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Why bother with Jesus when I’ve got it made?

November 18, 2020

Professor Ken Elzinga answers the question: If your life is going great, why should you bother with Jesus?

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Ken Elzinga welcomes UVA parents

September 6, 2020

It has become a tradition for Professor Ken Elzinga give a welcome address to new University of Virginia students and their parents during Move-In Day Lunches at the Center for Christian Study. Here is 2020 his message to parents of incoming students.

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Ken Elzinga welcomes UVA students

September 5, 2020

It has become a tradition for Professor Ken Elzinga give a welcome address to new University of Virginia students and their parents during Move-In Day Lunches at the Center for Christian Study. Here is 2020 his message to incoming students.

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Good Friday 2020

April 10, 2020

Since churches have had to move their services online, I took advantage of the opportunity to “attend” about 10 different Good Friday services. This was my favorite.

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5 passages on women in authority in the church

January 16, 2020

These 5 passages are the most commonly discussed in debating the question of whether women should teach or have authority in the church.

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What church positions are open to women?

January 9, 2020

This table shows the spectrum of church leadership roles available to women under the egalitarian and hard/soft complementarian views. Individual churches may vary in their practice.

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What is a soft complementarian?

January 5, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the soft complementarian position.

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What is a hard complementarian?

January 4, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the hard complementarian position.

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What is an egalitarian?

January 3, 2020

The views regarding women in authority in the church can be generalized into 3 basic positions: hard complementarian (most restrictive), soft complementarian (less restrictive), and egalitarian (least restrictive). This is a summary of the egalitarian position.

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What is Lent?

February 28, 2017

What is Lent? Is it an official Christian holiday? Was it instituted in the Bible? What — if anything — is required of believers during Lent?

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Heaven and those who have gone before us

August 24, 2016

The prevailing belief of the world is that “You go around once and then you die.” Yet, the remarkable claim of the Christian faith is that those who have died are more alive today than they were before their deaths. “If I die and go to heaven, what is it going to be like?” “Someone close to me died, where do I turn for comfort?” “If I die, will I go to a better place?” Professor Ken Elzinga answers these questions.

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Pearls of Wisdom: on dreams

June 8, 2016

About this series: Many years ago, we asked the matriarchs in our church to share “pearls of wisdom” they learned over the course of their walk with the Lord. We collected their stories in a booklet which we distributed through the women’s ministries. My copy of the booklet is now tattered and faded, and many of the women quoted are home with the Lord. To keep their words alive and honor their wisdom, I am sharing their pearls here before my booklet turns to dust. I hope these words inspire you to share a cup of tea with an older woman in your church and listen to her pearls of wisdom.

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Pearls of Wisdom: on loss

June 1, 2016

Many years ago, we asked the matriarchs in our church to share “pearls of wisdom” they learned over the course of their walk with the Lord. We collected their stories in a booklet which we distributed through the women’s ministries. My copy of the booklet is now tattered and faded, and many of the women quoted are home with the Lord. To keep their words alive and honor their wisdom, I am sharing their pearls here before my booklet turns to dust. I hope these words inspire you to share a cup of tea with an older woman in your church and listen to her pearls of wisdom.

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Pearls of Wisdom: on parenting

May 18, 2016

Many years ago, we asked the matriarchs in our church to share “pearls of wisdom” they learned over the course of their walk with the Lord. We collected their stories in a booklet which we distributed through the women’s ministries. My copy of the booklet is now tattered and faded, and many of the women quoted are home with the Lord. To keep their words alive and honor their wisdom, I am sharing their pearls here before my booklet turns to dust. I hope these words inspire you to share a cup of tea with an older woman in your church and listen to her pearls of wisdom.

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Pearls of Wisdom: on family

May 4, 2016

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Pearls of Wisdom: from our mothers

April 27, 2016

Many years ago, we asked the matriarchs in our church to share “pearls of wisdom” they learned over the course of their walk with the Lord. We collected their stories in a booklet which we distributed through the women’s ministries. My copy of the booklet is now tattered and faded, and many of the women quoted are home with the Lord. To keep their words alive and honor their wisdom, I am sharing their pearls here before my booklet turns to dust. I hope these words inspire you to share a cup of tea with an older woman in your church and listen to her pearls of wisdom.

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10 Tips for cleaning your closet

December 27, 2015

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Have a Mary Christmas Luke 10:38-42

December 16, 2015

This December you can have a Mary Christmas or a Martha Christmas. In a Martha Christmas you are so frantic doing good things that you miss the best gift of all. In a Mary Christmas you recognize what is truly important and find the best gift of all.

