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Faith & Life Reflections

December 11, 2020 by Krisan Marotta

Thinking about: Faith & Life | WednesdayintheWord.com

Thoughts on faith and life and faith seeking understanding.


How to cultivate foolishness

January 24, 2023

No one sets out to be a fool. Yet sometimes we all stumble into the trap. Here are 7 steps to cultivate stupidity.

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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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Read the Psalms in 30 days

October 5, 2016

Reading through the psalms can change your life! Here’s a plan to read through the psalms in 30 days.

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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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Read through the Bible

January 3, 2016

Have you decided to read through the Bible as one of your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s a great selection of plans to help you keep that resolution.

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Flying through impostor syndrome

September 24, 2015

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Elzinga’s 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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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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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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What if I failed my Bible reading plan?

February 11, 2014

Approximately one-third of those who started a Bible reading plan in January abandon it by February. By May that number will drop to half. What if you are one of the statistics?

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Resentment: a biblical lesson

April 30, 2013

How do you handle it when life isn’t fair? It’s easy to grow frustrated with our own lot in life and resent those who seem to have it better. Consider the story of Miriam.

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What is Tithing?

April 22, 2013

Is the tithe still applicable today? Does God really care how we spend our money? Can I wait until I can give cheerfully? Ken Elzinga answers these questions.

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Rethinking the 20s

Rethinking the 20s

March 19, 2013

My grandmother remarked that when she was 20 marriage was the adventure — for both men and women — and career was a icing on the cake. Now education and achievement are considered the adventure while marriage (indeed any long-term relationship) is an afterthought. But it’s not working.

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Grand Canyon Easter Sunrise Service 2011 Mather Point

Easter celebrations

February 18, 2013

In the midst of all these glorious Easter celebrations — however appropriate they are — it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that Easter calls for humility and repentance.

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Why do you call me good?

Why do you call me good?

July 23, 2012

If you’re a Christian, you have probably believed that you can’t earn your way to heaven since the day of your conversion. But consider how easily we live as if we can!

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Are congregations a means to an end or a flock to shepherd? 3 examples

July 16, 2012

What happens when pastors start looking at their congregation as a means to an end instead of a flock to shepherd? Consider these real-life examples of the ways 3 different churches went about seeking volunteers.

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Students Learning

NT Wright and Eleanor Bramwell

June 22, 2012

Are we to believe NT Wright, like Dr. Bramwell, is the first to get it right? Should we so easily brush away “centuries of theological tradition”? Chronological snobbery cuts both ways.

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Dad and daughter on playground

All hardship is not harmful

January 22, 2012

When did we learn that all hardship is harmful, that every unknown is dangerous, and that even the tiniest failure must be avoided? It is a logical conclusion if we alone are responsible for everything, but James would say otherwise.

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MIrror on the Wall

As in a mirror

November 17, 2011

Obedience is not agreeing with truth and intending to do it. It’s doing what God asks us to do as soon as possible. Why, then, do I fail to act?

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