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Submissions from 2025

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Our Own Superheroes, Jennifer L. Holberg

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TARIFF EXPLAINER | Local professor breaks down Congress' power over tariffs, Doug Koopman

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The Invisible Health Care Provider: Informal Caregivers within Medical and Faith Communitie, Dr. Julie Yonker, Erin Cawley, Joseph DeVries, and Elianah Reynolds

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AI and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist, Derek Schuurman

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Webinar for the Centre for Church and Culture, Derek Schuurman

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A Tender Turning Point, Debra Rienstra

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Living in but not of the World, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

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Hungry Beautiful Animals with Matthew C. Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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Contact Binary Stars: a roadmap to their nature and evolution, Larry A. Molnar

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123: Philosophy, Ethics, and the Joy of Going Vegan: Matt Halteman’s Compassionate Approach to Food, Matthew C. Halteman

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The Philosophy of Kindness with Matthew Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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Greatest Common Divisors and Lucas’s Theorem, John Ferdinands and Timothy Ferdinands

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Philosophical Help for the Reluctant Vegan, Matthew C. Halteman

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The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation, Matthew C. Halteman

DEI, Immigration,& the Department of Education: Education Policy Implications, John Walcott, Sara Leo, and Erek Kooyman

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DEI, Immigration,& the Department of Education: Education Policy Implications, John Walcott, Sara Leo, and Erek Kooyman

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Author of Hungry Beautiful Animals, Matthew C. Halteman

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Exploring Calvin, Calvinism, and Neo-Calvinism with Drs. James Eglinton and Gray Sutanto, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Not Just About Who They Are, but Who We Become: Rethinking Calvin on the Imago Dei and Human Dignity, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Phylogenetic allometric scaling of near basal breathing frequency in terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquatic mammals, Andreas Fahlman, Elliot Stielstra, Ethan Wilstermann, Simon Rylaarsdam, Josefin Larsson, Guillermo J. Sanchez -Contreras, Suguru Higa, Gonçalo N. Marques, Malgosia Kaczmarska, Jason Somarelli, and Stacy L. De Ruiter

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Faith & Technology: Navigating the Digital Age with Wisdom, Derek Schuurman

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An Excellent Conversation, David I. Smith

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Hands-on Parallel & Distributed Computing with Rasperry Pi Devices and Clusters, Elizabeth Shoop, Suzanne J. Matthews, Richard Brown, and Joel C. Adams

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The Joyful Case for Going Vegan with Matthew Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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An Evaluation of Sports Nutrition Knowledge and Influencing Factors in NCAA Division III Athletes, Kerrie Berends, Michael J. Wierenga, and Madeline Frens

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Attention to our Limitation, Donald J. Tellinghuisen

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Sabbath for the Restless: Rediscovering God’s Gift of Rest, Youngkhill Lee

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An update on the scientific evidence for and against the legal banning of disciplinary spanking., Marjorie Lindner Gunnoe

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We Need Deep Theories of Virtues: Four Principles for Advancing Research on Virtues in Positive Social Science, David S. Bright, Jason M. Stansbury, and Bradley A. Winn

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Monitoring and assessment of population, reproductive, and health effects in colonial waterbirds breeding at contaminated Great Lakes sites in Michigan, Keith A. Grasman, Mandy Annis, Carly Eakin, Jeremy Moore, and Lisa L. Williams

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Artificial Intelligence: Villain or Saviour? Some Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist, Derek Schuurman

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You’re Probably a Vegan in Waiting, Matthew C. Halteman

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A Journey Through Seminary in the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Kosin), Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Reformed Identity Through The Eyes of a Professor of Philosophical Theology, Sam Neulsaem Ha

Submissions from 2024

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Shalom in Social Media Marketing Shalom in Social Media Marketing, Jill R. Risner and Thomas Betts

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Dr. Derek Schuurman on AI and the Kingdom of God, Derek Schuurman

