Author Archives: Elsie Froment

Review of Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith, 2021

Sillimon, Daniel, Reading Evangelicals: How Fiction Shaped a Culture and a Faith. Grand Rapids: Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. ISBN 9780802879356 By Elsie Froment, PhD What tied together the identity of American evangelicalism in the latter half of … Continue reading

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Review of Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction, 2022

Eilers, Kent. Reading Theology Wisely: A Practical Introduction. Art by Chris Koelle. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. Pp. 217. ISBN 9780802881786 By Jonathan Numada, PhD Kent Eilers, Professor of Theology at Huntington University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has written an accessible … Continue reading

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What is the status of the church and what does the future look like?

What is the status of the church a few months into 2023? It is broken… Continue reading

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Overture: The Qualities and Concerns of a Worship Leader

By Vernon Charter, DWS, and Mark Jonah, DWS This article explores the ministry of worship leaders in Canadian evangelical churches. While some churches have worship pastors, many churches in our country cannot afford to hire trained ministers of worship; but … Continue reading

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Spiritual Learning Challenges Related to Hearing: Are You Also a Special Needs Christian?

By Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD 14 And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You shall keep on listening, but shall not understand; And you shall keep on looking, but shall not perceive; 15 For the heart of this people has … Continue reading

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Bible Buttons: Canadian Evangelical Attempts at Unity and Influence at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

By James Tyler Robertson, PhD Introduction The years 1899-1902 are an in-between time in Canadian religious history worth considering. This was a time of nation building under the moniker of Canada as a “Dominion” — a purposefully biblical term introduced … Continue reading

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Review of Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church, 2022

Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8028-8174-8 By Joshua Coutts, PhD This is a well-organized, accessible, informative introduction to the Bible in the early Church. Historian Justo L. González has compacted a … Continue reading

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Helping Youth with Anxiety

By Todd Dutka, MA, RCC Introduction  Today, whether consciously or unconsciously, many people feel a persistent sense that they are in some or many ways unprepared for what is coming their way, overwhelmed by the real or perceived demands placed … Continue reading

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Gospel Literacy, Evangelism, and the Average Believers

By Larry J. Perkins, PhD This paper evaluates claims made by Timothy Keller (Center Church) regarding the role of every believer as ‘evangelist.’ Early Church leaders focused upon developing ‘gospel literacy’ among Jesus followers so that they understood the content … Continue reading

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COVID and Harmony in the Church

Over the past three years, the pandemic has impacted our churches in a variety of ways. One of the saddest has been the tension created in some churches because of different views people have had on how the church should respond to the pandemic. Continue reading

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Learning Disabilities and Spiritual Applications: Help, Lord! I Have a Spiritual Disability

By Kenneth A. Pudlas, EdD Tell them: ‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive. (Jeremiah 5:2 NET) Introduction One of the most influential events of … Continue reading

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Pastoral Burnout, Failure and the Value of Restoration

By Dean Davey, PhD  Introduction After a lifetime of successful ministry, there he sat at his kitchen table with his head in his hands, weeping. Silently, I waited. It was a familiar scene witnessed throughout my research. Finally, he spoke, … Continue reading

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Review Essay: Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Biology, Religion, and Philosophy, 2021

Review Essay: Biology, Religion, and Philosophy: An Introduction, Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema, Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN 9781107667846 By Howard G. Andersen, PhD Introduction Cambridge University Press is to be commended for initiating a series of book publications … Continue reading

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Review of Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model, 2022

Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of the Apostle Paul’s Model. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2022. ISBN 9781666731989 (paperback); 9781666725162 (hardcover). By Jeehoon Kim, PhD Written by Matt W. Lee, Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics is … Continue reading

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Review of Grant Macaskill, Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community, 2019

Macaskill, Grant. Autism and the Church, Bible, Theology, and Community. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781481311250 By Laurel Archer, MA, MASF The pervasive incidence of Autism in the world should perhaps be enough for churches to formalize a … Continue reading

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