Category Archives: CRC

Confessional Conversation Again

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

If you recall in 2016 (and the years before) I made a case that the CRC needs to have a far deeper conversation BEFORE we talk about WICO, SSM, IVF, Cohabitation, legalized pot, prostitution, pornography, polyamory, power, senior-non-church-weddings, marriage, confessionalism … Continue reading →

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Threaded CRCSynod 2018 Tweet on the Power Meme

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

#crcsynod Overture. 12-14 and 18 conversations are fraught with ironies implicit in the power meme. The power meme says "powerful people use power to deny others their rights and desires". This is used to explain the miseries of history's losers … Continue reading →

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Video Conversations on CRC Synod2018 Overtures

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Overture 12 Overture 14 Overture 18

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Should the CRCNA stop political lobbying?

Posted on April 20, 2018 by
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Comment on CRC Budget and Priorities

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

The site is having difficulties accepting the link. https://www.thebanner.org/news/2018/02/ministry-priorities-budget-realities Leadership and setting priorities are nearly the same thing. Lean years force organizations to ask hard question about what exactly is their mission. The denomination began as a small administrative service that … Continue reading →

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How the “Christians United” Statement by post-evangelicals furthers the Confessional Conversation we need to have

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

Last month the Nashville statement was released causing a flurry of mostly the same conversation about the church and LGBTQ issues. A few statements arose from it but probably the most important one that I’ve seen so far is the … Continue reading →

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I’d love to see complementarian CRC churches figure out the challenge of authority in women’s ministry in and beyond our walls

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Necessity is the Mother of Invention I teach in a little classical program called “Sierra Leadership Network” which usually attracts gifted and interested individuals who either aren’t quite ready for formal ministry training through a seminary or for one reason … Continue reading →

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