Year: 2020

Calvin Seminary Names New Canadian Church Relations Liaison: Shawn Brix

This Fall, Rev. Shawn Brix was named Calvin Seminary’s new Canadian Church Relations Liaison. In this new role, Brix will serve as a “pastor-ambassador” who builds and strengthens bridges between…

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Schaafsma Steps in as Visiting Lecturer

Katrina Schaafsma has joined Calvin Seminary as the Lecturer in Residence in Old Testament. Schaafsma, a 2012 Calvin Seminary graduate, is also in the process of finishing her dissertation for…

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Calvin Seminary Welcomes its New Scholar-in-Residence, Gil Suh

Gil Suh grew up in a Buddhist family in Korea and immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He was baptized at the age of 19 in a Korean-American…

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The Gospel According to Eve: Professor Benckhuysen’s New Book Explores Untold Perspectives on the Biblical Account of Eve

Christians have been reading and studying Scripture for centuries, but in her new book The Gospel According to Eve (InterVarsity Press, 2019), Professor Amanda Benckhuysen contends that along the way…

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PhD Program Expands with New Testament Concentration

This fall, Calvin Theological Seminary announced the expansion of its PhD program into New Testament studies, beginning in fall 2020. Calvin Seminary has offered a PhD program for over 25…

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Calvin Seminary’s New Website Focuses on Ease-of-Use, Original Content for Users

In mid-July, Calvin Seminary introduced a newly designed website at calvinseminary.edu. This project, which took about a year to complete, focused mainly on improving the user experience. The hope is…

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What to Do When Church Leadership Feels Lonely?

Nobody warned me that ministry could be lonely. If they had, I probably wouldn’t have believed them anyway. 40 years later, I believe that loneliness is part and parcel of…

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Where does Pastoral Care End?

Jenna and Mike were married for eight years – eight long years as Jenna described them to her pastor. She couldn’t do it anymore, she told Pastor Logan. She loved…

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Are Christians Allowed to Grieve the Death of a Loved One?

“God must be disappointed with me.” Those words were spoken by Wilma, a member of the church where I was serving as interim pastor. Her husband had recently passed away…

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