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A Great Summer!

Today is my first day back after a few weeks of summer vacation — and it was a good one.  […]

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9 August 2010

John Calvin Jonathan Edwards

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The Sad Case of Francis Spira

In his little work on Spiritual Desertion, Gisbertus Voetius mentioned the case of Francis Spira as an example of those […]

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1 July 2010

Francis Spira Gisbertus Voetius John Calvin

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The Liberation of 26 Hungarian Reformed Ministers

I’m currently reading Spiritual Desertion by Gisbertus Voetius and Johannes Hoornbeeck.  This seventeenth-century work  includes a helpful historical introduction by […]

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30 June 2010

Genevan psalter Gisbertus Voetius Johannes Hoornbeek Psalm-singing

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The Reformed Faith and Christianity

This week I’m spending some time going through R. B. Kuiper’s 1926 book, As To Being Reformed.  It’s worthwhile because […]

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25 June 2010

Calvinism R. B. Kuiper

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R. B. Kuiper on Synodical Pronouncements

“Of late it has become customary in Christian Reformed circles to speak of Synodical interpretations of the Confessions, and these […]

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23 June 2010

Klaas Schilder R. B. Kuiper

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Why Kuiper Left the RCA

R. B. Kuiper traded the Christian Reformed Church for the Reformed Church in America (RCA), at least for a brief […]

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22 June 2010

Edward S. Worcester Inerrancy R. B. Kuiper Reformed Church in America

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Francois Richardot

In May of 1567, Guy de Bres was sitting in prison in Valenciennes.  His date with the executioner was approaching.  […]

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26 May 2010

Francois Richardot Guido de Bres John Calvin

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Jean Crespin: Pioneer Reformed Publisher

Jean Crespin is a Reformation figure with a compelling life story.  Like Calvin, he was trained as a lawyer in […]

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19 May 2010

Guido de Bres Jean Crespin

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All Calvin All the Time

As an undergrad at the University of Alberta I had access to the entire Corpus Reformatorum collection of Calvin’s writings.  […]

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6 May 2010

John Calvin

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The Rationalistic Attack on Scripture (Louis Praamsma) — 4

Today I’ve got the final installment of Dr. Louis Praamsma’s article from the December 1979 issue of The Outlook.  Praamsma […]

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2 April 2010

Herman Bavinck Inerrancy J. Gresham Machen Louis Praamsma

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The Rationalistic Attack on Scripture (Louis Praamsma) — 3

At the end of yesterday’s installment, Dr. Praamsma reminded us that attacks on the reliability of Scripture are nothing new.  […]

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1 April 2010

Abraham Kuyper Augustine Inerrancy Louis Praamsma

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The Rationalistic Attack on Scripture (Louis Praamsma) — 2

Today we’re continuing our serialization of an article from the December 1979 issue of The Outlook.  Dr. Louis Praamsma was […]

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31 March 2010

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The Rationalistic Attack on Scripture (Louis Praamsma) — 1

Dr. Louis Praamsma was the pastor of the Fruitland Christian Reformed Church, just down the road from us here in […]

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30 March 2010

Inerrancy Louis Praamsma

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De Bres and Calvin

So, can anyone guess what John Calvin and Guy de Bres had in common?  I mean, besides the fact that […]

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4 February 2010

Guido de Bres John Calvin

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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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