Real Talk
Real Talk is a podcast presented by Reformed Perspective focused on having meaningful and honest conversations with subject experts about the various challenges and issues facing the Reformed church community. Hosted by Lucas Holtvluwer and Tyler Vanderwoude, Real Talk aims to inform your discussions and inspire you to have challenging but important conversations with fellow Christians in the spirit of brotherly love.
Episodes
Monday May 09, 2022
Ep. 47 - Redeemer University - Dr. David Zietsma
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
We had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. David Zietsma, the President of Redeemer University, located in Hamilton, ON. We found this to be an encouraging discussion on the topic of Reformed Education at all levels and how that plays out in the lives of believers. We chat about the history of Redeemer, the idea of missional drift, how Redeemer is fighting that and how they are dealing with secular ideologies and teachings. We also cover why post-secondary Christian education is important and why it possibly should be a consideration for every prospective student. We hope you enjoy listening in to this conversation. Please share it with any students, parents or individuals that might benefit from it and be sure to let us know what you think!
0:00 - Introduction
04:00 - The History
07:50 - The Cross and our Calling - Maintaining the Mission
10:20 - Reformed Education & Redeemer
18:30 - Facing Pressure
28:00 - Institutional Structure
35:00 - Secular vs multi-denominational education
50:03 - Dealing with secular ideologies/movements
1:20:00 - Purpose of Christian post-secondary
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, KING ALFRED ACADEMY! WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
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Monday Apr 18, 2022
Ep. 46 - Putting COVID to Bed Ft. Ed Bosveld
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
In response to our previous episode, we brought on Professor Ed Bosveld to bring some context to this feedback episode. Over the past two years, Ed has researched and analysed pandemic-related public policy as well as data and statistics relating to pandemic policy-making. We cover modelling, public trust, vaccines, statistics and the Texas/Florida debate taking listener feedback into account as well as responses from MPP Sam Oosterhoff. Be sure to let us know if you like this new form of feedback episodes.
00:00 - Intro
02:00 - What is money feedback
03:12 - Samuel Sey feedback
04:12 - Ed Bosveld Intro
08:30 - Modelling
20:00 - Vaccines
28:00 - Risk Level
32:00 - The break down of trust
37:30 - Vaccine vs other treatments
47:30 - Texas and Florida
56:00 - Vaccine Passport
59:45 - Going Forward
1:03:00 - Arrogance
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
Ep. 45 - Covid Conversations with MPPs Will Bouma & Sam Oosterhoff
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
This is a big one that you don't want to miss. Ontario MPPs (Members of Provincial Parliament), Will Bouma and Sam Oosterhoff sat down with us to discuss what has been on everyone's mind these last two years - Covid, government, the church and freedom. Both Will and Sam share their perspectives oN what has transpired while we add in some thoughts and questions that many have. There are other bills and issues we hoped to get in to but time did not allow. We hope that this episode can be an example of having hard discussions in love, respect and unity, especially when there is disagreement. Please be sure to let us know your thoughts.
0:00 - Intro
7:45 - Sam’s Opinion
16:50 - Will’s Opinion
40:30 - Tyler’s Thoughts - Principles
59:00 - Lucas’ Thoughts - Trust
1:09:00 - Direction vs Mandate
1:15:00 - Vaccine Mandate
1:36:00 - Balanced Approach?
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, PURECRAFT RENOVATIONS! WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Ep. 44 - What is Money? - Brent Vanderwoude
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Inflation? Soaring gas prices? Seemingly impossible to invest? What can seem like a complex topic or one that Christian shouldn't necessarily talk about, money affects us all. We sat down with Brent Vanderwoude, the founder of Good Stewards, a real estate investment company, to talk about all things money related. Getting down to what money really is, it's history, Bitcoin and how we as Christians should think about and interact with it. Be sure to check out goodstewards.ca to learn more about investing, and blog posts explaining these complex topics. Let us know what you think!
00:00 - Intro
04:30 - Thinking about money
7:30 - Money through history
25:34 - The Fiat Standard
40:03 - Inflation
49:30 - Monetary Intervention
55:00 - Christian Standard of living
1:00:30- Characteristics of money
1:06:50 - Bitcoin
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, DUOMAX DEVELOPMENTS! WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
Helpful links:
- Brent's Bitcoin resource page: https://goodstewards.ca/bitcoin
- What is Money? Robert Breedlove's podcast: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/
- Michael Saylor's Bitcoin resource page: https://www.hope.com/
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Monday Feb 28, 2022
Ep. 43 - Critical Race Theory - Samuel Sey
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
We're back with an all new exciting episode! We had the privilege of sitting down with avid blogger Samuel Sey. We discussed some controversial issues of our day, including the Canadian political scene, Critical Race Theory and the Pro-Life movement. We hope Sam's wisdom helps you think through these important topics. Be sure to check out and follow Sam's work at and on Instagram and Twitter @slowtowrite.
00:00 - Intro
03:00 - Sam and the Dutch Reformed Community
07:40 - Why Sam is in the US
10:00 - Canadian Politics
25:00 - Critical Race Theory
55:00 - Fighting Abortion
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, DUOMAX DEVELOPMENTS! WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Ep. 42 - Feedback - Lucas & Tyler
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
We thought it was a time for a feedback episode! Lucas and Tyler sit down to chat about the last number of episodes by reviewing the highlights, sharing their thoughts and as well as some upcoming future episodes. Be sure to let us know if there is anyone you'd like to hear on the podcast!
