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Ep. 148 - Jesus Took On Shame So You Don't Have To - Matt King

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Ep. 147 - Lead with Intention or Lose the Mission - Peter Greer

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Ep. 146 - Life Together: Cultivating a Ministry of Small Things - Dr. Reuben Bredenhof

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Ep. 145 - Redeeming Productivity: Are You Making the Most of Your Time? - Tim Challies

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Ep. 144 - Backsliding: How to Guard Against Complacency - Dr. Mark Jones

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Ep. 143: The Sobering Conviction & Comfort of Hell - Dr. Will den Hollander

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Ep. 142 - How to Fight Fair & Forgive Well - Dr. Tim Lane

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Ep. 141 - The Comfort Heaven Brings to Earth - Dr. William den Hollander

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Ep. 140 - Godly Ambition: The Eagle Builders Story

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Ep. 139 - Make 2026 The Year You Actually Read! - Jon Dykstra

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Ep. 138 - Lessons We Can Learn From Charlie Kirk

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Ep. 137 - Why Tiny Hearts Need Big Theology! - Amy Gannett

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Ep. 136 - Addiction, Recovery & True Healing - Jake DeJong & Carling North

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Ep. 135 - How the Reformation Changed Everything! - Douglas Bond

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Ep. 134 - What is Classical Christian Education? - Jesse Newton & Doug Sikkema

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Ep. 133 - Do Home Visits Actually Work? - Dr. Cornelis Van Dam

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Ep. 132 - Gender Roles: Who Does the Dishes? - Andrea Kampen

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Ep. 131 - Answering the Old Testament's Hardest Questions - Dr. Jannes Smith

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Ep. 130 - Veya's Story: Fighting for Care in a Biased & Broken Medical System

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Ep. 129 - Ditching The Psalms Dismantles Doctrine - Peter Holtvlüwer

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Ep. 128 - Is Your Marriage Missing Christ? - Matt King

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Ep. 127 - CCBR: Prophets For The Preborn - Nick and Maaike Rosendal

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Ep. 126 - Mere Economics & The Issue of Tariffs - Dr. Caleb Fuller

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Ep. 125 - What Are Deacons For? - Dr. Cornelis Van Dam

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Ep. 124 - Making Real Talk Real: Just Do Something - Lucas & Tyler

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Ep. 123 - Christians Don't Retire - Bruce Bruinsma

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Ep. 122 - Money Doesn't Heal Poverty - Rick Postma

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Ep. 121 - Be Strong & Act Like Men! - Al Bezuyen & Tyler Witthoeft

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Ep. 120 - Stop Identifying With Your Sin! - Jojo Ruba

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Ep. 119 - Trump, Tariffs & Carney - Mike Schouten

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Ep. 118 - Do We Really Love the Lost? - Rev. Paul T. Murphy

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Ep. 117 - Can Hunting Bring You Closer to God? - Jerry Pol

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Ep. 116 - You're Fired: The AI Takeover - David Visser & Kyle Vasas

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Ep. 115 - Life of a Reformed MLA & Entrepreneur - James Teitsma

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Ep. 114 - Is University Worth the Time and Money? - Mark Penninga & Jon Dykstra

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Ep. 113 - Faith & Finances: Value-Based Investing - Pastor Mike Kuckel

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Ep. 112 - Revival in Canada: Reformed Book Services

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Ep. 111 - It's Time to Make Time For Your Devotions - Dr. Mark and Donna Kelderman

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Ep. 110 - Darwin: Done & Dusted - Dr. Gordon Wilson

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Ep. 109 - Summit: Uniting & Encouraging the Next Generation - Rev. Keith and Laura Davis

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Ep. 108 - What Is My Calling? - Rev. William Boekestein

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Ep. 107 - Critical Theory & The Christian - Dr. Neil Shenvi

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Ep. 106 - Real Talk Round Up #11: Should Christians Homeschool?

