Ben Gresik

36 Pastor at Bethel CRC in Brockville, ON. Posting quotes from stuff I'm reading and replying a bunch.

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@JoelRenkema @PaulVanderKlay Joel, there are way more than 3 tribes in the CRC.

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@jbenjolliffe I will never complain about Canada-US imbalance in my denomination again...

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@PaulVanderKlay ...oh dear

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@roddysteves We had a delegate at Synod from Venezuela. Last time I looked, Venezuela is not part of North America.

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You know technically we should start calling it the CRCA instead of the CRCNA.

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@Phlebas_ That is true. I guess we fit in now.

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@EricJDirksen @PastorMoebetta I have one. I will DM it to you and then you can either use it or ignore it.

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@EricJDirksen ...Oh, and @kenthendricks also posted today for the first time in a while, but that isn't really related to Synod.

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It's a good thing we still have CRCNA Synod every year, otherwise what would people write Substack posts about?

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@EricJDirksen This was in response to someone posting who has not posted in two years (ironically enough after synod in that case as well), but I also have a post or two in mind.

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@JoelRenkema That makes more sense, although I still got the gist of it.

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Last week I learned not everyone uses the word "tradition" the way I do.

I also learned some people don't like the word tradition.

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@Phlebas_ When I say "This is part of our Reformed Tradition" I'm using that to describe the collection of our theology, understanding of Scripture, worship practices, and the whole of the way we follow God.

I think other people hear "this is just something we've always done"

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@roddysteves @EricJDirksen I unfortunately don't. A brief search turns up this background from Scott Clark (https://t.co/kIuWI03iuH) which contains some references to the connection you're drawing, but you might need to do your own research.

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https://t.co/D4ChFd9NNw

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This piece contained a lot of things which came up in our "Dozens" Reformed Catholic cohort. I also see a lot of wisdom here. (Link below)

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"I answer, that faith is never so absolutely perfect in the saints as to prevent the occurrence of many doubts." - John Calvin in his commentary on Genesis 24:21

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@jeremy_engbers @AleahMarsden @EricJDirksen There was some good responses to a Network post about flags in churches that might be helpful for you (I may remember it because I wrote a feisty comment). https://t.co/12BCZ7ABS5

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@Phlebas_ @JoelRenkema I think Joel is implying that if you need to talk through stuff it's better for everyone if you just do it with one person instead of two hundred.

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@JoelRenkema Having watched these for a little while, I would actually support turning comments off on the denominations social media channels. There is hardly any fruit from having them on.