CTS Forum
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Grief and Doubt in the Christian Life
I walked into church the other day, eager and ready to join the congregation of God’s people in worship. It had been a busy week and a busy morning, and…
Hurting Churches & Hurting Pastors
Hurting churches. Hurting pastors. There a lot of both out there. That reality is a result of hurting people and a hurting world. We should not be surprised about the…