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Reconciling the Regulative Principle with “Feast Days”/”Days of Commemoration”

In its basic form, the regulative principle of worship states that we are only to worship God as he has […]

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30 November 2015

Belgic Confession article 32 Belgic Confession article 7 birth of Christ Daniel Hyde days of commemoration December 25 feast days Heidelberg Catechism QA 96 regulative principle of worship

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A Thought on David’s Sin

Helpful insight here from Ryan Smith.

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27 November 2015

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Does Every Text Have One Main Point?

Timothy Keller continues to publish thought-provoking and (mostly) worthwhile books.  While I’ve had my concerns about some of his positions, […]

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23 November 2015

Expository preaching Tim Keller

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Discipline: God’s Medicine

Some helpful biblical insights here…

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20 November 2015

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Clearing the Confusion on Regeneration

With my preconfession students I’ve been surveying what we call the Order of Salvation — theologians usually use the Latin […]

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16 November 2015

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Correction

In my last blog post, I mentioned a call to Rev. H. Alkema.  That was meant to read: Rev. A. […]

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11 November 2015

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FRCA News Note

Regular readers will have noticed a couple of news items over the last week from the Free Reformed Churches of […]

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11 November 2015

Free Reformed Churches of Australia

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FRCA News: Call Declined

Declined the call to the Cairns ward of the FRC Armadale, WA:  Candidate Randall Visscher.

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11 November 2015

Free Reformed Churches of Australia

The Quest for the Historical Adam
The Quest for the Historical Adam
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Book Review: The Quest for the Historical Adam

The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins, William VanDoodewaard. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015. Hardcover, […]

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10 November 2015

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FRCA News: Call Extended

Called to the Free Reformed Church of Kelmscott, WA:  Rev. Arend Witten of the CanRC of Vernon, British Columbia.

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9 November 2015

Arend Witten Free Reformed Church of Kelmscott Free Reformed Churches of Australia

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FERC
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A New Sister for the FRCA!

Our consistory here in Launceston received word the other day that the First Evangelical Reformed Church of Singapore has accepted […]

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4 November 2015

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I Will Be Your God Cover
I Will Be Your God Cover
  • Book notes
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Available as an E-Book: “I Will Be Your God”

ILPB has released “I Will Be Your God”: An Easy Introduction to the Covenant of Grace as an E-book.  You […]

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2 November 2015

covenant I Will Be Your God

Straw-Man
Straw-Man
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Knocking Down Straw Men is Too Easy

It has been some time since we have heard from the bloggers at Reformed Academic. Last week, however, a post […]

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1 November 2015

Freda Oosterhoff Inerrancy

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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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Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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Aiming to Please

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