Essays

1. Volume 43.3 - 16 December 2008
   1. Saving Christmas
   2. Preach with a Prophetic Voice
   3. Thank you, Pat Zandstra
   4. A Little Bit of Heaven on Earth
2. Volume 43.2 - 27 October 2008
   1. CPE, Death and Resurrection
   2. Leaving Church
3. Volume 43.1 - 22 September 2008
   1. Heat, Smoke and God
   2. Getting My Feet Wet
   3. The Gospel for Inmates
4. Volume 42.10 - 17 April 2008
   1. Naming the Gospel
   2. Dumbledore’s Secret
5. Volume 42.8 - 17 January 2008
   1. The Year of Living Biblically
6. Volume 42.7 - 20 December 2007
   1. The Elephant’s Been Painted
7. Volume 42.6 - 05 December 2007
   1. On Martyrdom and History
8. Volume 42.4 - 31 October 2007
   1. To Better Know a Neighborhood
9. Volume 42.3 - 17 October 2007
   1. Are We For the Professors?
   2. Prayer and Brokenness
10. Volume 42.2 - 03 October 2007
    1. Man is Wolf to Man
    2. When Did We Forget How to Say “Thank You?”
11. Volume 42.1 - 20 September 2007
    1. Editoral: Welcome to Grand Rapids
12. Volume 41.16 - 4 May 2007
    1. Have a little class
    2. The gift of prophecy
    3. A long Holy Saturday in Virginia
    4. Transforming God's kingdom: Leading by serving
    5. So you want to be a Minister of the Word
13. Volume 41.15 - 19 March 2007
    1. The Banner's immodest proposal
    2. Respect for professors lacking
    3. Why I am a complementarian
    4. Why I am a fundamentalist
    5. Editorial: Childcare, not children, needed at graduation
14. Volume 41.14 - 12 March 2007
    1. Eating, Ellen Davis, and economy
    2. Conscientious objector
    3. The day I became a Grand Rapidian
    4. Editorial: Bus fare fiasco symptomatic of deeper problems
15. Volume 41.13 - 5 February 2007
    1. Does one mistake deserve another?
    2. Editorial: Violence against worship in the name of curriculum?
16. Volume 41.12 - 29 January 2007
    1. The oral comprehensive exams: reflections of a senior
    2. Editorial: Are we serious about 'Unity and Diversity'?
17. Volume 41.10 - 15 January 2007
    1. Grand Rapids, in the shadow of a president
    2. Advantages of a semester scheduling system
    3. Come on, white people!
18. Volume 41.9 - 22 December 2006 (Christmas issue)
    1. The best Christmas ever
    2. Last-minute gift idea: The Christian Handbook
    3. Editorial: One hymn or a shelf of textbooks?
19. Volume 41.8 - 11 December 2006
    1. In defense of Grey's Anatomy
    2. Editorial: Urban ministry amidst Grand Rapids’ decay
20. Volume 41.7 - 4 December 2006
    1. To the reader: Five letters in seven issues?
    2. Stewardship at CTS doesn't extend to the environment
    3. Editorial: Quarter system not worth a dime
21. Volume 41.6 - 6 November 2006
    1. Blessings and curses: a reflection from Israel
    2. Stalin, Psalm, and salvation
    3. The image of God, or 300 million angry faces?
22. Volume 41.5 - 30 October 2006
    1. Civil religion in the CRC?
    2. How I am a feminist (Part 2 of 2)
    3. Yancey gives easy answers to hard questions about prayer
    4. Editorial: Enjoying the fight?
23. Volume 41.4 - 23 October 2006
    1. Why I am a feminist (Part 1 of 2)
    2. Reflections on writing
    3. Editorial: In October’s headlines, a bifurcation
24. Volume 41.3 - 13 October 2006
    1. Fair trade coffee brews a harmful cup
    2. Miroslav Volf on violence, memory, and reconciliation
    3. Service Learning reconsidered
    4. Editorial: A true romance
25. Volume 41.2 - 6 October 2006
    1. Right idea, wrong execution
    2. Responding to domestic violence
    3. A ministry in the gaps
    4. Editorial: Moving Kerux online
26. Volume 41.1 - 29 September 2006
    1. Telling the truth for God's sake