B-5 PEOPLE-FILES
- John Bolt - John Bowling - Cameron Bowman -
==john bolt======
Biblical Ethics in a Divided Age: Learning from Herman Bavinck
Much of American political discourse is really about ethics. Based on the latest news cycle, debates flare up about topics like the use of excessive force by police, systemic causes of racial disparities, gender identity, and sexual abuse in the church. Tragically, contemporary political polarization often makes it hard for Christians to see ethical problems through a consistently biblical lens. That’s what makes the publication of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Social Ethics: Perspectives on Society, Culture, State, Church, and the Kingdom of God so valuable. Though technology and circumstances have changed since Bavinck wrote, he was wrestling with many of the same basic questions that drive today’s political discourse. This volume complements the three volumes of Bavinck’s Reformed Ethics. It’s been compiled and edited by a team of translators led by John Bolt, professor emeritus of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. The content fills out notes that Bavinck left behind. It’s drawn from Bavinck’s writings and frequently embeds Bolt’s insight into Bavinck’s thinking about social ethics, which have been gleaned from decades of careful study.
(Gospel Coalition 7/8/25 )READ MORE>>>>>>
Much of American political discourse is really about ethics. Based on the latest news cycle, debates flare up about topics like the use of excessive force by police, systemic causes of racial disparities, gender identity, and sexual abuse in the church. Tragically, contemporary political polarization often makes it hard for Christians to see ethical problems through a consistently biblical lens. That’s what makes the publication of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Social Ethics: Perspectives on Society, Culture, State, Church, and the Kingdom of God so valuable. Though technology and circumstances have changed since Bavinck wrote, he was wrestling with many of the same basic questions that drive today’s political discourse. This volume complements the three volumes of Bavinck’s Reformed Ethics. It’s been compiled and edited by a team of translators led by John Bolt, professor emeritus of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. The content fills out notes that Bavinck left behind. It’s drawn from Bavinck’s writings and frequently embeds Bolt’s insight into Bavinck’s thinking about social ethics, which have been gleaned from decades of careful study.
(Gospel Coalition 7/8/25 )READ MORE>>>>>>
==john bowling======
April 1, 2023: Baptist News Global: One of the first whistleblowers at Northern Seminary says she has been fired by trustees
Jennie Boysen told Baptist News Global Interim President John Bowling told her this week on a Zoom meeting the board had instructed him to terminate her, and she had the option to resign with a severance. After the meeting, her email and electronic access to the seminary had been blocked. Boysen, who is also an alumna, said she hasn’t received anything in writing from the seminary about this week’s action, nor had she received any negative feedback about her competency or job performance.
Jennie Boysen told Baptist News Global Interim President John Bowling told her this week on a Zoom meeting the board had instructed him to terminate her, and she had the option to resign with a severance. After the meeting, her email and electronic access to the seminary had been blocked. Boysen, who is also an alumna, said she hasn’t received anything in writing from the seminary about this week’s action, nor had she received any negative feedback about her competency or job performance.
==cameron bowman======
July 24, 2023: Christian Index: Gainesville pastor Javier Chavez visits Peru’s National Congress
During the meeting, the congressman extended a formal invitation to Birchman’s pastor, Bob Pearle, to address the Peruvian Congress and have a private audience with President Dina Boluarte. Cameron Bowman, Birchman’s minister of young adults and outreach, accepted the invitation on the pastor’s behalf.
During the meeting, the congressman extended a formal invitation to Birchman’s pastor, Bob Pearle, to address the Peruvian Congress and have a private audience with President Dina Boluarte. Cameron Bowman, Birchman’s minister of young adults and outreach, accepted the invitation on the pastor’s behalf.
==anne bradstreet======
Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases. --Anne Bradstreet, American Poet
