Archive - The Messy Reformation

May 2025

Episode 227: Synod 2025—Living Into Our Decisions & Rebuilding Trust (Chad Steenwyk & Aaron Vriesman)

May 26 •

Looking For More Bavinck?

Herman Bavinck’s Works of Systematic Theology

May 21 •

Episode 226: The Church's Spiritual Government — Dan De Graff

“Yet that ignores really the foundation.

May 19 •

Episode 225: The Church's Spiritual Essence — Jason Ruis

“He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions…

May 15 •

Episode 224: The Spirit Creates New Community — Jason Ruis

"A church that centers its life on the word and the sacraments has centered its life on the work of the Holy Spirit." —Jason Ruis

May 7 •

Episode 223: Fight Like A Gardener — Jason Ruis

"We need to fight like gardeners.

May 1 •

April 2025

Episode 222: Connecting Rural Churches to the Broader CRCNA — David Dick (Part 2)

"We lost a little bit of that natural connection [in the CRCNA].

Apr 21 •

Episode 221: Tender and Tough — The True Meaning of Shepherding God's Flock — David Dick (Part 1)

"Being a dairy farmer is remarkably similar to being a shepherd.

Apr 14 •

Last Call for 2025 Conference Registration

Last Call for Conference Registration

Apr 10 •

Episode 220: Renewing Confessional Commitment in the CRCNA — Our Three Forms Conference Speakers

"The benefit of having written creeds is that it shows integrity because you're showing everybody here's what I believe.

Apr 8 •

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