The Theology Department seeks to lead students, colleagues, Dordt University, and the Christian community, both locally and globally, into more faithful service to the Triune God and his mission through deepening knowledge of God's scriptural revelation, of the church's response to this revelation, and the church's participation in God's mission of the restoration of all creation.

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Faculty Work from 2023

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"Evangelizing Everything" Including Ourselves: A Review of Chapters 8-9 of Neo-Calvinism, Justin Bailey

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In Gratitude for Tim Keller (1950-2023), Justin Bailey

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Irrigating Imaginations: The Centrality of Beauty for Culture Care, Justin Bailey

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Navigating Reformed Identity in the Rural Dutch Republic, Kyle J. Dieleman

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The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience (Book Review), Justin Bailey

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"The Perfect Penitent": Matthew 3:13-17, David Westfall

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"Your Name Shall No Longer Be Called Jacob, but Israel" - Genesis 32:22-31, David Westfall

Faculty Work from 2022

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Clarifying, Complicating, and Challenging Kuyper: A Review of Calvinism for a Secular Age, Justin Ariel Bailey

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts: A Review of Calvinism for a Secular Age, Gayle E. Doornbos

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Deep Faith: A Review of Early North African Christianity, David Moser

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Doubt Be Not Proud, Justin Bailey

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Fashion Theology (Book Review), Justin Bailey

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Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture, Justin Bailey

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The Evangelical Bubble Needs a Doorway, Justin Bailey

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The Humility of the Eternal Son: Reformed Kenoticism and the Repair of Chalcedon: A Review, David Moser

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The Now and the Not Yet: A Review of The Art of New Creation, Justin Bailey

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The Power of the Points: A Review of Making Faith Magnetic, Justin Bailey

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Three Tributaries, Exploring the Reformed, Baptist, and Catholic Branches: A Review of The Church's Book, David Westfall

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Thriving Against the Technological Tide (Part I): A Review Conversation of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey and Matthew Beimers

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Thriving Against the Technological Tide (Part II): A Review Conversation of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey and Matthew Beimers

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What it Means to be Human: A Review of You're Only Human, Gayle E. Doornbos and Hannah Landman

Faculty Work from 2021

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An Unlikely Story: A Review of Reformed Public Theology, Justin Bailey

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Apologetics Can Flourish After RZIM. But Only With ‘Lowercase Leaders’ and the Local Church, Justin Bailey

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Bavinck's Doctrine of God: Absolute, Divine Personality, Gayle E. Doornbos

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"Better Than We Found It": A Review of Struggling with Evangelicalism, Justin Bailey

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Character, Charisma, Hope, and Healing: Reflections on The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, Gayle Doornbos

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Discerning Doubt: A Review of After Doubt, Justin Bailey

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Faithfully Reading Scripture with Kids, Rebekah Earnshaw

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Fruit in Keeping with Repentance: A Review of Reparations, Justin Bailey

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Gained in Translation: A Review of the First Nations Version, Justin Bailey

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In All Things - The Podcast, Andreas Center and Justin Bailey

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Is Our World Less Religious Than Ever?, Justin Bailey

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Looking for “Deep Rest”: Confronting the Idolatry of Personal Success, Justin Bailey

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On Insiders and Outsiders, Justin Bailey

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The Academy and Aesthetics: A Review of Reformed Public Theology, Gayle E. Doornbos

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The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach (Book Review), David Moser

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The Gift of the Artist: A Review of Art and Faith, Justin Bailey

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Theological Truths that Divide Us and Engaging in Disagreement Well, David Westfall

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Twin Poles: A Review of Bavinck, David Westfall

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When Our Best Words Fail, Justin Bailey

Faculty Work from 2020

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"Are You for Us or for Our Enemies?" Making Decisions Among Contested Meanings, Justin Bailey

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Creator and Creation According to Calvin on Genesis, Rebekah Earnshaw

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Deep Focus and Cinematic Faith: An Extended Review, Justin Bailey

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Eulogy for Dr. John Henry Kok - July 5, 2020, Aaron Baart

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Exercising Hope: A Review of Reading While Black, Justin Bailey

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Exercising the Imagination: Why We Need Imaginative Apologetics, Justin Bailey

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God's Sabbath with Creation: Vocations Fulfilled, the Glory Unveiled (Book Review), Justin Bailey

