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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

First Gay Couple Legally Wed In Kent County

Posted on December 6, 2015 by PaulVK

Calvin College Student Newspaper Chimes

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Kory Plockmeyer writes about the crowd-sourcing “ministry share” overture on YALT

Posted on December 6, 2015 by PaulVK

YALT

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Abortion Rights, Gun Rights, and CRC Church Order Article 28

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

Church Order Article 28a Article 28 a. These assemblies shall transact ecclesiastical matters only, and shall deal with them in an ecclesiastical manner. Skye Jethani on the Phil Vischer podcast quipped about the political “sacraments” for the right and the … Continue reading →

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Video from Nov. Conference of Center for Pastor Theologians

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

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Meet the man who wants to be president, and then live forever

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

http://www.theverge.com/a/transhumanism-2015

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How to have Bold Public Joy when the World is Pulling Itself to its own Doom

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

This Month in Killing If you are a person that likes to watch US news the last few weeks have been anything but cheery. Let’s Review. (for the year in Terrorist attacks see Wikipedia) Oct 31: ISIS downs a Russian jetliner … Continue reading →

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Between the World and Me

Posted on December 5, 2015 by PaulVK

Reviews of Ta-Nehisi Coates book Michelle Alexander NYT Dreher

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15 Things To Do To Forget the Soul-Crushing Realities of this world if you have no real hope for it

Posted on December 4, 2015 by PaulVK

15 Things to do when the world is shitty and terrifying https://twitter.com/embeedub/status/672816985370136577 https://twitter.com/embeedub/status/672817776264937472 See also the conversation between Thabiti Anyabwil and Ta-Nehsisi Coates The message is the world can’t be fixed so the best you can do is some good around … Continue reading →

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Same Sex Marriage as Theological Crisis for the CRC

Posted on December 3, 2015 by PaulVK

The Standard Narrative of Progressive Liberationism Many Americans, Christian or not assume a narrative that lines up the following into a new American civil rights manifest destiny. In the American Civil War and Abolitionist movement American abolished slavery In the … Continue reading →

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Prayer Shaming: The View From Jesusland | The American Conservative

Posted on December 3, 2015 by PaulVK

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-view-from-jesusland-prayer-shaming/

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