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“Why?” This question has been asked by several readers. Sometimes with a barb. “Was this your intent? To cause division among us? Well, you’ve won.” I started answering the question “Why?” in the last post, but to fully answer it, I have to go back a few years. To 2013, to be precise. My wifeContinue reading “Why? (2)”

“What is the POINT of this blog exactly Dewey? What are you trying to accomplish? You continue to bash the PRC, it’s ministers and members … WHY? Are you trying to exact some sort of vengeance on the PRC? Please, enlighten me! Everything I personally have read to this point has done nothing but exposeContinue reading “Why? (1)”

“When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad” (Ps. 126:1-3).Continue reading “Reformation”

I have had a few readers ask about the future of the blog. The time is fast approaching for me to be finished. I started it with a specific purpose, and that was to tell the “story” about Rev. Lanning’s deposition and what caused me to leave the PRC. That story is coming to aContinue reading “The Future”

Byron Center PRC will have its next pastor installed on Sunday. How striking that in the providence of God their next minister, Prof. Russell Dykstra, is not only the editor of a Reformed periodical but also a professor at the seminary and the president of what must be one of the busier denominational committees, theContinue reading “Byron Center PRC”

Hypocrisy. Hypocrite. The word comes from the Greek word having to do with an actor or a stage player. Such men would wear masks to indicate the character they were playing. This allowed them to be different people at different times. It was only after a number of years that the word came to meanContinue reading “Classis East (2)”

What a scene. There sat the entire, august body of Classis East: ministers, elders, and visiting professors. All were sitting in judgment of one man, Reverend Andrew Lanning, who sat alone at a table near the front, with only his Bible and a few pages of typed notes. He sat as a man being judged.Continue reading “Classis East (1)”

**Post written by Elder Bryan Van Baren & Elder Dewey Engelsma** The consistory of Byron Center PRC is trying to rewrite history. In a letter dated May 12, 2021, and addressed to the delegates of Classis East, the elders of Byron Center PRC take issue with several statements made in two protests, here and here,Continue reading “Response to BCPRC Consistory (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC”

Here is the agenda for Synod 2021. For ease of reference, here is a link to each of the protests and appeals. Appeals: D. DeVries S. Vasquez Protests: B. Buiter K. Deemter N. Doezema T. Ferguson Brian Hilt (1) B. Hilt (2) B. Hilt (3) Les Kamps Luke Kamps A. Kingma W. Koops Rev. N.Continue reading “PRC 2021 Synod Agenda (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)”

Amid all the turmoil that has gone on in the PRC to date, there is one thing that never gets a mention. Nothing from the pulpit. Nothing from the Standard Bearer. And nothing from the membership. There is a lot of noise about other things. Churches are now holding special lectures where ministers are makingContinue reading “Violence (Protestant Reformed Churches)(PRC)(Hope PRC)(Grace PRC)”