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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Sidewalk Chalk at Synod2016

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Guerrilla sidewalk chalk art outside the CFAC where #crcsynod is meeting. #FaithfullyLGBT pic.twitter.com/Tz4tB9t3ZR — Amy Vander Vliet (@abvandervliet) June 14, 2016 #crcsynod messages to the delegates as chalked o/s the venue pic.twitter.com/witOFL06J3 — Gina Taylor Lunshof (@GinaTaylo) June 14, 2016 … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between a Hermeneutical Study and a Confessional Conversation

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Hermeneutics As the debate over same-sex marriage and LGBTQ inclusion in the church rages a strange word you will often hear is “hermeneutics”. It surfaced yesterday in the RCA Synod. You can see in the struck-out text “hermeneutical methods” replaced … Continue reading →

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Ranking Churches and Religions on “Acceptance of Homosexuality”

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

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The #RCASynod votes for the night to change their church order on one man, one woman

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK

Livestream starts around minute 25 This was supposed to be a pro-forma “reaffirmation” that classes are the major authority. Minute 41:05 Then it sounded like last year General Synod sent to the Commission on Church order a task to include in … Continue reading →

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James KA Smith on Q_Ideas living in a Secular Age

Posted on June 14, 2016 by PaulVK
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How #RCASynod is backing into a Confessional Conversation on the floor of its General Synod.

Posted on June 13, 2016 by PaulVK

Watching the RCA Livestream Watch the Saved Livestream here This afternoon the RCA Synod voted to send its “one man and one woman” liturgy to the classes for ratification. To me that’s not the big news. Then the topic came … Continue reading →

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How the Pulse Tragedy Tempts the CRC to forget their Confessional Scripts and Mimic the Competing Civil Religions of our Day

Posted on June 13, 2016 by PaulVK

Confessions in the Papers Over the next few weeks we will read a lot of statement like this piece in the Orlando Sentinel.  The piece is an appeal for the church to love like Jesus did and love as Jesus commanded. … Continue reading →

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Pulse Orlando Shootings Omar Mateen

Posted on June 13, 2016 by PaulVK

The Atlantic: Coming out in Orlando Sacramento pastor celebrates Orlando massacre (video) and sacbee story The courage of being gay,  New Republic Salon: Evidence of Mateen as closeted makes Republican narrative fall apart But that, of course, is just the point. … Continue reading →

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Not equally yokes… You’re a Feminist and Your Partner Suddenly Seems Really Sexist – Now What? — Everyday Feminism

Posted on June 13, 2016 by PaulVK

http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/06/partner-seems-sexist-now-what/

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Chuck De Groat Thoughts on how to have a difficult Conversation

Posted on June 12, 2016 by PaulVK

The New Exodus

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