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  • Reformed Worship

“O LORD, I Love Your House!”

“O LORD, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” – Psalm 26:8 Sometimes […]

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5 May 2025

God's house livestream Psalm 26:8 Singing Tabernacle Temple

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An Old-New Way of Thinking about Singleness

The Meaning of Singleness: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church, Danielle Treweek.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2023.  Softcover, […]

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28 April 2025

Danielle Treweek Douglas Wilson marriage singleness

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A Christian’s Guide to Mental Illness

A Christian’s Guide to Mental Illness:  Answers to 30 Common Questions, David Murray and Tom Karel Jr..  Wheaton: Crossway, 2023.  […]

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21 April 2025

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cormorant catching fish in water action shot
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When A Good Thing Turns Deadly

There are only about two more weeks left in the Tasmanian trout season.  For the first time since 2015, I […]

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14 April 2025

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Why Does God Allow Evil to Exist?

Defeating Evil: How God Glorifies Himself in a Dark World, Scott Christensen.  Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2024.  Softcover, 249 […]

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7 April 2025

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The Most Beautiful Woman

I had met her before.  In fact, I’d been to her house to visit.  She, along with her husband at […]

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31 March 2025

Ardis Kuik Brazil evangelism W.H. Bredenhof

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Discussing Death

Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven, Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage.  Phillipsburg: […]

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24 March 2025

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China Mission Memoir

The Most Unlikely Missionaries: Serving God’s Kingdom in the Middle Kingdom, J.M. Gurvsy.  Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications, 2023.  Softcover, 219 […]

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17 March 2025

China J.M. Gurvsy

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Who Can Be a Witness, Biblically Speaking?

This article deals with abuse and how the church handles it.  It contains descriptions of abusive situations.  If that troubles […]

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25 February 2025

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Sons of Patriarchy Interview

Here’s my interview with Peter Bell on the Sons of Patriarchy podcast (you can also find it on Spotify and […]

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24 February 2025

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The Holy Spirit — “He,” NOT “It”

Over the summer I worshipped in a few different churches. I heard some good preaching. But I also heard something […]

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18 February 2025

Jonathan Master the Holy Spirit

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A Commentary on the Lord’s Supper Form

The Reformed Lord’s Supper Form: A Commentary, B. Wielenga.  Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2023.  Hardcover, 426 pages. Few people […]

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17 February 2025

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Defending Double Procession

The Nicene Creed asserts that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.  At least in our Western […]

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13 February 2025

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He Who Sits in the Heavens Laughs

Philomena Cunk represents the kind of humour at which the Brits are best.  She interviews intellectuals and plays the part […]

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12 February 2025

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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