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Alumni Serving Around the World
For over 145 years, the primary mission of Calvin Seminary has been to equip pastors and leaders for the flourishing of the church. LLOYD WICKER Year of graduation: 2003…
Bringing Global Mission Experience to Calvin Seminary
Calvin Theological Seminary has been equipping “individuals for biblically faithful and contextually effective ministry of the Word”1 for more than 145 years, and countless CTS graduates have gone on to…
Misreading Jesus’ Command to Serve
Who Doesn’t Love Playing the Host? I love hosting dinner parties. I love researching new recipes for dishes like Moroccan lamb, Texas-style smoked brisket, and Bavarian pork shanks. I love…
The Gift of Hospitality
We are made in the image of God. That profound biblical insight grounds who we are and our place in this world. It also should affect how we treat one…
Hospitality in the Doctrine of Election
There are few topics in Reformed theology that cause as much general angst as the doctrine of election. At least this is true in my classroom. Everything is fairly comfortable…
Distinguished Alumni: Stanley Workman
Stanley Workman Stan Workman was born and raised in Muskegon, Michigan. He and his wife Mary Lee raised four children; today, they are blessed with thirteen grandchildren and seven great-…
New Staff Member: Kim Benedict
Kim Benedict Development Data and Donor Communications Coordinator Hello, I’m Kim Benedict, the newest member of the seminary’s development team. I grew up in Seattle and also spent a…
The Hospitality of God
Over the years I’ve dipped into etiquette books quite often, particularly those of Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners. I do it because the books are deceptively important. On the surface…
NEW BOOK: Life Questions Every Student Asks edited by Gary Burge and David Lauber
Life Questions Every Student Asks: Faithful Responses to Common Issues Edited by Gary Burge and David Lauber IVP Academic, 2020 Teaching students involves not just the formal tasks of the…