Articles from the Faculty

The Theological Crisis in the CRC: Understanding the Roots of the URCNA

The debate over women's ordination didn't split the Christian Reformed Church; it was just the symptom that exposed a decades-long erosion of biblical authority that had been quietly unraveling in the late 20th century.

Catechism Preaching: Faithful Exposition for the Church Today

The church is never strong when it's doctrinally dumb—but too often, catechism preaching has been reduced to cold lectures or five-minute decorations tacked onto unrelated sermons. What if there's a better way to help your congregation confess with God what God's Word actually says?

What's Happening to Pastoral Leadership Part 2

Dr. J. Mark Beach warns that a generation of pastors is being stripped of their biblical calling and shoved to the sidelines—turned into hired servants who must stay in their lane while elders (or dominant families) seize control of Christ's church.

Advent Thoughts for Our Time

Dr. Alan Strange confronts a dangerous trend in American Christianity: the fusion of gospel truth with political ideology—and why Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals how desperately the church needs to distinguish between biblical faith and partisan agendas.

The Seminary Decision: Student Perspectives on Theological Education at Mid-America

What makes a seminary worth the investment of your calling, your time, and your formative years, and why do students at Mid-America say they found the answer to that question here?

What's Happening to Pastoral Leadership?

This article examines Peter's leadership in Acts 5 to argue that pastors must be servant-leaders who courageously shepherd their flocks toward Christlike maturity, rather than hired hands focused on meeting congregational expectations.

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