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How Can the Church Today Uplift the Family Without Worshipping It?, Aaron Baart

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Keep the Hope Alive: A Review of Imagining Theology, Justin Bailey

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Rachel's Tears and the Joy of Christmas - Matthew 2:13-23, David Westfall

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Recipes, Imagination, and Scripture: A Review of Romans Disarmed, David Westfall

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reimagining apologetics, Justin Bailey

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Shows that Shape Us: Asking the Right Questions, Justin Bailey

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Shows that Shape Us: The Office, Justin Bailey

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Social and Entertainment Media, Justin Bailey

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Supreme Court Decisions in Review (Part 1), Donald Roth

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The Death of Kobe Bryant: Fallen Icons and Heart of Popular Culture, Justin Bailey

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The Wisdom of Weakness: The Coronavirus and the Cross, Justin Bailey

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Western Society and Cultural Elites: A Review of Return of the Strong Gods, David Westfall

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When Words Are Weapons: Inside a Crisis of Faith, Justin Bailey

Faculty Work from 2019

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Beyond Hero Stories, Justin Bailey

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Faith Lived Out in Love for Community: A Review of In Search of Common Good, Justin Bailey

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None But Not Yet Done: Review of The Twentysomething Soul, Justin Bailey

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Pagans, Puritans, and Putting Christ Back in Christmas, Justin Bailey

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Putting Grace Back in the Doctrines: A Review of Humble Calvinism, Justin Bailey

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Strengths and Shadows: Using the Enneagram in the Classroom, Justin Bailey

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The Logic of Limitations: A Review of The Common Rule, Justin Bailey

Faculty Work from 2018

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Advent Love: The Advent of #MeToo, Aaron Baart

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Bearing Witness in a TLDR World: A Review of "Disruptive Witness", Justin Bailey

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Belief in a Disenchanted World: A Review of "George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles", Justin Bailey

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Reading in Context: Zacchaeus and the Economics of Salvation, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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Resisting the Devil’s Instruments: Early Modern Resistance Theory for Late Modern Times, David Henreckson

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Surviving Secular Apocalypse: A "How-To" Book for the End of the World, Justin Bailey

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The Fruitless Search for the Theory of Everything, Rebekah Earnshaw

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The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest (Book Review), Justin Bailey

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The Theodramatic Imagination: Spirit and Imagination in the Work of Kevin Vanhoozer, Justin Bailey

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Why They're Leaving and Why It Matters: Gen Z's Mass Exodus from Church, Aaron Baart

Faculty Work from 2017

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Culture as Divine Gift: The Future of In All Things, David Henreckson

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Err on the Side of Action, Aaron Baart

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선교지 기독교 대학의 코어 커리큘럼 작성 / Establishing Core Curriculum at Christian Colleges in the Mission Fields, Jay Shim

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Faith and Allegiance, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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Hearing God's Voice, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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In Search of Stronger Spells, Justin Bailey

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McSupper or Lord's Supper?, Mark Verbruggen

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Millennials and the Reformation, Aaron Baart

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Not Trained by Angels, David Henreckson

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Prophet of Consumerism, Aaron Baart

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The Ease and Speed of Judgment, Aaron Baart

Faculty Work from 2016

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Being Grateful for My "Stupid Little Life": Why We Need Movies, Jason Lief

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Call to Gladness, Aaron Baart

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Dear Christians in America, Aaron Baart

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Easter Morning and New Realities: To Be Made Alive Together With, Aaron Baart

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Gift of Rest, Aaron Baart

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How Do I Know What To Do With My Life?, Mark Verbruggen

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Pastoral Reflections on the Election Cycle, Mark Verbruggen

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Paul's Language of Zēlos: Monosemy and the Rhetoric of Identity and Practice, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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선교지 기독교 교육의 실제 의미: “선교를 위한 교육”으로부터 “선교할 수 있는 교육”으로 / Practical Meaning of Christian Education in the Mission Fields: From "Mission Through Education" Toward "Education that Enables Mission”, Jay Shim

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Reclaiming a Biblical View for Agriculture, Wayne A. Kobes

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Sanctified by God's Word: Towards a Websterian Ontology of Scripture and Church, Benjamin J. Lappenga

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Voluntourism, Aaron Baart