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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

All content by Nathan Stripp

CRC membership decline correlates with Calvin enrollment

Nathan Stripp, Staff Writer
April 26, 2018

The Christian Reformed Church (CRC) is shrinking. Far from a new trend, the denomination has been steadily declining since its peak in 1992. Since claiming over 316,000 members in 1992, the CRC has lost...

Opinion: Go ahead, take a knee

Nathan Stripp, Staff Writer
October 5, 2017

Due to presidential tweets and extensive media coverage, there has been a renewed interest in the debate of whether or not players in the NFL should be allowed to kneel as a sign of protest during the...

State Supreme Court rules against Christian florist

Nathan Stripp
March 10, 2017

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in 2015 that same-sex marriage is a right that states must recognize, there have been several highly publicized stories involving Christian business owners who refuse...

Labeling resistance

Nathan Stripp
February 10, 2017

The past year, and the past three months in particular, have been an incredibly interesting time to be both a historian and a Christian in this country. Now I will not pretend to be without bias, I am...

A Response from the Intellectually Deficient

Nathan Stripp
March 14, 2016

The article  “The Intellectual Deficiencies” published recently was troubling to me in a number of ways. I will begin by saying it does raise a fair point: “safe spaces” should never be coddling...

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