Karin Maag

What does it mean to be Reformed?

During my graduate studies in Scotland, I sometimes attended social gatherings with theology students and professors—one senior professor in particular always made new students anxious. She did not really have…

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The Canons of Dordt and their Historical Context

Although the Canons of Dordt are one of the three core confessional documents of the Christian Reformed Church, many church members today have a hazy notion at best as to…

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Reformed and Catholic Worship – Are There Any Points of Convergence?

A few years ago, at our end-of-year celebration at the Friendship for people with cognitive impairments, jointly run by Woodlawn CRC and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Grand…

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Solo Christo 

“In Christ alone my hope is found / He is my light, my strength, my song.” These first two lines of Keith Getty and Stuart Townend’s popular hymn resound with…

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Challenges and Opportunities: My vision for the Calvin Theological Journal

In 1966, Seminary president John Kromminga described the mission of the Calvin Theological Journal in its inaugural issue: “to serve the community of Reformed theological scholarship, and through it, the…

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