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Going Vegan Can Progressively Lift Us Into Heightened Consciousness – Exclusive Book Extract from Hungry Beautiful Animals, Matthew C. Halteman

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A Conversation with Dr. Derek Schuurman for the Ride Home with John and Kathy, Derek Schuurman

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Review of Jessica Begon, Disability Through the Lens of Justice in Ethics, 135.2 (2025): 337-342., Kevin Timpe

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Review: Garth Greenwell's mystical novel "Small Rain" teaches the art of living from a hospital bed, James K.A. Smith

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Book review of Josh Larsen's recent book "Fear Not", Craig Mattson

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Personhood and the Perception of Truth in the Age of AI, Derek Schuurman

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Best Books on Veganism: Hungry Beautiful Animals, Matthew C. Halteman

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Sex, Tech, and Faith: Ethics for a Digital Age, Kate Ott

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Regarding Friendship in Place-based Development for Colleges and Universities, Craig Mattson

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AI and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist, Derek Schuurman

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Hungry Beautiful Animals with Matthew Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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Seeing Ourselves as Aspiring Vegans: A Radical New Approach to Going Vegan with Hungry Beautiful Animals Author Matthew C. Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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How Not to Be a Lonely Vegan at Thanksgiving, Matthew C. Halteman

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The Broad Reach of Vegan Vision Extending Well Beyond Food, Matthew C. Halteman

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Engineering, Design and the Christian Faith, Derek Schuurman

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Engineering, Design and the Christian Faith with Dr. Derek Schuurman, Dr. Derek Schuurman

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Episode 90: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan with Matthew C. Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman

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“Arduous and Difficult to Obtain”: Teaching as a Hopeful Educational Practice, David I. Smith

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Usage Reporting and Analysis: Current Options and Future Opportunities, Katherine Swart, Tim Lloyd, and Tricia Miller

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A Day of Worship | Sam Ha | Calvin Seminary, Sam Ha

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The Problem with AI is Deeper Than You Think, Derek Schuurman

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The Problem with Chatbot Personas, Derek Schuurman

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Dr. Julie Yonker on Mental Health for Boys and Girls, Dr. Julie Yonker

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Hungry Beautiful Animals: A Pre-release Reading Workshop with Professor Matt Halteman, Matthew C. Halteman, Ian Tjoelker, and Ella Vanden Berg

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The Future Direction of Calvin Studies? Sam Ha (Calvin Conversations Series), Sam Ha

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Persuading Plural Minds: Advocacy for our Entire Inner Family, Matthew C. Halteman

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Coaching America's Youngest College Football Team: My Plan, Trent Figg

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Trichloroethylene (TCE) Metabolite S-(1,2-Dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine (DCVC) Inhibits LPS-Stimulated CXCL-2 Production in THP-1 Cells, Erica Boldenow, Karena Moleakunnel, Audrey Luce, Lyric Johnson, and Eleanor Scheeres

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Creativity and “gadget overload”, Derek Schuurman

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AI in Education: Villain, Savior, or Something Else?, Derek Schuurman

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Becoming Acquainted with Grief, Derek Schuurman

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Resolving the Contradictory Conclusions from Three Reviews of Controlled Longitudinal Studies of Physical Punishment: A Meta-Analysis, C.J. Ferguson, J. Pritsker, M.L. Gunnoe, and R.E. Larzelere

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Artifical Intelligence in Academia, James E. Carpp and Crystal N. Bruxvoort

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Kenneth Koch, Cincinnatian, Poet of Confetti, Lew Klatt

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Conversation with Derek Schuurman, Derek Schuurman

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Generating Assignments in Science Methods Using Research-based Transparency: Challenging Preservice Teachers to Do Likewise, University of Northern Iowa and Crystal Bruxvoort

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Because of Who We Are: A Fresh Perspective on Calvin’s Doctrine of the Image of God and Human Dignity, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith, Derek Schuurman

