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The Institute for Christian Studies is an accredited graduate school in the Reformational tradition offering MA, PhD, and MWS programs.

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“We’re used to working together—but not talking together.”

After receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal, @AceroF_Hector shares what interfaith dialogue really takes—and why it matters now more than ever.

https://t.co/zHnH2lnVnX #InterfaithDialogue #FaithInPublicLife

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#BeversluisForum #EdithVanDerBoom #ChristianEducation #InclusiveClassrooms #BelongingInEducation #ICSCanada #LearningCommunities #EducationalLeadership #TeacherFormation #EducationMatters #MeeterCenter #TorontoEvents

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How do our assumptions shape classroom culture?
Join Dr. Edith van der Boom on May 1 at 6:30 PM for "Cultivating Learning Communities of Belonging" at Calvin University.

📍 Meeter Center Lecture Hall at Calvin University

📖 From her upcoming book. Q&A to follow.

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#GodIsLove #Theology #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Scripture #Spirituality #Genesis #1John #DivineLove #ChristianThought #PerspectiveMagazine #ICSCanada

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Is love the fire at the heart of every sunrise? 🔥☀️

In “The Love That Fires the Sun,” Dr. Nik Ansell reflects on Genesis 1 and 1 John, revealing how divine love empowers creation and calls us to lives of justice and compassion.

Read it here ➜ https://t.co/c41ltJH0Gw

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#ChristianEducation #DeeperLearning #FaithAndLearning #GlobalCitizenship #EducatorsOfFaith #MAEL #OnlineLearning #SummerCourses2025 #ICSCanada #ChristianTeaching #ImageBearers

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How can wonder shape Christian education?

Join Dr. Edith van der Boom for Christian Deeper Learning: From Wonder to Inquiry to Practise — starting July 14. Space is limited!

https://t.co/VQs4hMjQBR for more info

📩 [email protected]

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Congrats, Chris Christiansen for a Master's SSHRC Grant for the thesis, “'It's Not Rational!' A Study of the Rationality of Religious Belief," which looks @ beliefs that religion results from fiction-generating mechanisms. The thesis will defend religion against this reasoning.

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Congrats to Dr. Ron Kuipers and Héctor Acero Ferrer on receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal! Their leadership in interfaith dialogue is shaping a more inclusive and compassionate Canada. #KingCharlesIIICoronationMedal #ICS #MLUC #FaithInAction

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“Are you progressive or conservative?” What if that’s the wrong question?

Ron Kuipers urges us to embrace a gospel freedom beyond the false choice of nostalgia or naive progress. We’re free to be faithful—bound in love, not ideology.

https://t.co/uihxoYaH9M

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✨ Reminder: Winter 2025 Symposium "Finding Blessing in the Process" with Angela Reitsma Bick & Peter Schuurman is THIS SATURDAY (Mar 22, 10 AM). Join us online or at First CRC Toronto!

RSVP: [email protected] or go to https://t.co/bBcnLZcdt5
#FaithAndScholarship #ICSCanada

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🚨 Deadline alert! Apply for the MA in Educational Leadership by April 1st to advance your career & grow your network. 🏫✨ Learn more & apply: https://t.co/phRM5xGgkV. Questions? Email [email protected]. #EdLeadership #GradSchool

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#ChristianEducation #FaithBasedLearning #ChristCenteredTeaching #ChristianTeachers #ICS #DeeperLearning #ChristianSchools #BiblicalTeaching

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🌿 Cultivate Christ-centred classrooms at the ICS Summer Workshop in London, ON! Join us Aug 11-14 to transform your teaching with faith-driven practices. Early bird ends May 16.

https://t.co/4LpPbbK8Oj

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Fear may be the beginning of wisdom, but it isn’t the end. Love is. ICS President Ron Kuipers reflects on fear, faith, and the divine call to lean into love.

https://t.co/R7oYJQRnS5

#PerfectLove #ChristianWisdom #BibleReflection #DivineLove #ScriptureInspiration

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#FaithJourney #Deconstruction #SpiritualGrowth #CanadianFaith #FaithDiscussion #ReligiousDialogue

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Join us on March 22 at 10am via Zoom for “Blessing in the Process” with Angela Rietsma Bick & Peter Schuurman as they explore what deconstruction might mean for participants and participants' communities.
For more info and registration: https://t.co/bBcnLZcLiD

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Kuipers explores how Christian education can cultivate a community of love—one where learning is not just about acquiring knowledge, but about fostering a shared life on the healing path of Christ.

#FaithInAction #ChristianReflections #TheologicalInsights #SpiritualGrowth

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How do we speak the truth in love? What does it mean to build one another up in faith and trust?

In this latest article from Perspective, Ronald A. Kuipers reflects on the delicate balance between trust and discernment.

📖 Read the full article here: https://t.co/SRj2LfFeC7

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“My hope is that the action of ICS, and the writing, by myself and others, in support of that action, will stimulate the sort of discussion that the CRCNA has tried to shut down, of how to embrace in love those who find themselves to be LGBTQ+ persons.” - Nicholas Wolterstorff

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Please read: https://t.co/gSEmpvk3D5

Our hearts broke as we watched the CRCNA silence parishioners who oppose the CRCNA’s adoption of the Human Sexuality Report (HSR) and, by giving it doctrinal status, effectively expel all those whose Christian consciences call them to...

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Read our open letter to the CRCNA, which explains why we made this decision: https://t.co/gSEmpvk3D5
We hope you’ll also read three other letters supporting ICS’s decision, linked at the bottom of the open letter, by: Nicholas Wolterstorff, Janet Wesselius & Mark Vandervennen.