Category Archives: CRC

Teaching Turtles to Talk, Participating in the Same Sex Marriage Debate with City Church San Francisco

Posted on March 21, 2015 by PaulVK

“If We Don’t Talk About It Maybe It Will Go Away” (we say in denial) Of the hundreds of people who have read the posts in this series very few have commented directly. The most vocal comment has been “this … Continue reading →

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My Prolegomena on the Same sex Marriage Debate Occasioned by City Church San Francisco

Posted on March 20, 2015 by PaulVK

The Bible As Victim One of the first victims in this culture war is the Bible and it is abused by both sides. The left sees the Bible as a troublesome obstacle that keeps normally sane, well-meaning people mired in … Continue reading →

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The Work of the Church in Light of City Church SF’s Letter on Same Sex Couples

Posted on March 18, 2015 by PaulVK

News from City Church San Francisco Last week Thursday the news about the decision by the Elder Board at City Church San Francisco began to break. I use my blog to track links on stories I want to follow so … Continue reading →

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Planet Fitness and Obama’s Christianity

Posted on March 13, 2015 by PaulVK

Responding to a thread in CRC Voices on this piece on President Obama’s Christianity Conversation turned to the CRC Office of Social Justice I noted the Planet Fitness dust-up in Midland Michigan and CS Lewis’s piece on Christians and politics. … Continue reading →

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Denver woman writes about leaving the CRC

Posted on February 25, 2015 by PaulVK

YALT

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First Black CRC Pastor Eugene Callendar defended Billie Holiday

Posted on February 12, 2015 by PaulVK

On the street outside the hospital, protesters gathered, led by a Harlem pastor named the Reverend Eugene Callender. They held up signs reading “Let Lady Live.” Callender had built a clinic for heroin addicts in his church, and he pleaded … Continue reading →

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Why Noting CRC Dutchness Triggers the Racial Tensions Within Her

Posted on January 28, 2015 by PaulVK

Burning the Wooden Shoes The Banner is the official periodical of the Christian Reformed Church and probably the most famous editorial written in living memory (Nov. 3 1980) was editor Andy Kuyvenhoven’s declaration “it’s time to burn the wooden shoes”. … Continue reading →

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Can the CRC Survive the American Empire?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by PaulVK

I wrote this for a discussion on Calvin-in-Common The CRC used to fold more of its own paper. Most CRC paper today seems to come pre-folded.  I’ve been reading an interesting dual biography on Gandhi and Churchill. It’s been enlightening. … Continue reading →

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But My Pastor Is the Problem

Posted on January 10, 2015 by PaulVK

YALT

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The Classical Transitional Specialist

Posted on January 9, 2015 by PaulVK

The Mess in the Middle A fully functioning Classis is vital to the health and future of the CRCNA. Classis continues to be a puzzle and a problem for the CRC. On CRC Voices over the last month we’ve been … Continue reading →

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