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - The Clarion
02:00 - Church vs. State
03:00 - Trucker Convoy
06:00 - Male Leadership
08:00 - Propaganda
14:50 - Upcoming Episodes
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Ep. 41 - Propaganda & Media - Rev. Jim Witteveen
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
A long episode packed with a lot of insight! We had the privilege of sitting down with Rev. Jim Witteveen, a missionary currently located in Abbotsford, BC. Jim has his own podcast called Dan 11:32. We chat about many topics including the history and prominence of propaganda, consuming media and news, and we touch on how this relates to the covid issue. We also cover Jim's thoughts on masks and how that relates to symbolism and we discuss how we should have these hard conversations with those around us. Be sure to let us know what you think!
We encourage you to check out Dan 11:32 where ever podcasts are found!
00:00 - Introduction
03:18 - Dan 11:32 Podcast
09:40 - Propoganda
15:20 - Covid Slogans
22:00 - Propaganda engineering consent
25:00 - Build Back Better and T he Great Reset
29:00 - Who is the ‘They’
33:00 - How is consent engineered
43:00 - Where to go for news?
56:00 - Speak the truth?
1:00:00 - Discipline
1:06:00 - Symbolism and Masks
1:16:00 - The Three Religions: Scientism, Capitalism, Christianity
1:22:00 - How do we have these difficult conversations?
1:34:00 - Freedom Convoy
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, SPRING CREEK QUAIL FARM! WE APPRECIATE THEM HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Ep. 40 - Male-Only Leadership - Rev. Winston Bosch
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
We're back from our winter break with an all new episode! We had the privilege of sitting down with Rev. Winston Bosch to discuss a sermon series he preached a couple of years ago. The series is based on the 30th article of the Belgic Confession which covers the reasons for male-only leadership in our churches. We chat about the history and the Biblical view of stereotypes, leadership in the early church, deaconesses, the critiques of culture and how we should view the church as a family (plus much more). As we are people who must always go back to Scripture, we hope this episode helps you think through this important topic.
We encourage you to listen to the sermons Winston preached by clicking the links below:
Sermon 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U9v-l7fvTbY&feature=youtu.be
Sermon 2: https://youtu.be/5L8n-HlLmvY
Sermon 3: https://youtu.be/a3RgcnMbPpg
00:00 - Intro
7:20 - Stereotypes
10:00 - History of Stereotypes
17:00 - Biblical view of tendencies/stereotypes
21:00 - Gender Identities
24:00 - Who To Emulate?
25:30 - The Weaker Vessel
32:50 - Early-Church roles
41:35- Deaconesses
55:00 - Why Male-Only Leadership?
59:00 - Symbolism
01:07:00 - The Modern Critique
01:15:00 - The Church as a Family
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR THIS WEEK, LUDWIG FLOORCOVERINGS! WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US MAKE THIS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE.
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Monday Dec 20, 2021
Ep. 39 - Who‘s in Charge - Church or State? - Dr. Joseph Boot
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Joseph Boot, the founder and president of the Ezra Institute located in Grimsby, ON. Dr. Boot has been very vocal in the Reformed world, on the topic government and their jurisdiction when it comes to church, health and the family. We speak about the controversial vaccine mandates, the church's response (or lack of response) to all these issues and briefly touch on Bill C-4. Even if you disagree, we hope this conversation helps you to think deeply about these issues that are affecting us all in some way. Be sure to let us know your thoughts!
00:00 - Introduction
8:00 - The Current Culture in Canada
13:20 - Coercive Mandates Article
26:21 - Freedom
28:30 - Centralizing Power & the ‘Metaverse’
32:39 - Sphere Sovereignty
44:30 - What do we do?
47:00 - The Church’s (lack of) response
51:45 - State & Health Care
1:03:46 - The worst kind of tyranny (CS. Lewis)
1:0426 - Ezra Institute/Dr. Boot resources
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
Ep. 38 - Clarion Magazine - Rev. Peter Holtvlüwer & Will Gortemaker
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
In this episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with the soon to be editor in chief and publisher of the Clarion, the unofficial magazine of the Canadian Reformed federation. Pastor Holtvlüwer and Will share about the exciting new updates happening at Clarion, while also revealing some interesting history regarding this publication.
As you'll hear near the end of this episode, our friends at the Clarion have decided to generously offer a four month FREE subscription of the Clarion, exclusively for Real Talk listeners. Be sure not to miss out on this amazing deal by going to https://clarionmagazine.ca/realtalk - comment below or shoot us an email if you have any thoughts on this episode!
00:00 - Introduction
04:30 - What is the Clarion?
13:00 - Why did premier start publishing the Clarion?
15:00 - Rev. Loopstra
20:00 - Clarion's vision
26:30 - Clarion vs. Reformed Perspective
35:20 - Clarion’s organizational structure
41:20 - How does Clarion find writers
48:30 - Does clarion have editorials?
52:34 - Clarion in the midst of a media age
01:03:00 - Changes
1:12:50 - Why should young people subscribe to Clarion
1:16:00 - Receive Clarion free for 4 months!
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