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Episode 278: Synod 2026 — A Healthy Denomination Means Engaged Churches — Zack Flipse (Part 2)
“In years past, people knew about the issues but didn’t really care, because our local church was going to be fine…When I come back beaming about the…
Jul 14
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Episode 277: Synod 2026 — The Slow Work of Trusting Our Institutions Again — Zack Flipse (Part 1)
“I grew up in the Christian Reformed Church.
Jul 6
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June 2026
Episode 276: Synod 2026 — Confessional Identity, the Sabbath, and the 150-Church Vision
“If us conservatives really grab hold of this and start planting solid churches, we can make a huge difference — not just in our denomination, but for…
Jun 29
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Episode 275: Synod 2026 — Virtual Church, a Failed Ecclesiology Overture, and Christian Nationalism
"If you've started to build a house and you recognize that the foundation is cracked and broken, you don't say, 'Well, too late to fix it now.
Jun 24
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Banner Synod 2026 Recaps with Jason Ruis
The Banner Asked Me to Help Recap Synod 2026
Jun 17
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Episode 274: Synod 2026 — What Is a Church? Forcing a Theological Conversation (Chris Ganski & Derek Buikema)
“Never more than ever does ecclesiology and sacraments and the ministry of the word have more relevance than in our modern technological age — those are…
Jun 15
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Jason Ruis
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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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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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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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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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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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