I knew that many crosses would come my way if I ran to Mother Church, but I could not resist Her love. “The Communion of Saints” from the Padua Baptistry (photo: José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA ...

Perhaps Betsy DeVos can be forgiven for imagining that America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were “real pioneers when it comes to school choice.” I mean, she wasn’t there in ...

Jim Bratt has his doctoral adviser to thank for a lifelong academic pursuit of Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch theologian, politician and journalist whose influence continues today at Calvin. Bratt’s PhD ...

Five hundred years after the birth of French Protestant theologian John Calvin, his teachings seem more topical than ever. Hard work and frugality, the values espoused by Calvinism, are back in ...

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Pope Francis, background center, celebrates a canonization mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct.15, 2017. Francis canonized thirty martyrs, including priests and lay persons, ...

This year has been dedicated to the Apostle of Sri Lanka. Born in India, he landed on the island in 1687 during the persecution by Dutch Calvinists. At that time there were no priests. He set up a ...

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Garald Gemmen was 40 when he found out his ancestors immigrated to the U.S. from Germany, not the Netherlands. And the 68-year-old Allendale man is not alone. As more West Michigan area residents ...