curtis J. Taylor

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This study examined the reasons why faculty members choose to teach at Christian colleges, their commitment to their institution, and their satisfaction with various job-related issues and values. It analyzed comparisons between the characteristics and satisfaction of faculty members at Christian colleges and faculty members in other types of American institutions of higher education.

An on-line survey was administered to all faculty members at 10 diverse institutions affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Useable responses were received from 238 full-time faculty members. The response rate was approximately 33%.

Survey items were categorized as follows: demographic variables; researcherdesigned …