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Ep. 105 - Death and Dying: A Catechism for Christians - Dr. Ewan Goligher

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Ep. 104 - Parenting & Pornography - Into The Light Ministries

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Ep. 103 - Gospel Patrons: Generosity that Changes the World - Al Schutten, Peter Kranendonk & Ray Pennings

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Ep. 102 - Advice To Young Women - Five Biblical Principles - Jan Broersma, Sue Schouten & Marlene DeBoersap

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Ep. 101 - Classroom or Kitchen Table: Should Christians Homeschool? - Andrea Veldkamp

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Ep. 100 - The Best of Real Talk - Lucas, Tyler & Mariah

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Ep. 99 - Law and Order - Staff Sergeant Brad Stiksma

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Ep. 98 - How to be a Gospel Centered Volunteer - Mike Bosveld

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Ep. 97 - Dating with Discernment - Dr. Sam & Mary K. Andreades ft. Elle Holtvlüwer

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Ep. 96 - Real Talk Round Up #10 - Binaries, Babies & Business

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Ep. 95 - Be Fruitful & Multiply! - Mark Penninga

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Ep. 94 - Real Talk Live: Redeeming Entrepreneurship

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Ep. 93 - Restoring the Gender Binary - Dr. Sam Andreades

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Ep. 92 - RBC, Ligonier & Always Ready Ontario - Drs. John Tweeddale and Stephen J. Nichols

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Ep. 91 - Tech, AI and The School - Alexandra Ellison

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Ep. 90 - The Dangers of the Right - Rev. Paul VanderKlay

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Ep. 89 - Who Should Come to the Table of the Lord? - Dr. Guy P. Waters

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Ep. 88 - Real Talk Round Up #9 - Are there any Good Movies?

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Ep. 87 - The Need for Redeeming Canadian Journalism - Alexandra Ellison

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Ep. 86 - ARPA Canada: Let Kids be Kids! - Levi Minderhoud and John Sikkema

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Bonus Episode: What is Reformed Perspective up to in 2024?!

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Ep. 85 - Christian Content in a Hostile World - Faith to Film

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Ep. 84 - Real Talk Round Up #8: Schooling, Money & Mission

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Ep. 83 - Indonesia & The Gospel

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Ep. 82 - Getting Real about Real Estate - Brent Vanderwoude & Mark Krikke

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Ep. 81 - Dordt University & A Theology of Culture

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Ep. 80 - Real Talk Round Up #7: Sound of Freedom

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Ep. 79 - OFAD: Satanists, AI & Sphere Sovereignty

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Ep. 78 - Church Discipline Matters - Rev. William den Hollander

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Ep. 77 - The Dutch Reformed: A Worthy Legacy? - Mark den Hollander

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Ep. 76 - Real Talk Turns Three!

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Ep. 75 - World Gone Woke - Rev. Greg Bylsma

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Ep. 74 - Are we in the End Times? - Rev. William Boekestein

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Ep. 73 - RTR #5 - Jon Dykstra

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Ep. 72 - How In The World Did We Get Here? - Rev. Jim Witteveen

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Ep. 71 - Faithfulness in Public Life - Al Siebring

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Ep. 70 - Why Should We Baptize Babies? - Rev. James Zekveld

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Ep. 69 - RTR #4 - Truth & Reconciliation

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Ep. 68 - IVF & Embryo Adoption - Justina Van Manen

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Ep. 67 -To Lecture or to Preach? - Dr. Cornelis Van Dam

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Ep. 66 - COVID-19 & Our Mental Health - Dr. Mark Kelderman

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Ep. 65 - RTR #3 - Sharing Christ with the Culture.

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Ep. 64 - Canada’s MAiD Madness - Mike Schouten

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Ep. 63 - Church Planting and Evangelism - Rev. Dr. Eric Watkins

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Ep. 62 - The Future of Reformed Education - John Wynia

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Ep. 61 - Real Talk Round Up #2 - Canadians Moving South?!

