The decision taken by the Byron Center PRC consistory on November 10, 2020, to require Rev. Lanning to resign as editor from Sword & Shield was a bad decision. But it was more than just a bad decision. It was cruel. Comparisons are odious, but imagine that your boss calls you into his office andContinue reading “Deceit (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)”
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Crossroads (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)
On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, the consistory of Byron Center PRC passed a motion to “require Rev. Lanning to resign as the editor of Sword & Shield.” (The committee’s recommendation is here. My protest against the decision, which lays out my principle objections to the motion, is found here.) The consistory had faced the questionContinue reading “Crossroads (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)”
A Strait Betwixt Two – Introduction (2) (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)
What will this blog do, and what will it not do? What this blog will not do is give a full history of the controversy. I disqualified myself from writing that history. I did that by behaving myself wickedly when the controversy first arose. Instead of reading the documents and trying to understand the issues,Continue reading “A Strait Betwixt Two – Introduction (2) (Protestant Reformed Churches) (PRC)”
A Strait Betwixt Two – Introduction (1) (Protestant Reformed Churches)(PRC)
Here are words I never thought I would say: “I am not Protestant Reformed.” Bewilderment. Anxiety. Fear. Turmoil. How could this happen? Paul, in Philippians 1:23, writes, “For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.” To be in a strait isContinue reading “A Strait Betwixt Two – Introduction (1) (Protestant Reformed Churches)(PRC)”