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Eric Liddell and the Transformative Power of Prayer

I quite enjoyed David McCasland’s biography of Eric Liddell.  My generation remembers Liddell because of Chariots of Fire, the somewhat […]

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3 December 2015

Eric Liddell

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Sibbes: “The outward is easy…”

I’ve been reading Richard Sibbes’ book Josiah’s Reformation — one of two theological books not in our container steaming over […]

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1 October 2015

King Josiah Richard Sibbes

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Rev. H.G. Gunnink: “That is deformation.”

This week we have been following the discussion in the Netherlands about a recent Classis Groningen in the Reformed Churches […]

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19 June 2015

Classis Groningen Hilbert Gunnink Homosexuality Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Rev. Sjaak De Boer

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Homosexual Relationships and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)

I find it difficult to write the following without sounding alarmist.  It is so alarming that it’s challenging to say […]

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15 June 2015

Classis Groningen Homosexuality Reformed Churches in the Netherlands

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Book Review: The Gospel at Work

The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs, Sebastian Traeger and Greg […]

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3 June 2015

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Book Review: Prayer

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. Timothy Keller, New York: Dutton, 2014. Hardcover, 336 pages, $31.00. There is a […]

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8 January 2015

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Do you have a plan for 2015?

The first congregation of Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was in a Welsh town called Sandfields.   In his biography of […]

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17 December 2014

Bible reading D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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Raising Covenant Children

What difference does it make if the children of believers belong to the covenant of grace?  Chapter four of my […]

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13 November 2014

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Book Review: Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds

Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds:  Family Devotions Based on the Heidelberg Catechism, Starr Meade, Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2013.  Paperback, […]

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14 July 2014

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Is God anti-gay?
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Book Review: Is God anti-gay?

Is God anti-gay?  And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction.  Sam Allberry, Epsom, UK:  the Good Book […]

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18 April 2014

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Unpacking Forgiveness
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Unpacking Forgiveness

This is a great book on forgiveness; in fact, probably the best I’ve read on the topic.  Chris Brauns conveys […]

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24 March 2014

Chris Brauns Forgiveness

In Living Color
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Book Review: In Living Color

(This book review was originally published in 2009.  In view of the recent release of “The Son of God,” the […]

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5 March 2014

Daniel Hyde Images of Christ

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Book Review: Popologetics (Complete Version)

You can now download a complete .pdf of my book review of Ted Turnau’s Popologetics. T. David Gordon also wrote […]

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11 December 2013

T. David Gordon Ted Turnau

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Book Review: Popologetics (4)

See here for part 1, part 2, part 3. **************** Chapter 6 has an interesting discussion on violence and nudity […]

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9 December 2013

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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

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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