Author Archives: Elsie Froment

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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Review of Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations, 2023

Irving, Justin A., Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023. 242 pp. ISBN 9781540964809 By Grant McMillan, MA Justin A. Irving, Professor of Christian Leadership at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and coauthor of Leadership in Christian … Continue reading

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Principles for Choosing a Model of Church Governance

By Larry J. Perkins, PhD Most church board chairs step into an existing model of church board governance. While board members individually may have only a modest sense of any coherent or intentional mode of governance, one exists. There are … Continue reading

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Review Essay: A Christian Theology of Science, 2020

Tyson, Paul. A Christian Theology of Science, Baker Academic, 2020. ISBN 9781540965516 By Howard Andersen, PhD  Introduction  The title, A Christian Theology of Science is, to this reviewer, a very promising undertaking and a serious potential contribution to the entire … Continue reading

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Applying Christian Wisdom to Climate Change

By Larry J. Perkins, PhD “Reigning in Life” (Rom. 5:17) for the Good of Humanity and Creation.[1] Some human activity induces climate change with concomitant negative effects upon creation and human society. People rightly experience anxiety and despair at the … Continue reading

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Climate Change and Science: A Hope-filled Perspective?

By Howard G. Andersen, Ph.D. Introduction This paper, along with the others by Drs. Rapske and Perkins comprising this set has been spawned by Generation Dread, the provocative book by Canadian writer Britt Wray. Wray’s book focuses much attention on … Continue reading

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Review Essay: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Change, 2022

Britt Wray, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis.  New York: Morgan James Publishing, 2023. ISBN: 9780735280724 Brian M. Rapske, PhD  Britt Wray’s award-winning Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis[1] is written for readers experiencing … Continue reading

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Have the Apologetics Questions Changed?

By Paul Chamberlain, PhD TikTok. Zoom. Meta. Covid 19. Social distancing. Vaccine passports. Twitter. X.  Stop the steal. Barbenheimer. Imagine someone returning to North America who had been away for the past decade and hearing terms like these for the … Continue reading

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Nature and Nurture: A Social-Cognitive Approach to Moral Emotions in the Qumran Sectarian Literature

Marcus K. M. Tso, PhD Abstract: The emerging methodology of cognitive psychology in Qumran studies is yet underemployed for exploring sectarian moral psychology. This paper extends the author’s work on moral emotions in the Qumran sectarian literature by arguing for … Continue reading

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Lament in Corporate Worship

Over my twenty years as a lead pastor, I occasionally held a special “service of lament” when our congregation was facing a season of difficulty, grief, and loss… Continue reading

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