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Letting Go

My wife and I recently decided to “clean house.” It’s not like we’re hoarders (unless you count books and organ music), but we’ve lived at the same address for 15 years, experienced the invasion of “things” as our parents’ homes were closed, helped our daughter and son-in-law move in and out of multiple college dwellings…
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One Big Idea – Thomas Daniel

From the One Big Idea Session of our 2015 National Gathering here is Thomas Daniel on “Digging Wells”. The Church in North America has become associated for what (and who) we are thought to oppose. How do we seek to shift the narrative to what we are about? We will take some time to explore…
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Going Deeper – Scott Sunquist

From the Going Deeper Session of our 2015 National Gathering here is Scott Sunquist on “Mission: Why We Need to Understand the 20th Century.“  History is very important. Our involvement in mission needs more than zeal and conviction; we need an understanding of recent history and how mission has been accomplished with and in spite…
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One Big Idea – John Thompson

From the One Big Idea Session of our 2015 National Gathering here is John Thompson on “Conscience Is Not Our Lord.” In the church debates of the last generation, one prominent refrain has been that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” ― one of the “historic principles of Reformed theology” found in the Westminster…
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