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The Pastor’s Quandary

March is Oral Comp season here at Calvin Seminary where I teach.   In a couple of weeks all of our seniors who are completing their

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The Long Sweep of History

by Gregory Anderson Love When I was writing my book on atonement, I read a lot of books about Jesus. Some claimed that when he

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Getting Liturgical Prayer

This semester I’m teaching a course on Spiritual Formation. Most of the students are theology majors interested in youth ministry or worship arts, and it’s

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By Wintery Light

Maybe it’s this long winter intersecting with Lent.  Maybe it’s just the personal season I’m in.  Or maybe it’s the combination of bitter cold and lingering

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I Can’t Call Myself…

Then I said, “That’s why I can’t call myself a human being anymore!” The conversation had been about impoverished parents selling their children into the

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God on the Brain

Over the weekend I heard Dr. Andrew Newberg speak; he’s a neuroscientist who researches the effects of religious experience on our brains. Newberg coined the

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