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Ep. 60 - Six Day Creation vs. Evolution - Matt Morrison

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Ep.59 - Cardus - Ray Pennings

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Ep. 58 - Climate Change - Dr. Calvin Beisner

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Ep. 57 - Real Talk Round Up - Mark & Jon

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Ep. 56 - CanRC and URC Relations - Rev. Steve Swets & Rev. Dick Wynia

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Ep. 55 - The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality - Rev. Christopher Gordon

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Ep. 54 - Youth Culture - Pastor Bill DeJong

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Ep. 53 - The Future of Real Talk

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Ep. 52 - Safe Families - Hildy Sloots

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Ep. 51 - General Synod 2022 - Chris deBoer

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Ep. 50 - Into The Light - Jacob Valk & John-Michael Bout

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Ep. 49 - Deconstruction - Paul Vanden Brink

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Ep. 48 - The Ontario Party - Derek Sloan

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Ep. 47 - Redeemer University - Dr. David Zietsma

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Ep. 46 - Putting COVID to Bed Ft. Ed Bosveld

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Ep. 45 - Covid Conversations with MPPs Will Bouma & Sam Oosterhoff

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Ep. 44 - What is Money? - Brent Vanderwoude

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Ep. 43 - Critical Race Theory - Samuel Sey

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Ep. 42 - Feedback - Lucas & Tyler

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Ep. 41 - Propaganda & Media - Rev. Jim Witteveen

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Ep. 40 - Male-Only Leadership - Rev. Winston Bosch

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Ep. 39 - Who‘s in Charge - Church or State? - Dr. Joseph Boot

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Ep. 38 - Clarion Magazine - Rev. Peter Holtvlüwer & Will Gortemaker

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Ep. 37 - Feedback - Lucas & Tyler

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Ep. 36 - The Story of ARPA - Mark Penninga

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Ep. 35 - Unmet Expectations - Sarah Hutten

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Ep. 34 - Life Renewal - Andrew & Heidi Hutten

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EP. 33 - The Church - Rev. Clarence Bouwman

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Ep. 32 - Grief - Rick Ludwig & Diane Vanderwoude Russell

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Ep. 31 - The Life of an MP - Arnold Viersen

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Ep. 30 - Mariia's Paper, New Guests, & Feedback

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Ep. 29 - What is Freedom? - Mike Hutten

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Ep. 28 - Jon Dykstra - Christian Journalism

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Ep. 27 - Media, Porn & Pro-Life Politics - Jonathon Van Maren

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Ep. 26 - Is It Time To Reopen Churches? - Pastor Aaron Rock

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Ep. 25 - Surprise Feedback Episode

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Ep. 24 - Why Does The Church Order Matter? - Dr. Art Witten

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Ep. 23 - Ryan Mans - What's Going On In Politics Lately?

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Ep. 22 - Reformational Study Centre - Rev. Ryan Kampen

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Ep. 21 - Feedback & Questions for Mariia

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Ep. 20 - Outsider Perspective - Mariia Alekseevskaia

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Ep. 19 - Christian Apologetics - Jeff Morris

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Ep. 18 - Word & Deed Feedback Episode

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Ep. 17 - Global Missions - Scott Dekorte

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Ep. 16 - Mental Health & Culture Feedback Episode

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Ep. 15 - Rhonda Wiersma - Mental Health

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Ep. 14 - Christmas Bonus Pt 2. - Why Do Conservative & Liberal Christians Disagree So Much?

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Ep. 13 - Christmas Bonus Pt 1. - Culture - Racism - Marxism

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Ep. 12 - Singing in Church Feedback Episode

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Ep. 11 - Rev. Hendrik Versteeg & Rev. Bruce Parnell - Mission & Psalm Singing

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Ep. 10 Addiction and Recovery Feedback Episode

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Ep. 09 - Pastor Al Bezuyen - Addiction & Recovery

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Ep. 08 - Kids & Tech, Church Culture, & Social Justice Feedback Episode

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Ep. 07 - Tim Challies - Technology, Porn Culture & Social Justice

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Ep. 06 - The Missional Church Feedback Episode

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Ep. 05 - Ian Wildeboer - The Missonal Church

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Ep. 04 - Church, State, & COVID19 Feedback Episode

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Ep. 03 - André Schutten - Church, State, & COVID19

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Ep. 02 - Christian Education Feedback Episode

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Ep. 01 - Jason Heemskerk - Christian Education

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Intro Episode: Who We Are & Why We Started Real Talk