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James C. Schaap

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My People’s Mean Streak

That mean streak, as Manfred himself knew, is never quite as proud as when it can hang on some doctrinal principle that legitimizes its existence.

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Cheating

Heartland Manor, as we like to say, is a grab bag. That’s not very elegant, but it’s what the crew who work there like to

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Heartland Prayer

Editor’s Note: Jim Schaap, long a fixture here on the Reformed Journal blog, has been absent recently. First, a cataclysmic flood last June, followed by

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Somewhere in the Judean Hills

Listen to a Christmas story podcast, written and read by James C. Schaap. The youngest shepherd must stay with the sheep as the others go

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The Shroud of Turin

Listen to a Christmas story podcast, written and read by James C. Schaap. A recently widowed grandmother visits her daughter’s family for the holidays.

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Testimony

Listen to a Christmas story podcast, written and read by James C. Schaap. An arrogant artist agrees to narrate the church’s Christmas program.

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“And made me free. . .”

All this tabloid talk brings us up to our necks in sleaze, but I don’t think Mr. Pecker should get the last word..  Once upon

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