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Episode 273: Synod 2026 — The New Leaders of the Denomination
“Four or five years ago, would we have guessed that anybody associated with Abide would be an officer of Synod?
Jun 4
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May 2026
Episode 272: The Banner's Future and the Confessional Renewal of the CRCNA — Lora Copley (Part 2)
“Pray…write…read…[and] share The Banner…Write ‘Letters to the Editor’…We need to know where your God-given passion is meeting the denomination’s great…
May 28
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 271: Breaking the Echo Chamber - Wider Voices in the Banner — Lora Copley (Part 1)
“We [the people of God] can have a vision of a better future…God is too big, his gospel is too grand, the church is called to this…bold vision of making…
May 22
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 270: Synod 2026 — Passionately Reformed Leaders for a Passionately Reformed Denomination
“Synod needs to do two things…One…come up with a good, clear picture of who we want for our next synod president…someone confessionally-aligned…
May 12
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 269: Synod 2026 — The CRCNA Needs to Cast a Vision Worth Funding
“The best way to fund anything is not to try to make people feel guilty about it.
May 5
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Jason Ruis
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April 2026
Episode Replay: Why Reformation Is Always a Return, Never an Evolution — Lee Christoffels
“All the discussions we have really hinge on our understanding of the authority of the Scripture and an accurate understanding of it…We need to keep the…
Apr 21
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 268: Classes Need a Plan for Dying and Planting Churches in the CRC — Denominational Structure Roundtable
“Every church is an outpost of the kingdom.
Apr 13
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 267: The Numbers Nobody Wants to Talk About in the CRC — Denominational Structure Roundtable
“Christians in general hate to get rid of anything.
Apr 7
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 266: If We Are Faithful Now, We Can Trust the Word — Harry Frielink (Part 2)
“You’ll never rise to a higher level in your public prayer life than what you’re doing in your private prayer life…You’ll never rise to a higher level…
Apr 3
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Jason Ruis
March 2026
Episode 265: The Church Was the Training Ground — Harry Frielink (Part 1)
“I feel the church as much as the seminary was a training ground for me.
Mar 29
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 264: I've Never Fixed Anyone — Shaun Furniss (Part 2)
“The reality is, in a church, people want to be fed by the same hand that’s holding their hand next to the bedside…What I mean is the person that they…
Mar 16
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Jason Ruis
Episode 263: The Holy Spirit Is the True Counselor — Shaun Furniss (Part 1)
“True Christian counseling, I think, is at its core, it’s discipleship.
Mar 10
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Jason Ruis
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