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Piper: No Desire to Read the Bible?

I’ve learned a lot from this book so far, as I usually do from John Piper.  This excerpt here is […]

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20 June 2019

Bible reading Desire John Piper

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DeYoung: Homework on Sunday?

I’m currently reading this great little book from Kevin DeYoung.  What he describes here resonates with me — I adopted […]

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19 June 2019

Kevin DeYoung The Fourth Commandment

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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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Now Available: Solus Christus

Solus Christus – “Christ Alone” – is one of the five pillars of the Reformation. We would expect it to be […]

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27 September 2018

Solus Christus

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Schaeffer: Inerrancy is a Watershed Issue

“Several years ago the respected evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer used the example of a watershed in the Swiss Alps to […]

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7 September 2018

Francis Schaeffer Inerrancy Wayne Grudem

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Calvin’s Magnum Opus: A Critical Essay

A “magnum opus” is an author’s greatest work.  When it comes to John Calvin that should obviously be a reference […]

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17 July 2018

Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin

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Attending a Babine Funeral

I often still think about my few years as a missionary in Fort Babine, British Columbia.  It was an incredible […]

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6 June 2018

The Gospel Under the Northern Lights

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An Index of Calvin’s Distinctions in the Institutes

I recently finished reading straight through John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.  I plan to write an essay on […]

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4 June 2018

Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin philosophical distinctions theological distinctions

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Klaas Schilder’s Christ and Culture — Some Notes

Way back in the day (I mean way back — even before university), I got it into my head to […]

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5 September 2017

Abraham Kuyper Albert Oosterhoff Christ and Culture Christ's Active Obedience G. Van Rongen Jochem Douma Klaas Schilder William Helder

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Calvin: Ministers Ought Not to Steal

I’m reading through John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.  For the first time.  Yes, shamefacedly, I have to admit […]

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1 August 2017

John Calvin pastors preachers sermon listeners

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Unbelief in the Institutes

There are several English translations of John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.  The most popular is the Ford Lewis […]

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12 July 2017

Ford Lewis Battles Institutes of the Christian Religion Isaiah 45:1 John Calvin John T. McNeill

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Nailing the 95 Theses: Legend or Fact?

We hear repeatedly that it was on October 31, 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door […]

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15 May 2017

95 Theses Martin Luther Michelle DeRusha

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Tetelestai — It is Finished

Good Friday is coming later this week and I’ll be preaching on Jesus’ “Word of Victory” from the cross:  “It […]

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10 April 2017

Gregory Koukl Grenfell and Hunt John 19:30 Moulton and Milligan tetelestai meaning

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Top Three Marriage Books

Over my years in the ministry, I’ve taught many marriage preparation classes.  From time to time, I’ve also counselled couples […]

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14 March 2017

Bryan Chapell Dave Harvey marriage top three marriage books Wayne Mack

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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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