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Book Review: What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an

What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an, James R. White.  Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2013.  Softcover, 311 pages. […]

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28 May 2019

al-Taqqiya Islam James White the Qur'an

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CanRC General Synod Edmonton 2019 (4)

The synod finished last week Thursday evening and all the acts are now available here.  As before, let me just […]

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27 May 2019

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CanRC General Synod Edmonton 2019 (3)

We now have some provisional Acts to survey.  For those interested in the details, the Acts can be found here […]

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22 May 2019

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Bizarre Foods of CDO

I went to the Philippines to preach and teach.  And I did.  But those who know me know I had […]

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21 May 2019

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Another Farewell to the RCN

Not a lot of news has been coming out of the CanRC Synod in Edmonton.  So far, they’ve published some […]

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20 May 2019

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CanRC General Synod Edmonton 2019 (2)

A short while ago I finished watching the live-stream (it’s archived here).  A couple of note-worthy items:  the delegates from […]

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16 May 2019

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CanRC General Synod Edmonton 2019 (1)

The synod is underway, however up till this point we haven’t seen any Acts released.  They do have some live-streaming […]

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16 May 2019

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The Synod of Dort and the Sabbath

The following is a talk I did for the Dort 400 Conference held in Caruaru, Brazil on March 22, 2019. […]

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14 May 2019

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CanRC General Synod Edmonton 2019

On Tuesday, the Canadian Reformed Churches will have another synod.  It’s being held in my old stomping grounds, Edmonton, Alberta.  […]

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13 May 2019

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Liturgical Resources

I have updated my Liturgical Resources page on this site.  It now features Microsoft Word files of the five appendices […]

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9 May 2019

Aiming to Please liturgical resources

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The Synod of Dort and Catechism

The following is a talk I did for the Dort Conference held in Caruaru, Brazil on March 23, 2019.  The […]

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7 May 2019

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Book Review: Children at the Lord’s Table?

NOTE:  I originally wrote this review in 2009.  However, ten years later, I’ve been hearing more about paedocommunion again.  This […]

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2 May 2019

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“Interview” with Jackie Hill Perry

Over my sabbatical, I read Jackie Hill Perry’s book Gay Girl Good God.  Rather than tell you how awesome it […]

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1 May 2019

Homosexuality Jackie Hill Perry

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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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Aiming to Please

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