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The Christmas Redeemer

December 9, 2015

There’s nothing like the Christmas season to force you to face the fact that life is often neither joyful nor triumphant. What is there to celebrate about Christmas? We’ll answer that question by looking at one of my favorite Christmas stories: Job.

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How to take the bite out of gift-giving

December 2, 2015

As the oldest woman in the family tree, the success of Christmas settled on my shoulders like a straight jacket. How can any thing that can fits under a Christmas tree transform the life of the recipient from misery to joy?

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The Lord’s Prayer: we say it but what does it mean?

November 15, 2015

The more I study the Lord’s Prayer, the more I conclude the prayer asks for one and only one thing: that God would make us completely righteous once and for all.

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Flying through impostor syndrome

September 24, 2015

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4 Keys to Success in College

August 16, 2015

Headed to college? Wondering how to survive the experience? Here is advice from an expert.

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Spiritual Formation: a critical look

June 3, 2015

The theology of Spiritual Formation sounds great on paper, but it is focused on the wrong target, seeks the wrong kind of change and misses the mark on how disciplines work.

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Prayer and Spiritual Formation: How does it work?

May 27, 2015

The biblical picture of prayer is not that it is a spiritual discipline that I use to reach a higher spiritual level. Rather prayer is an unavoidable mandatory battlefield in the war of faith.

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Does Spiritual Formation seek the right kind of change?

February 22, 2015

Not only does the theology of spiritual formation aim at the wrong target, spiritual formation seeks the wrong kind of change. While spiritual disciplines focus on success at outward righteous behavior, the Bible teaches that the goal of spiritual maturity is a strong unshakeable faith.

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Is Spiritual Formation shooting at the right target?

February 17, 2015

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Breaking the Huddle Syndrome

January 30, 2015

In modern American culture growing older seems to mean becoming invisible; unfortunately this trend is also infecting the church. Relegating older women to the nostalgia-bin is a symptom of “The Huddle Syndrome.” Fortunately, the Huddle Syndrome is easy to break.

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What is worship?

January 5, 2015

If you think that worship equals singing, A Taste of Heaven: Worship in the Light of Eternity by RC Sproul is a must-read book for you.

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You won’t always be pretty

November 18, 2014

I remember clearly the day I became invisible. Walking through the mail with my teenagers, all the females were noticing my son and and the males were noticing my daughter.

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Does Spiritual Formation work? Answers from Haggai

October 22, 2014

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Dealing with Loss: Lessons from Haggai

October 15, 2014

Recently, my life has been marked by loss. Like the Beatles, how I long for yesterday! The last place I expected to find comfort was in the Old Testament Book of Haggai — yet I did.

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Sin and academic perfection

June 1, 2014

All through my academic career I rubbed shoulders with people smarter than I. The standard was always higher than I could reach, no matter how I hard I tried. Holiness is like that.

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Loving someone with cancer

March 25, 2014

In an 11 month period, my mother died of breast cancer and both my mother-in-law and her mother died of lung cancer. Here’s what I learned about how to love, help and support someone living with cancer and their caretaker.

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Drawing the Doctrinal Line

February 25, 2014

Which of our many doctrinal differences should Christians worry about? After all, one person’s heresy is another person’s minor difference of opinion.

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The Dividing Line

January 15, 2014

The Apostle Paul divides humanity by one thing: those who belong to God and those who don’t. It is the only distinction that matters.

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Why I reject Emergent Theology

January 10, 2014

Emergent Theology claims theological certainty is an idol, but Paul claims the authority to speak on behalf of God.

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An exceptionally good Christmas

December 20, 2013

Alone and cold in a German prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “I think we are going to have an exceptionally good Christmas.” As I sit in warmth and comfort, I wonder at his words.

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What Men Wish Women Knew About Men

December 17, 2013

What one particular husband thinks that other husbands might appreciate him telling their wives.

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Cats and the End of the World

November 27, 2013

The day our cat died our daughter changed her Facebook status to “starting over from the end of the world.”

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5 Questions to Identify a Cult

October 16, 2013

How do you recognize a group which claims to represent genuine, apostolic Christianity but in reality does not? Here are 5 questions that separate “the sheep” from “the wolves.”

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7 Marks of False Teachers

October 9, 2013

I blog frequently on tips and tools for improving your Bible study skills, but what about discernment when listening to others?

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