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David Landegent

On Proof-Texting

What I appreciate most about some “proof-texting” is that it helps me to see what biblical texts moved someone to think this way or that.

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The Beauty of Simplicity

Decades ago, my friend and his wife visited their pastor wondering why his sermons seemed to be so complicated and vague. At some point in

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Gatekeeping

The board of Elders at my brother’s church (which is not in the Reformed tradition) had a woman come to their meeting to profess her

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It Was Time

Compared to ten years ago, the Reformed Church in America is missing many churches that used to be part of its organizational structure. Many churches—and

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The Sordid and the Sacred

So I’m bringing communion to my home bound members on a Sunday afternoon. The Elder who normally accompanied me had to back out at the

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