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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

GQ: What Would Cool Jesus Do

Posted on December 18, 2015 by PaulVK

HT: Eric Dirksen GQ The Dark Past or Bieber’s Mega Church The Daily Beast Do Millennials really want Cool Jesus Gay man quits London Hillsong Hillsong in SF

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The Lightening Rod Moves Past the Storm Front

Posted on December 18, 2015 by PaulVK

Watching the Herd I started reading Rachel’s blog years ago. The comment section was more fun before it got so big. Bigness in comments sections tend to be their death. Increasingly I went from reading to skimming to scanning the … Continue reading →

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Wheaton “same God” Controversy

Posted on December 18, 2015 by PaulVK

CT Write Up Timothy George on the question from 2002 Another CT piece with lots of links Peter Enns Initial and follow up: “Missed opportunity” JRD Kirk Huffpo Ravi Zacharias Ministries Wheaton college recommends termination, CT Sojo Net Chicago Local … Continue reading →

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What is the Actual US Divorce Rate and Risk? | Public Discourse

Posted on December 18, 2015 by PaulVK

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/12/15983/

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The Idol of Equality and Jesus’ Appallingly Inclusive Invitation to Love Sacrificially

Posted on December 18, 2015 by PaulVK

Mary’s High School Cohort Taking Selfies This American Life recently did a program on “Status Update” where Ira Glass interviews High School freshman girls on selfies. What Glass reveals is that these girls are in the midst of a continual … Continue reading →

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Only in America: Four years into life, poor kids are already an entire year behind – The Washington Post

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/17/how-your-first-four-years-of-life-affect-the-rest-of-it/

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Men, women and Ikea: It’s complicated – The Washington Post

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/17/researchers-have-finally-settled-whether-men-or-women-are-better-at-assembling-ikea-furniture/

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An Open Letter to Calvin Seminary by Ronald Hunsucker

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

http://www.calvinseminary.edu/kerux/an-open-letter-to-calvin-seminary-by-ronald-hunsucker/

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Putting racism, white supremacy, and white privilege in context

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

http://www.calvin.edu/chimes/2015/12/13/racism-white-supremacy-and-white-privilege/

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Remaking Denominations by Making Networks For an Age Beyond the Experts

Posted on December 17, 2015 by PaulVK

The CRCNA and the Local Congregation I’ve done a lot of writing in the past few years about the relationship between the denomination as institution and the vitality of the local congregation especially in the CRCNA. In this post in … Continue reading →

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