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Episode 244: The Church's Spiritual Power—Jason Ruis
“Because of [Christ] there radiates from everyone who believes in him a renewing and sanctifying influence upon the family, society, state, occupation…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 243: Church Roundtable — An Outpost of the Kingdom — Jared Michelson, Chris Ganski (Part 2)
“One, [Reformed catholicity is] in contrast to biblicism…an approach to the Bible that’s…just the Bible.
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Jason Ruis
Episode 242: Church Roundtable — Beyond Methods to True Ecclesiology — Jared Michelson, Chris Ganski (Part 1)
“I basically think many of us have an idea of the church, that the church basically operates on our own steam, that maybe we need God to elect us and…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 241: Grassroots Theological Training — Brandon Seaver (Part 2)
“Don’t be afraid—if you feel like your church is not…teaching the Confessions and the Creeds…engage your pastors lovingly in that conversation…Be…
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August 2025

Episode 240: Rootedness in an Unmoored Culture — Brandon Seaver (Part 1)
“We have an opportunity here that I haven’t seen The Banner embrace…Our youth, this next generation, is so hungry for truth, and we have an opportunity…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 239: The Physical Church Matters — Brittany Clark (Part 2)
“We need to be dependent upon [Jesus Christ], and looking to him for our marching orders, and not any certain place or people.
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Episode 238: On the Cusp of Something Really Special — Brittany Clark (Part 1)
“Other delegates that had been to pervious synods [commented throughout the week] about how it [was] such a different feeling this year than previous…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 237: The Strategic Importance of High School Ministry
“Broader—denominationally, I think we need a couple of things moving into this rebuilding phase.
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July 2025

Episode 236: Called to Raise Up Future Church Leaders
"We challenge our kids to take AP psych and AP calc and all of these things.
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Jason Ruis
Episode 235: Synod 2025 — Build Something Better Than Your Complaints — Stephen Terpstra (Part 2)
“Being a pastor [or] missionary is not always comfortable…but somewhere along the way we lost the sense that it’s worth it…Christ is worth it, and the…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 234: Synod 2025 — Unashamedly Embracing Our Reformed Identity — Stephen Terpstra (Part 1)
“…The Boomers were in charge for a really long time—an outsized amount of time relative to generational change…Their idea of openness became more and…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 233: Synod 2025 — The Problem of Theological Mediocrity — Chris Ganski (Part 2)
“My big worry…is we do not have qualified pastors coming into the denomination to lead churches…It is close to crisis…We need to inspire young folks to…
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Jason Ruis
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