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Drawing Near to God in Community: Pastoral Identity Retreat 2010 We got off the “farm,” and it was rich. Fifty-eight students gathered toothbrushes, Bibles, and our seminarian hearts and traveled…
Growing Through Grief: An Interview with Robert C. DeVries and Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge
Beginning with the publication of their first book, Getting to the Other Side of Grief: Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse, in 1998, Robert C. DeVries, Professor Emeritus of Church…
The Fear of Facing Death
We all know that someday, unless our Lord returns, our earthly “tents” will cave in; we are all going to die. But I know it differently. My “tent” was nearly…
A Hard Waiting for the Lord
Henry was dying of throat cancer. He knew it; his wife, Joan, knew it; their two grown children knew it; and the doctors knew it. But he wasn’t dying quickly,…
“As in Adam …” A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15
The health care debate that dominated the news in 2009 raised many ethical issues surrounding the end of life. Politicians accused each other of “killing grandma” with their health care…
What Happens When We Die?
Sooner or later all of us must face up to death. Energetic adolescents ignore it, and their middle-aged parents often pursue illusions of perpetual youth. But the elderly and terminally…
Formation for Ministry
CTS Receives Grant Renewal for Facing Your Future Program For 11 years the Facing Your Future (FYF) program at Calvin Theological Seminary has identified and engaged young people of great spiritual,…
The Joy of Age- and Ability- Appropriate Obedience
A key way the church disciples believers is through worship. Reformed Christians have an especially high view of preaching and the sacraments, and on the way God disciples us through…
Discipleship in the Classroom
One of the foundational elements of growing into the fullness of Christ is growing in knowledge of the Scriptures. How can we grow as Christians ourselves or lead others into…