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Scott Hoezee

Realizations

“A good sermon turns even known truth into profound realization.”   That is one of many striking lines in a fine New York Times Book Review

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Private and Personal?

In the midst of this Advent Season when radio stations and mall Muzak are willing to cut loose with songs that celebrate Jesus as the

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Debating Compassion

As I type this it is Thanksgiving Day morning and I am taking a break between peeling potatoes and prepping a turkey.   This is, of

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Communitas

As Christians—and most certainly as Trinitarian Christians who believe that God is a vibrant community of love and mutuality among three distinct Persons—we know that

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Setting Eternity

If you have been paying even moderate attention to the media of late, then you know the huge amount of attention that has been paid

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Blessing

It was eight years ago when I first heard this benediction spoken at the conclusion of a worship service. My friend Neal Plantinga and I

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Beyond Funny

What’s going on these days with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? As many readers know, these two men are, respectively, the hosts of the Comedy

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Tribute to Jim Bratt

Among all of us who are currently members of the Perspectives editorial team and board, no one can recall an edition of the magazine or

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Thus Saith Google

The volume had fallen behind a row of books in one of my office bookcases–I must have set it on top of a row of

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