Category: Blog

Transforming Kuyper

Had a great discussion with faculty colleagues last night about my biography of Abraham Kuyper. Some of the people in the room had been reared

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Taking Sex Dolls to Church

  The film Lars and the Real Girl tells the story about a young man—Lars—trying to work through relational and emotional issues. His mother died

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Your Own Kind of Music

When going through some of my mother’s papers, I discovered a very old church newsletter she had kept.  That particular issue featured a column in

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Men in boats

I don’t typically follow sports very closely, but I got really into the World Series during the past couple weeks. Watching the Red Sox win

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Love at super speed

Every so often Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac features some sweet nostalgia, sure to make almost anyone regret his or her no more being a kid.  Often it’s all

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A Blogger’s Dilemma/Whine

It’s about me. It’s all about me.  The Twelve is supposed to move and work within that great tradition of Reformed cultural commentary. As a

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