Tie and Toga for May 30, 2006

On today's program (50 minutes), we interview Pastor George VanPopta of the Ancaster Canadian Reformed Church. We talk about his involvement with the radio program "What Does The Bible Say?", Streetlight Ministries, and also the Standing Committee for the Book of Praise/Joint Song Book Committee.

During the program, the recent press release of the JSBC is mentioned. You can find it on-line here.

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Tie and Toga for May 23, 2006

On today's podcast, the discussion continues about certain things which might be culturally conditioned (but not necessarily Biblical) in the life and worship of the Canadian Reformed churches. We're also interacting with some of the comments of another listener regarding the Theological College in Hamilton.

During the program, we mention a paper, "Why Do the Canadian Reformed Churches Have Their Own Seminary?" This paper is appendix #3 in the Acts of Synod Chatham 2004 (p.224). Unfortunately, this is not available on-line.

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Tie and Toga for May 16, 2006

On today's program we discuss the state of the process towards full federative unity between the United Reformed and Canadian Reformed churches. This is followed by some discussion about the Genevan tunes, the use of the organ in worship, and the issue of dressing appropriately for Sunday worship.

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Tie and Toga for May 9, 2006

In today's podcast, Pastors Visscher and Bredenhof discuss the relationship between the sovereignty of God and our prayers. Do our prayers change God? This is followed by some discussion about the ethnicity of the Canadian Reformed Churches past and present. Did we switch from Dutch to English too quickly? We made that change in language, are there perhaps other ethnic elements that also need to be abandoned? Tune in and find out!

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Tie and Toga for May 2, 2006

On today's program, the co-pastors discuss a number of books they've been reading recently, both picks and pans.

These are the books discussed by Pastor Visscher:

The Basic Ideas of Calvinism, H. Henry Meeter, Baker, 1990.

Martin Bucer, A Reformer and His Times, Martin Greschat, Westminster John Knox, 2004.

The Futures of Evangelicalism: Issues and Prospects, Craig Bartholomew, Robin Parry and Andrew West, eds., Kregel, 2003.

These are the books discussed by Pastor Bredenhof:

No Other God: A Response to Open Theism, John M. Frame, P & R, 2001.

The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of, John Eldredge, Nelson, 2000.

Way Out There: The Best of Explore, James Little ed., Greystone Books, 2006.

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