Cyber-Monday Sale!
It’s Cyber-Monday and I’ve got some discounts for you. I’ve cut the price on Setting Course to $6.49. We Believe, […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 8
Conclusion By Synod 1986 the Liturgical Committee seems to have been disbanded — although in the 1990s a Committee to […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 7
Synod 1985 — Let’s Go Dancing Acting on a request of some local churches, the 1982 CRC Synod gave the […]
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The Bredenhof Immigration Experience
In the same line as the last post, I’ve also uploaded a couple of chapters from my late grandfather’s book […]
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New Resource: Volendam Letters
One of the hats I’m wearing as of late is that of a church history instructor at Covenant Canadian Reformed […]
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Ukrainian Visit
This evening I leave for Kiev, Ukraine. I’ll be there for about a week. The purpose of the visit is […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 6
Synods 1977-79 — A Lull in the Action Very little happened in these years. The revision of liturgical forms was […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 5
Synod 1973 — Pushing the Boundaries In some ways the report of the Liturgical Committee to Synod 1973 was business […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 4
Synod 1968 — A Major Development At Synod 1968 we find a report from the Liturgical Committee which sets the […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 3
Synod 1964 Our survey begins in 1964 with the appointment of the Liturgical Committee. How did this committee come into […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 2
A Time of Turmoil — the CRC in the 1960s The decade beginning in 1960 was tumultuous for North American […]
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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 1
Introduction It’s held by many that “change” is a dirty word in Reformed churches. To try and bring about change […]
Read moreSchilder’s Fourteen Rules for Preaching on the Suffering of Christ
I was rummaging through some old files from seminary and came across this. I thought it worth sharing: K. Schilder’s […]
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Let Christ Be King
I just finished re-reading this little book by Louis Praamsma. It’s an excellent and fairly reliable introduction to Abraham Kuyper. […]
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