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The In-Between Spaces

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35 A former colleague once told me

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When They Were Satisfied . . .

Mary Vanden Berg, a professor of systematic theology at Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is filling in while Theresa Latini is away on maternity

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Nouns and Verbs

Today’s blog will be my last until September, so I’m pleased to introduce to you my replacement for the summer: Sarina Gruver Moore.  With an

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Tulip Time & God

Is no theology preferable to bad theology? In my town, Pella, Iowa, Tulip Time was almost three weeks ago. The tulips weren’t quite ready, but

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Advice Season

My fellow academics sometimes complain about having to attend commencement ceremonies every spring, but I don’t mind sitting through them. I appreciate the opportunity to

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Legends

Two other mountain men stayed with him, and one of them, Jim Bridger, would become even more famous than he. It was 1823, and they

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A Slippery Slope

Sin can be a slippery slope. I can still picture it, the baseboard that ran along the outer side of stairwell. I was a kid

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