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| Issue #95 - The Wetter the Better |
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Ron Rienstra
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Note: All names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals mentioned. Mary is eighteen years old. After her first year in college, she spent the summer doing mission wo...
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| Issue #93 - Worship as a Foretaste of Heaven; Jesus’ Baptism and Transfiguration |
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John D. Witvliet
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Q My pastor was explaining John Calvin’s understanding that in the Lord’s Supper “the Holy Spirit lifts us up so that we commune with Jesus in heaven.” This sounds beautiful&md...
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| Issue #92 - Celebrating Baptismal Identity |
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John D. Witvliet
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In early September, many churches begin a new season of church education classes and a host of other programs with a special “kick-off” worship service. Most often these services focus on...
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| Issue #92 - Profession of Faith and Baptism |
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John D. Witvliet
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Q After a few years of welcoming younger children to profession of faith, our church has reverted to the older pattern where only the young people eighteen and older want to profess their faith. That...
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| Issue #92 - Stones from the River |
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Laura Keeley
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“In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ For the Lord your God dried up...
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Songs for the Season |
| Issue #91 - Songs for Baptisms, Professions of Faith, Weddings, and Funerals |
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Emily R. Brink
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I’ll never forget my visit to see the famous leaning tower in Pisa, Italy. I had not realized that the tower was a bell tower at the east end of the church in Pisa, a separate building with bel...
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| Issue #90 - N. T. Wright on Word and Sacraments: Baptism |
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N. T. Wright
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The following is the second of a three-part series based on a transcript of a lecture given by Dr. N. T. Wright at Calvin College on January 6, 2007. (See RW 89 for the first of this series.) Much of...
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| Issue #83 - Hearing and Obeying God's Law |
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In part one of this two-part article, Calvin Van Reken argues that the church ought to reclaim the practice of calling God’s people to obedient living. I encourage you to take time to read this...
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Baptism |
| Issue #74 - This Little Child from Far Away: A Prayer and a Song for the Baptisms of Adopted Children |
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Philip de Haan
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In the fall of 1996 my wife and I traveled to Korea to pick up our daughter Gina Soo. While we were there, friends from our church also got the call that their daughter Mia could be pic...
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Baptism |
| Issue #74 - Dear Rebecca Lee: A Baptism Letter from a Father |
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Curt Ter Haar
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What we celebrate today . . . is the mystery of God’s grace. Dear Rebecca Lee, Today, my little one, you are to be baptized. You won’t remember it, and you certainly w...
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