Author Archives: PaulVK

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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Same Sex Marriage and the Jesus Juke

RHE Well, it’s quite handy actually. It’s a wormhole that can be opened and jumped through when one is faced with a contentious and complicated issue. The Juker says, for instance, that since Jesus didn’t talk about gays, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Monkeys like People Have Hot Handed Bias

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A Follow Up on Prioritizing the Sending of Agencies

I received some good feedback on my sending of agencies post. Wendy in the comments noted three agencies World Renew has launched. Communities First Partners Worldwide Food Resource Bank I was only familiar with the first. Another commenter in another … Continue reading →

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The Dog Named Classis

Why the Mid-Level Structural Conversation We’re Not Able to Sustain is More Important for Local Fruitfulness than the Bi-National One Viewing Structure From the Center When we come to the structure conversation I think there is an implicit bias that asks … Continue reading →

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Sculpting our Tents in the Age of Decay for the Hope of Imperishable Glory

Body Image Isn’t Just for Women Anymore Men’s Journal recently did a piece on what Hollywood leading men need to go through to make the cut. Brando never did crunches. Al Pacino didn’t slurp protein shakes. Cary Grant had never … Continue reading →

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The Affair of Warren Harding

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NT Wright in First Things on Marriage

First Things

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What If The CRC Prioritized Becoming a Sender of Ministry Agencies?

It is more blessed to give than to receive What if the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) is approaching its structural questions all wrong from a motivational perspective? What if instead of trying to employ our board assets to rejuvenate the … Continue reading →

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Loren Haarsma Responds to the Giberson Daily Beast post

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Text Patterns: The Righteous Mind and the Inner Ring

http://text-patterns.thenewatlantis.com/2014/07/the-righteous-mind-and-inner-ring.html?m=1

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