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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Option 4, Draft B for the TFRSC Due July 15

Posted on July 15, 2014 by PaulVK

  I won’t rewrite Draft A but just elaborate and expand a bit. I am assuming that the mandate of the TFRSC is both to propose next step changes and to suggest a direction for future changes. Usually the way … Continue reading →

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Banner Interview with James Bratt on Abraham Kuyper

Posted on July 14, 2014 by PaulVK

The Banner

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Option 4, Draft A for the July 15 Deadline for TFRSC

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

The Task Force Reviewing Structure and Culture asked Synod for input by July 15. The due date is approaching. They gave an email address for Synodical delegates: TFRSC@crcna.org and one for non-synodical delegates: TFRSC2014@crcna.org. The writing I’ve been doing on the subject has … Continue reading →

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Why We Need To Figure Out What Pieces to Keep and What Pieces to Give Away

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

Fears Expressed About Releasing Centralized Ownership When I suggest that we should consider spinning off agencies and sending out organizations I people sometimes privately express to me their fears of why we should “keep” these agencies or schools. Calvin College … Continue reading →

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Pre WWI CRC Leader Decry Greed

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

Calvin in Common Blog from Bratt’s Dutch Calvinism in America

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Getting More Specific About What We Need from Denominations

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

Faith and Leadership

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The Hookup Culture Isn’t Working for Women

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

NYTimes

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Hobby Lobby reaction is due to how two sides view religion

Posted on July 12, 2014 by PaulVK

Bloomberg I think a few things are going on here. The first is that while the religious right views religion as a fundamental, and indeed essential, part of the human experience, the secular left views it as something more like … Continue reading →

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Damon Linker on the Left’s Abandonment of Liberalism and why

Posted on July 11, 2014 by PaulVK

The Week From the dawn of the modern age, religious thinkers have warned that, strictly speaking, secular politics is impossible — that without the transcendent foundation of Judeo-Christian monotheism to limit the political sphere, ostensibly secular citizens would begin to … Continue reading →

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Stella Young TED talk “I’m not your inspiration”

Posted on July 11, 2014 by PaulVK

TED talk on Inspiration Porn

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