Category Archives: CRC

Will the CRC Have Consequence?

Posted on January 4, 2015 by PaulVK

I wrote this for the CRC Pastor’s Facebook Group My central goal in The Banner conversation is to get us thinking and talking together. In the sub piece I posted I noted the culture-making analogy of paper folding. The CRC will … Continue reading →

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Where can Culture Making Power be found in the CRC today or are others simply folding our paper for us?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by PaulVK

Here’s a recent posting from the Executive Director. Did anyone read it? I made a link to track what the ED posts. http://www.thebanner.org/bio/steven-timmermans I’m not criticizing the ED (I obviously had a hand in selecting him and I think we got … Continue reading →

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Did We Kill The Banner When We Made It A Promotional Voice for Denominational Agencies?

Posted on January 1, 2015 by PaulVK

The Easiest Way to Kill a Story Stories at their heart are relatively simple things. All good stories involve a very basic progression with innumerable variations: There is an initial state or situation There is a challenge or problem or … Continue reading →

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Why Neither the Religious Right nor Secular Left Can Address American Religious Pluralism

Posted on December 11, 2014 by PaulVK

Before the Culture War Combatants in civil wars are usually relatives, fighting over something both sides wish to share. George Marsden without addressing it directly attempts to trace back the roots of the present culture war to the time when … Continue reading →

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20th Century Voices in the CRC: The Civil Rights Strain and the New Morality

Posted on December 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Guns AND Butter The Second World War banished the fantasy of isolation for the nation. The US had to commit and sacrifice to bring down Japan and Germany and that mobilization required that the walls of insular religious communities like … Continue reading →

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20th Century Voices in the CRC: The Evangelical Strain, From Hawthorne Gospel to Willow Creek

Posted on December 2, 2014 by PaulVK

Hawthorne Gospel For the North Jersey CRCs it was Hawthorne Gospel. They were the non-denominational mega church before we talked about these things. They had the Christian bookstore in the area that we would go to, book and trinkets with … Continue reading →

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Will Natural CRC and RCA Factionalism Stall Collaboration or Can It Become A Space to Seek Revival From?

Posted on November 29, 2014 by PaulVK

The Bible as A Record of Squabbling for the LORD A majority of the Bible is occupied by tussling between people who consciously profess allegiance to the LORD or over which the LORD lays formal claim. The LORD makes covenant with patriarchs and tries to … Continue reading →

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SPACT Final Report First Impressions

Posted on October 11, 2014 by PaulVK

SPACT The Strategic Planning and Adaptive Change Team has completed their work and has offered their final report. If you’ve never heard of this initiative don’t feel bad. The website is a better place to start than the final report and … Continue reading →

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Amy Plantinga Pauw’s Address to All One Body in GR

Posted on October 6, 2014 by PaulVK

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Developing a Culture of Clergy Self-Leadership: Ideal Classis Series

Posted on July 30, 2014 by PaulVK

Four Strategic Challenge Facing the Church Today In our context of deep and rapid chance the most important challenge the church faces is developing leaders in the church that can do the following: Discern the times: With multiple challenges confronting a … Continue reading →

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