If I had to write a newspaper headline for Synod 2017 it would read “Tectonic fault lines in culture tear at Western Civilization.
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The girl sitting at the front of the bus had gotten sick all over the sidewalk just before boarding.
Does Jesus still heal today?
Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes.
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
Q How do I discern whether God is calling me to be an elder?
The guests kept coming, and I kept mixing.
I went through a divorce while I was a member of a CRC
Q Isn’t telling people they are sinners in need of repentance an act of love?
When I was young and sitting in church we used to sing, Faith of Our Fathers
I am troubled that the framework set forth in “Rape Culture and Christian Colleges”
Here is a poem that I learned at an evangelical “Bible camp”
In seventh grade, John* told me he liked me.
Isn't it amazing that God made every creature on earth?
Are children’s bulletins worth making?
If current trends hold, church attendance may continue to decline.
I’ve tried to get my fellow church members to get excited about evangelizing
David Hoekema and I served on the same synodical committee on War and Peace.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
I often advise university students to apply Philippians 4:8: