Deus Misereatur

I cut my young Calvinist teeth on the work. It gave me such a boost in my perceptions and has lingered in the back of my head for decades. It was Abraham Kuyper’s “Stone Lectures” which he gave at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1898. Recently a new 248-page work has arrived on the scene to revive interest in Kuyper’s “Stone Lectures” for our time in history, “Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures”. The editors, Jessica R. Joustra, assistant professor of religion and theology at Redeemer University and associate researcher at the Neo-Calvinist Research Institute at the Theological University of Kampen, and Robert J. Joustra, associate professor of politics and international studies and founding director of the Centre for Christian Scholarship at Redeemer University College, have pulled together a team of writers to address Kuyper’s lectures, the history of the lecture manuscripts, and Kuyper’s role in South African apartheid.

  Mythbuster! I think that's a healthy way to put it. Gary Yagel has put out a 45-page booklet, "Our Daughters and the Transgender Craze," that breaks misunderstandings, cracks open prejudices, and touches readers' hearts.  He tackles much of what is happening, the various reasons as to why there is a growing number of adolescent girls going "trans," and how our institutions are supporting this trend. But he also aids parents and friends in what they can do for their daughters and young women they care about. Easy-to-read all the way through. Yagel's approach is very gracious. On the one hand, he is clear that " trans is not homosexual " (7). He is not hot-headed, nor homophobic in his presentation. This is not the work of some old-time Fundamentalist reactionary! On the other hand, his graciousness surfaces as he guides parents and friends to be those who always interact with our deeply loved young women and daughters to cultivate grace in ev

  Lord God, we come to intercede for your Church and world. We ask you to strengthen this congregation that in doing all things without complaining and disputing, we may become increasingly blameless, pure in quality, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (Philippians 2:14-15). Be pleased to make us even more harmonious and to become more clearly a sign of grace to our fractured and fragmented world, as we promote “the purity, peace, unity and edification of the church” (BCO 24-6.6). Be pleased to add to this church such as are being saved; and add to us in such a way as will mirror the new heavens and new earth, as will reflect that new Jerusalem in which will dwell people from every tribe, tongue, nationality, and economic strata, gathered around your throne exalting you and hearing you say, “ Behold, I am making all things new ” (Revelation 20:1-5)! We ask for your ongoing help, strength, protection, deliverance and sustenance of your Church