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Autism Awareness in the Church with Dr. Kevin Timpe, Kevin Timpe

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Insights into foraging behavior from multi-day sound recording tags on goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the Southern California Bight, Shannon N. Coates, David A. Sweeney, Erin A. Falcone, Stephanie L. Watwood, Brenda K. Rone, Stacy L. De Ruiter, Jay Barlow, Karin A. Dolan, Ronald P. Morrissey, Nancy A. DiMarzio, Susan M. Jarvis, Russel D. Andrews, and Gregory S. Schor

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The endoplasmic reticulum as an active liquid network, Laura M. Westrate, Zubenelgenubi C. Scott, Samuel B. Steen, Greg Huber, and Elena F. Koslover

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AI Jesus?, Derek Schuurman

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Sin in Business: The Contributions of Perversion, Defilement, and Idolatry, Jason M. Stansbury

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Seeking Shalom through AI, Derek Schuurman

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The Pointing Instinct & How to Cultivate It, Lew Klatt

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Introducing Pascal-bot: What Would Pascal Say?, Derek Schuurman

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Exercising Healthy Skepticism of Artificial Intelligence, Derek Schuurman

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The Lifelong Journey of Inner Transformation, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

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Endoplasmic reticulum morphology regulation by RTN4 modulates neuronal regeneration by curbing luminal transport., Laura M. Westrate, Pierre Parutto, Cecile C. Crapart, Elena F. Koslover, Edward Avezov, and Tasuku Konno

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Shaping a Digital World, Derek Schuurman

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Derek Schuurman on Using Artificial Intelligence in Church, Derek Schuurman

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Abdiel’s Preaching the Word ‘Out of Season’: An Allusion to 2 Timothy 4:2 in Milton’s Paradise Lost 5:850, David V. Urban

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The Story of Progress and a Path to Responsible Technology, Derek Schuurman

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Religious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue, Kevin Timpe

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Country-level primary-final-useful (CL-PFU) and world long-run (WLR-PFU) energy and exergy databases, Matthew Kuperus Heun

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A country-level primary-final-useful (CL-PFU) energy and exergy database: overview of its construction and 1971–2020 world-level efficiency results, Paul E. Brockway, Matthew Kuperus Heun, Zeke Marshall, Emmanuel Aramendia, Paul Steenwyk, Thomas Relph, Michelle Widjanarko, Jeonghoo (James) Kim, Anjana Sainju, and Julian Irtube

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It Takes a Village to Form a Christian Scholar, Derek Schuurman

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Shaping A Digital World Pt 1, Derek Schuurman

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The Departed, Lew Klatt

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Use Your Words, Jane Zwart and Lew Klatt

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Estimation of useful-stage energy returns on investment for fossil fuels and implications for renewable energy systems, Emmanuel Aramendia, Paul E. Brockway, Peter G. Taylor, Jonathan B. Norman, Matthew K. Heun, and Zeke Marshal;

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AI and the Church, Derek Schuurman

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On the right track? Energy use, carbon emissions, and intensities of world rail transportation, 1840–2020, Bernardo Tostes, Sofia T. Henriques, Paul E. Brockway, Matthew Kuperus Heun, Tiago Domingos, and Tânia Sousa

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Complete genome sequences of 9 Rhodococcus equi phages, Randall DeJong and Myles D Radersma, Gabrielle Lathrop, Karena C Moleakunnel, Luke Harlow, Aerin E Baker, Alison J. Chen, Jason G Churu, Carly A Dole, Sophia L Doorn, Ethan M Hill, Anna Howland, Amanda Janvier, Catie M Kramer, Matt J Minasian, Jocelyn R Nieze, Isabella K Perezios, Fiona J Ramsey, Katie L Seinen, Sierra K Swierenga, Michael M Veenstra, Grace E Weaver, Alexandra C White, Esther Yoon