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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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Church Discipline

A young woman trembling, her pregnancy possibly already showing, standing up before a stone-faced congregation, confessing her sin. This is the image of “church discipline.”

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Pope restricts use of Latin Mass

Reversing his predecessor, Pope Francis restricted the use of Latin Mass, saying it was divisive and a tool used by Catholics opposed to the reforms

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(Post?)-Pandemic Pilgrimages?

Wes Granberg-Michaelson wonders if the pandemic has made us hungrier for physicality and place. Maybe hungrier for pilgrimages?

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Why Christians Fight Systematic Racism

“A Christian theology of human fallibility leads us to expect structural and personal injustice. It is in the texts we hold dear. So when Christians

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Reggie Smith

In this episode of The Reformed Journal Podcast, Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell talks with Rev. Reggie Smith, the Director of Diversity for the Christian Reformed Church in

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Sermongate!

When does borrowing from others become plagiarism in preaching? A controversy among the Southern Baptists touches on a larger question.

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