Category Archives: CRC

Being Not Sure About the Bible

Posted on July 28, 2013 by PaulVK

How Being Not Sure Impacts Preaching I continue to be fascinated by John Suk’s journey. For me the benefit of John’s exodus is the opportunity he creates to compare some of his thought to my own. Since we are products … Continue reading →

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Mary Eberstadt on Decline of Religion Because of Family Decline

Posted on July 19, 2013 by PaulVK

The Gospel Coalition My comments:

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Redeemer Pres. and Gender Roles Pt 4

Posted on July 12, 2013 by PaulVK

Why Four Posts on This? I really didn’t expect to do four posts on this little series but I have found it fascinating. Why do I find it fascinating when I’m not really debating the question for myself? Redeemer wants … Continue reading →

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Redeemer Pres. and Gender Roles, Pt. 3

Posted on July 12, 2013 by PaulVK

Link to Part 1 and Part 2 As I noted before this series of talks is in a group on the Redeemer website.  In this part I’ll treat Tim’s response and a Q/A session with Tim and Kathy and then a panel discussion. Again … Continue reading →

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Redeemer Pres. and Gender Roles Pt. 2

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

I’ve been listening to a group of seminars on the Redeemer site where Tim and Kathy Keller address their view of male headship in the home and church. I wrote one post (Pt 1) about it mostly dealing with Kathy Keller’s … Continue reading →

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Redeemer Pres and Gender Roles

Posted on July 9, 2013 by PaulVK

Last week when I was catching up on my Tim Keller sermon downloads I noticed a section of talks on Gender Roles.  When I visited Redeemer in 2006 I remember being impressed at all of the female leadership of staff especially … Continue reading →

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What Synod Reminds Me Of Sometimes

Posted on June 13, 2013 by PaulVK
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How To Streamline Synodical Deliberations

Posted on June 13, 2013 by PaulVK

Watching some of Synod this week is always fun. An ongoing struggle for Synod is to figure out how as a body to allow good deliberation while not wasting time on speeches that won’t in the end impact the decision. … Continue reading →

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Pondering Adaptive Change in the CRC

Posted on May 7, 2013 by PaulVK

Adaptive change and I noted in my previous posting is sometimes called deep change or transformative change. There are a number of thoughts that this provokes: Is it the case that adaptive change is already upon us because of contextual change? Is … Continue reading →

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The Executive Director Position and Adaptive Change

Posted on May 7, 2013 by PaulVK

The withdrawal of the candidate for the Executive Director position in the CRC has prompted various discussions about the structure, purpose and meaning of the denomination. This is a good discussion to have. For this discussion I want to distinguish … Continue reading →

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