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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.
 • Jason Ruis
Banner Synod 2026 Recaps with Jason Ruis
The Banner Asked Me to Help Recap Synod 2026
 • Jason Ruis
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…
 • Jason Ruis
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?
 • Jason Ruis

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…
 • Jason Ruis
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…
 • Jason Ruis
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…
 • Jason Ruis
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.
 • Jason Ruis

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…
 • Jason Ruis
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.
 • Jason Ruis
Episode 267: The Numbers Nobody Wants to Talk About in the CRC — Denominational Structure Roundtable
“Christians in general hate to get rid of anything.
 • Jason Ruis
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…
 • Jason Ruis
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