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Confessional Conferences for Reformed Unity

Back in the early 1990s, a unique effort was made to address several  pressing issues facing Reformed and Presbyterian churches.  […]

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20 April 2015

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Peter Y. De Jong: There is No Church Insurance Against Apostasy

Today I’d like to go back again to the archives of the Association of Christian Reformed Laymen, published in A […]

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6 April 2015

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The Case of Dr. Edwin Walhout

Amongst my books is this volume published by the Association of Christian Reformed Laymen.  It was a gift to me […]

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30 March 2015

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Apostasy and Taking a Stand

I’ve just finished Iain Murray’s excellent biography of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.  Lloyd-Jones faced an enormous struggle with doctrinal compromise in […]

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16 December 2014

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Mockingjay and Reformed Political Theory

At the moment, the third installment of the Hunger Games series continues to dominate box office sales.  Mockingjay (Part 1) […]

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8 December 2014

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David Craig: Reformed Churches are Catholic

David Craig (1937-2001) was an instrumental figure in the early days of L’église réformée du Québec (Reformed Church of Quebec). […]

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11 August 2014

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Book Review: 1834

1834: Hendrik de Cock’s Return to the True Church, Marvin Kamps.  Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2014.  Hardcover, 512 pages, […]

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30 April 2014

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Even the Arians Prayed to Christ

I’ve been brushing up on my knowledge of early church history with the help of Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Emergence of […]

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21 April 2014

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Why Providence?

The other day I was digging in my study for something when I came across a binder of material related […]

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27 March 2014

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John Calvin and the Mosaic Civil and Judicial Laws

Today I’ll share one last excerpt from the Reformation Church History course.  This is a topic relating to John Calvin […]

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19 February 2014

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John Calvin and Michael Servetus

Today I’ll share another excerpt from my Reformation Church History course that I recently taught in the Philippines and, before […]

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18 February 2014

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Martin Luther: Law and Gospel

The other day I returned from the Philippines.  I was there to teach Reformation church history on the islands of […]

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17 February 2014

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God our Father and the Address of our Prayers

For this coming Sunday afternoon’s sermon, the Catechism lesson will be Lord’s Day 46.  This deals with the beginning of […]

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15 January 2014

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A New Cause of Division

The other day I posted the official English translation of a report going to the next synod of the Reformed […]

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7 January 2014

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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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