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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Panhandler Gets $86k+ For Returning A Diamond Ring

The news story The Give it Forward Page

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Christian School Fires Pregnant Woman Over Behavior Covenant

From The Today Show Larger Article at Huffington Post

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Bullying and Narratives of Salvation

this is a powerful video in terms of illustrating the pain. But does it really address why we are beautiful and how to know it?

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Pastoral Care for those “Living Together”

This appeared on the CRC Network a while ago, but it was so good I remembered it and want to be able to find it. Written by Neil de Koning whose postings on the network I often found to be … Continue reading →

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Think Christian’s Series on Adam and Origins

Deborah Haarsma on Embracing the Questions Dennis Venema on Wearing the Genes Alvin Plantinga on One Possible Scenario Daniel Harrell on Romans 5 Deborah Haarsma on Moving Ahead in Faith, Not Fear

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Christianity in the NFL

Christianity in the NFL

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Zero Dark Thirty and the Theological

A theological view of Zero Dark thirty from the NY Times “Our culture has almost lost the ability to have a genuinely moral conversation,” said Prof. David P. Gushee, 50, a Southern Baptist who directs the Center for Theology and Public … Continue reading →

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Should We Pursue “Truth and Reconciliation” in the Calvin College Debt Crisis?

In the Calvin in Common discussion we are debating whether the language of “truth and reconciliation” is appropriate to this crisis. I’m still on the fence. Why? because I’m not sure we want reconciliation like we say we do. We … Continue reading →

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The Faithless Elect: How Abraham, Pharoah and Abimelech can Inform Us When Christians Do Evil

Perennial Challenge for the Elect The perennial challenge of the church is to relate productively to an economy of relational power in which it appears to be vulnerable. If you read through the gospels we see a good bit of … Continue reading →

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Link List on Calvin College Debt

I’m involved in a Facebook page on the subject. Here are a list of links to articles on the subject: http://www.calvin.edu/chimes/2012/11/02/calvin-plans-for-upcoming-budget-shortfall/ http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2012/11/calvin-college-finance-vp-steps-down-amid-debt-concerns.html http://www.thebanner.org/news/2012/10/calvin-college-faces-financial-challenge http://thebanner.org/news/2012/11/calvin-college-vp-of-finance-steps-down http://www.calvin.edu/chimes/2013/02/01/le-roy-reveals-budget-development-concerns-debt-payment-details-2/ http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/10/failing_financial_investments.html http://www.grbj.com/articles/74760-calvin-college-faces-budget-shortfall-by-2017 From the February Calvin BOT Meeting http://www.calvin.edu/admin/president/finances/ http://www.calvin.edu/admin/president/finances/summary.html http://www.calvin.edu/admin/president/finances/letter.html Chimes on the reports.  and … Continue reading →

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