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By Name

It’s almost graduation day at the college where I teach. Classes are just about over, exams are looming, and thoughts of summer plans are providing

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The Sermon I Didn’t Preach

We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God— Eternal

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The Resurrection of the Mind

During worship services this Easter season when we say the Apostle’s Creed together, I naturally attend especially to the words focusing on the Easter event.

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Jesus on the Street

Of its origins, I’m not quite sure–some freak shop in Old Town, Chicago, circa 1968.  I remember being with my then-girlfriend on what was some

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A Question Before We Merge

I found Jeff Monroe’s post Merge! both thought and emotionally provoking.Coincidentally—or in this forum perhaps I should say providentially—the news media have been reporting on

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The Hermeneutic Of Love.

Love has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s kind of the thing that theologically progressive Christian pastors hang their hat on when interpreting

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The Wicked

A year ago I was sitting at my kitchen table face to face with a stack of 40-some sermons, each based on one of the

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Merge!

I believe the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Reformed Church in America should merge.  Please tell me why they shouldn’t.  I mean

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