The Messy Reformation

Top Five Episodes of 2025

Introduction

18 hrs ago • Jason Ruis

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December 2025

Episode 256: More Than Sunday Christians — Kurtis Ritsema (Part 2)

“I believe wholeheartedly that our denomination is in a good place…I also believe that the future is bright for the CRC…We’re in a unique place of…

Dec 26, 2025 • Jason Ruis

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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, 2025 • Jason Ruis

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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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • Jason Ruis