Author Archives: Elsie Froment

God, Self, Identity, and the Adolescent Task of Getting Organized

By Chris D. Clements, PhD A casual opening note to youth workers, mentors and caring adults:  I can remember being a teenager in a Bible study series my youth group was running. Our group leader reminded us often that it … Continue reading

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Review of Evangelism: Learning from the Past, 2023

Green, Michael. Evangelism: Learning from the Past. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023, 151 pages. ISBN 9780802883438 By Susan Booth, PhD Michael Green (1930-2019) was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. Graced with an exceptional ability to balance scholarship … Continue reading

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Review of Before We Gather: Devotions for Worship Leaders & Teams, 2023

Hicks, Zac. Before We Gather: Devotions for Worship Leaders & Teams. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2023. ISBN 9780310145073 By Johnny Markin, DWS In the burgeoning world of literature devoted to informing and equipping worship leaders in the Christian Church, Zac Hicks … Continue reading

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Review of Christian Academic Writing: Twelve Practices and Principles for Becoming a Successful Writer, 2024

Benjamin L. Merkle and Adrianne Cheek Miles. Christian Academic Writing: Twelve Practices and Principles for Becoming a Successful Writer. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024. 176 Pages ISBN 9781540965998 By Joel Houston, PhD Benjamin L. Merkle (Dr. M.O. Owens Jr. … Continue reading

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God Works at the Heart of the Sanctuary and at the Threshold on the Periphery

When is a high school not “just” a high school? The answer is, when the followers of Jesus gather there to worship and hear God’s word and there is a powerful moving of the Holy Spirit. Continue reading

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Translating the Message: A Personal Reflection

Sanneh’s seminal work, Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture has had a lasting impact on missiological thought… Continue reading

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The Anonymous King: A Foundation for a Messianic Reading of the Psalter

While scholarship on the Psalms has a long history, a more recent movement has been to study the Psalms not as a mere collection of individual pieces but as a whole, an editorially crafted book…. Continue reading

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Help, Lord, I have Spiritual E/BD

By Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not … Continue reading

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Review of A History of Contemporary Praise and Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church, 2021

Lester Ruth, Lim Swee Hong.  A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5409-6753-4 By Christine Longhurst, DWS In A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship: … Continue reading

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Singing With Jesus: The Psalms in Christian Worship

By Ken Michell, DWS In the conversations surrounding worship music in the North American Protestant church, discussions tend to revolve around a simple dichotomy: traditional hymnody versus contemporary worship. Into this debate, Barry Liesch proposed that both be recognized as … Continue reading

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A Good Dying

When Barry Palfreyman, church planter and dean of Canadian Baptist Seminary, received a terminal cancer diagnosis, he began to focus on dying well. He stated this goal so often that I began to wonder: what is a good dying? Continue reading

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When to Make Counselling Referrals

“It takes a village to raise a child.” You are part of a beautiful church amidst a larger community.  I imagine your community feels blessed to have you.  As a result, you may have many people come to you for support and guidance–what an honour! Continue reading

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Review of Hope in Addiction: Understanding and Helping Those Caught in Its Grip, 2023

Partington, Andy. (2023). Hope in Addiction: Understanding and Helping Those Caught in the Grip, Moody Publishers, Chicago. By Estera Boldut, PsyD What does it mean to be the church in a world where addiction reaches epidemic proportions? How can loved … Continue reading

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Seminary Faculty Reflections on Competency Based Theological Education: Confessions of a (Former) Agnostic

By Michael Morelli, PhD When Northwest Seminary and College hired me five years ago to oversee their fledgling competency-based theological education (CBTE) undergraduate programs, I was neither skeptical nor supportive. I was agnostic. Limited job prospects for a recent PhD … Continue reading

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Review of The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission, 2023

Christopher J.H. Wright, The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023. ISBN:   9781540966162. $31.99. By Blayne A. Banting, DMin, PhD The Great Story and the Great Commission is … Continue reading

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