Peripatetic Pastor

Tag: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 108

  • TOWARD A HERMENEUTIC OF THE CONFESSIONS I

    I don’t remember much if any discussion in seminary about how to interpret the confessions. I don’t think this was because I was not paying enough attention—although, I may not have been. While it was often said that we—the Christian Reformed Church (CRC)—were a confessional church, not much was said about what this meant in…

  • SYNOD 2022 ONCE AGAIN: Is there a hole in the center of the decision on confessional status?

    Dear readers, a short preface for the post that follows is in order. I am publishing this post (as also the one that preceded it) in an effort to understand and respond to an action taken by the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church declaring the position of the denomination on sex between members of…