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Episode 191: Shepherding Through Reformational Change
“Plodding is a highly effective strategy for reformation…When everything is in disorder, you cannot fight every battle.
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Jason Ruis
Episode 190: Rebuilding from the Bottom Up - Denominational Reformation Through Local Congregations
“As you consume these materials and as you do grow and as you do seek to implement change in reformation in the denomination, in your classis, and in…
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Jason Ruis

August 2024

Episode 189: Restoring the Foundations - Equipping CRC Leaders for a Confessional Future
"The heavy lifting of these decisions actually has to start now.
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Jason Ruis
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Episode 188: Synod 2024 - Confessional Integrity and the Power of the Holy Spirit - Michael Bentley (Part 2)
“I think the key we’re re-evaluating is not just the identity of a denomination, but the identity of God’s people.
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Jason Ruis
Episode 187: Synod 2024 - Building Trust & Community in the CRCNA - Michael Bentley (Part 1)
“God is working for a deeper good in the CRC, on deeper levels than I can account for, and for a longer term than I can plan for.” -Micheal Bentley
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Jason Ruis
Episode 186: Synod 2024 - A Confessional, Diverse, and Missional Church - Andy Sytsma (Part 2)
“In terms of…our heart posture…stay both vigilant but grateful for what happened at synod… and then also looking ahead, hopeful but focused…—hopeful…
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Jason Ruis

July 2024

Episode 185: Synod 2024 - Prayer and Keeping in Step with the Spirit - Andy Sytsma (Part 1)
“I'm encouraged that God was leading the CRC…with grace, truth and love…Synod [spoke] very clearly…Synod is confirming our identity [in theology and the…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 184: Synod 2024 - Cultivating a Christ-Centered Vision - Derek Buikema (Part 2)
“Trust Christ, and may that be what animates everything we do.” -Derek Buikema
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Jason Ruis
Episode 183: Synod 2024 - Leading with Clarity and Compassion - Derek Buikema (Part 1)
"I think that the church is benefited by clarity…I wanted to avoid the uncertainty that would pervade if we were kept putting that off.
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Jason Ruis
Episode 182: Synod 2024 - Trusting God in the Mess - Dan DeGraff (Part 2)
For listeners from outside the CRC, please don’t give up on us yet.
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Jason Ruis
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Dan De Graff
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Help Us Plan Our May 2025 Conference - We Need Your Input!
Following the most recent decisions of Synod and the fact that we’re moving into the “re-building phase” of this reformation in the CRCNA, The Messy…
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Jason Ruis
Episode 181: Synod 2024 - Trusting God's Providence - Dan DeGraff (Part 1)
“[This Messy Reformation is] the quiet development of fruit that’s been growing for decades, and finally—by God’s providence…this is what the church is…
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Jason Ruis
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Dan De Graff
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