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Power and privilege training at Synod
The grumbling among political conservatives inside the church is a misplaced reaction to the rise of woke, DEI, etc. in political contexts outside the…
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Why telling stories didn't work for the Affirming CRC
Stories changed public opinion on same sex marriage, but not in the CRC.
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Synod 2024 officers
Less experience, less diversity, and more evidence of a rightward shift happening in the CRC.
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May 2024

Why did the CRC grow more conservative on human sexuality?
A 2½ hour discussion with Clay Libolt, Paul Vander Klay, and I on CRC culture, confessions, controversies, and history.
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You are not your own
Identity, authenticity, and Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1
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Church discipline doesn't work in an age of authenticity
There are much better ways to accomplish the three things church discipline is designed to accomplish.
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The moderates have the most to lose
Churches at the extremes have one main thing in common.
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Candidates for ministry in a denomination that drifts right
How is the CRC getting more conservative when there are fewer candidates for ministry from right-leaning institutions than left-leaning institutions?
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Are candidates for ministry getting more conservative?
How the is CRC getting more conservative when there are fewer candidates for ministry from right-leaning institutions
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The OG Synod
The Synod of Emden of 1571
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The “guide into compliance” language is unsettling
How people acquire beliefs, hold beliefs, and change beliefs.
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Everyone's talking about gravamina
Beliefs about beliefs about beliefs
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