Dean Koldenhoven
CRC for 78years Married with 4 children 10 Grandkids & 3 GREAT grandkids Former Mayor of Palos Heights, IL. Recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award I still ride my horse every week!
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Posted in: 12 Reasons to Love (and not Fear) Muslims
Greg...........AMEN to all 12 statements!..............Dean Koldenhoven
Posted in: Understanding Islam, Loving Muslims
Greg Sinclair's statements are in keeping with the words of Jesus when He stated; "Love God...Love your neighbor!" May God bless you Greg in your work with the Muslims and Christians!
I am surprised by some of the negative comments that are posted! By the way....Sharia Law will not be the Law in the U.S.A. The Constitution of the U.S. is THE Law! There are some "peoples of culture", that may want to be ruled by a different law, but that does not matter. Only the Constitution matters!
If there are people that consider the Muslims as their enemy, Jesus had a back-up plan for that...He said; "Love your enemies!"
I l love the Muslim people! We have great dialogue with each other concerning our faith. We work together on different projects together with Trinity Christian College students and Muslim students and adults.
If a Christian is unsure of their own faith, then maybe you shouldn't have dialogue with the Muslims!
Keep the Faith Greg! Dean Koldenhoven Palos Heights, IL Member of PH CRC
Posted in: The Ideal Senior Pastor or “1st” Chair
If I had to introduce Sam Hamstra to an audience, I would say; "At this time I would introduce to you [audience] the Reverend Sam Hamstra, or Dr. Sam Hamstra."
If I had to tell someone about Rev.Sam Hamstra, I would use the word "Pastor" Sam Hamstra. To me, he was a "Pastor!" When a parishoner like me gets to know the "Pastor", Sam Hamstra is when my son, Don Koldenhoven was near the end of his life at the age of 35, and Pastor Sam was there with our family, Pastor Sam held Don in his arms and said the 23 Psalm and shortly after Don died from his cancer. My point is, the title Reverend has no meaning at at time like that! " Pastor" has meaning in times of need!
I also refer to Pastor Sam as "Coach" Sam, since we did coach high school baseball together. The title of a person's name is proper for introductions and references, but how a person knows a minister of the Word to me is a personal one! "First Chair" , Chairman, President are all titles. I believe that the highest honor you can address a minister of the Word is,"Pastor!"
Dean Koldenhoven Palos Heights, IL Member PHCRC