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Scott Hoezee

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Honey, what is Epee-fanny?

The Wonderful World of Disney became OK to watch after the evening service, though no explanation for the change was ever suggested.

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With Us

Joseph is to name the child “Jesus.” Then we are told this child would be known as “Immanuel.” So which is it? Jesus or Immanuel?

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The Joyful Jesus of The Chosen

Did Jesus enjoy performing miracles?  Although I am 61 years old and have been through seminary and have been ordained for 35 years next month,

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The Preacher and the President

You cannot understand properly the final challenging things Bishop Budde said directly to the President without hearing the whole sermon.

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Saditude

Can I get someone to second my motion to make 2024 an annus horribilis?

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Auf Wiedersehen

Way back in the day when the original Reformed Journal was still in print via Eerdmans Publishing Company in the 1980s, I had the thrill

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Blasphemy

Saturday morning as I was pondering this blog, two things came to my attention in swift succession.  One was colleague Jeff Munroe’s blog in which

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Hatred and Hope

Years ago as I began my ministry, I read a book that exercised a huge influence on me: Taylor Branch’s history of the Civil Rights

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The Embodied Sermon

Recently my wife and I were among just over 15,000 people in West Michigan who took in one of the six Grand Rapids performances of

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