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Scott Hoezee

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Fraught with Background

Years ago my Old Testament professor, Raymond Van Leeuwen, said that we seminarians absolutely had to pick up a copy of Erich Auerbach’s classic book

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Twisted Advent

On the Fourth Sunday of Advent this past Sunday I was privileged to be in worship with the good people at Third Christian Reformed Church

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Deadly Perspective

About 100 years ago two very respected figures were deeply worried about a trend involving the mass media.   Actually, it was not 100 years ago

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Out of Egypt

He’s done it before and he did it again this weekend: a writer named Nicholas Kristof who claims no allegiance to the Christian faith–but who

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Silly Season

The mall I walk in most mornings began clearing the space for their giant Christmas tree / Santa’s castle on October 27, and the tree

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Those Worldly Amusements

Along with some other members of the Calvin College and Seminary community, I recently attended the inaugural presentations of the new “Loeks Lectures in Film

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What the Speaker Saw

There are at least three times in life when we are not in control of what our faces look like (and when, if we could

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That Public Square Thing

Probably I shouldn’t touch this touchy subject but here goes anyway with some random musings about the Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis and her defiance

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