Category Archives: CRC

Going Meta on the John Suk Conversation

Posted on September 13, 2012 by PaulVK

I wrote this one for CRC-Voices as well but thought that others might benefit from it as well.

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Harry Der Nederlander’s English Translation of AA Van Ruler

Posted on June 8, 2012 by PaulVK

Thanks to the way back machine. It also has Snapper’s fine work on the CRC Church Growth. This one has Van Ruler’s “Why Go to Church”

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My Case for a Holy Hypocrisy

Posted on June 1, 2012 by PaulVK

“The church is full of hypocrites” I regularly see Gandhi’s famous Christ quote on a bumper sticker at my child’s school. “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Fair enough. … Continue reading →

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My John Suk Fantasy

Posted on May 25, 2012 by PaulVK

Pt. 1 of My Case for a Holy Hypocrisy This month John Suk announced his intention of resigning from the CRC, my denomination. John was a former editor of The Banner, the official CRC magazine. The announcement really didn’t take … Continue reading →

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Stalking Tim Keller

Posted on May 20, 2012 by PaulVK

Pt. 4 of The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Discovering Tim Keller in the Sacramento Cluster I was first introduced to Tim Keller’s work by Roger Greenway in a missions class at Calvin Seminary at the end of the 1980s. … Continue reading →

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Our Confessional Crisis

Posted on May 9, 2012 by PaulVK

I wrote this for the CRC-Network.  Church services are for worshipping and Synod is for fighting and Synod season is upon us. Two of the hot topics for this year are the update to the Form of Subscription and the … Continue reading →

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More on the Women at Classis Conversation

Posted on April 28, 2012 by PaulVK

Comments from me on the CRC Network Classis Blog on Classes that don’t seat women. Are you saying complementarianism is cultural?  I don’t know that we can have a conversation that asserts knowledge that transcends culture, not because culture cannot … Continue reading →

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The New Jerusalem at Calvin College

Posted on April 24, 2012 by PaulVK

I spoke to my parents today about their trip to the Festival of Faith and Writing. Mom was still brimming over with excitement and enthusiasm from the trip. Dad of course enjoyed it. He likes everything like some 77 year … Continue reading →

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On Conflict and Convincing and another proof of the existence of Hell

Posted on April 20, 2012 by PaulVK

Following a post on the CRC Network over Women in Office and Classis that I knew would be conflicted. We all have our points of view and one of the things we desire from language and deliberation is the possibility … Continue reading →

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Why I respect complementarians

Posted on April 19, 2012 by PaulVK

The women in church office debate continues within the CRC even after the church opened up the offices. I hosted a specific debate over how this plays out in some classes  and it continues to be discussed on CRC-Voices, prompted by … Continue reading →

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