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Episode 255: What Seminary Cannot Teach You — Kurt Ritsema (Part 1)
“[I found myself] called to more than what I think I’m called to…I think my calling to youth ministry was very specific at the time because I felt it…
Dec 18
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Jason Ruis
Lee Christoffels & CJ den Dulk — Pastoral Ministry: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
“I would say without any hesitation that the most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and the most…
Dec 12
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 254: Standing Firm When Truth Costs Something — Richard Britton III (Part 2)
“…Listen to preaching and to the faithful ministers that we have in the CRC…Listen to this podcast (thanks Richard!)…We have so many good…
Dec 8
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 253: The Value of Confessional Accountability — Richard Britton III (Part 1)
“Another thing that hit was the HSR.
Dec 3
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Jason Ruis
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November 2025
Episode 252: Faithfulness Over Institutional Preservation — Jim Hollendoner (Part 2)
“Stay excited, stay humble, and slightly terrified.
Nov 24
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 251: Learning to Be Visitors Not Hosts — Jim Hollendoner (Part 1)
“I never want to go to a surgeon that only took online classes, so why in the world are we allowing the doctors of the church…the shepherds of the…
Nov 17
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 250: Church Roundtable—Training Office Bearers Who Love Ministry—Jeff Weima & Chad Workhoven (Part 2)
“This is the kind of leadership that I’m looking to help develop here in the [CRC]—guys who cannot wait to share the good…news of the gospel [and] the…
Nov 10
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 249: Church Roundtable—Biblical Models for Church Leadership—Jeff Weima & Chad Workhoven (Part 1)
“…Leaders [are] to be as innocent as an infant, to be as loving and caring as a breastfeeding mother, and, in an appropriate way, to exercise…
Nov 4
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Jason Ruis
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October 2025
Episode 248: Throwback Episode—Unity Through Truth Rather Than Compromise
“You win them to what you win them with.
Oct 28
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 247: Reformation Through Ordinary Means — Shelby Gemmen (Part 2)
“I’ve seen very godly people that were raised in the faith that I…thought…would never wander [or] stumble, and I’ve seen them stumble in the most…
Oct 20
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Jason Ruis
Fox N' Sons Coffee
Supporting Faithful CRC Members
Oct 17
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 246: Reformation Requires Clarity and Wisdom — Shelby Gemmen (Part 1)
“There was a lot of desire for dialogue, which to me often serves as a subtle way to shroud dishonesty and hide our presuppositions and views.
Oct 8
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Jason Ruis
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