The Messy Reformation

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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Jason Ruis

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Episode 262: The Communication Problem Every Church Has — Roger Sparks & Harv Roosma (Part 2)

“…If people are worried that the people they don’t trust are going off the deep end in terms of loving and wanting to follow the Scriptures…you have…

Mar 2 • Jason Ruis

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February 2026

Episode 261: The Bittersweet Work of Transitional Ministry — Roger Sparks & Harv Roosma (Part 1)

“When [a church invites] in an STM, what they’re saying is, ‘We want this person but also we’re willing to look at things.

Feb 23 • Jason Ruis

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Episode 260: Is the CRC Cutting the Wrong Things?

“We need to trim back…This is a normal aspect of renewal and reformation and revitalization…Everything expands, and then somebody eventually has to make…

Feb 9 • Jason Ruis

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Episode 259: Why the CRC Needs Vision More Than Another Fight

“The last two years revealed there hasn’t been vision here for a long time…We’ve been coasting around.

Feb 2 • Jason Ruis

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January 2026

Episode 258: From Reformation to Rebuilding — Cameron Oegema (Part 2)

“Continue to find the joy even in the hard moments...There has been joy in the re-establishing trust.

Jan 30 • Jason Ruis

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