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Did Ed Welch Change His Mind on Homosexuality?

In 1998, the first edition of Edward T. Welch’s Blame It on the Brain? was published by P & R […]

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27 November 2024

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Forget John Mark Comer — Read This Instead

Worship, Feasting, Rest, Mercy:  The Christian Sabbath, Daniel Howe.  Pittsburgh:  Grassmarket Press, 2023.  Softcover, 213 pages. I recently read John […]

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25 November 2024

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Do Unto Others, Except When…

Our Lord Jesus taught the so-called Golden Rule in the Sermon on the Mount.  He said in Matthew 7:12, “So […]

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11 November 2024

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Love the Truth

I recently spoke at the second annual Grace and Truth Conference here in Launceston. The theme for this year was […]

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30 October 2024

Grace and Truth Conference Ninth Commandment

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Guest Post: Why? Questions about Abuse

Since I’ve written about it, I get a lot of correspondence from folks around the world about abuse. I hear […]

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17 April 2024

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Challenges for the Church

On Thursday evening our church hosted John Steenhof. John is the principal lawyer of the Human Rights Law Alliance. He […]

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13 April 2024

Human Rights Law Alliance John Steenhof

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Christian Sexologist Clears the Gender Confusion

The Gender Revolution: A Biblical, Biological, and Compassionate Response, Patricia Weerakoon (with Robert Smith and Kamal Weerakoon).  Sydney: Matthias Media, […]

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18 March 2024

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The Divorce God Hates

In biblical interpretation, a crux interpretum is a passage that’s much debated.  In the Old Testament, a fine example of […]

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7 December 2023

CanRC Form for Solemnization of Marriage Divorce Malachi 2:16

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Kate’s Advice to the Church

Porn destroys relationships.  If you doubt it, read this book edited by Melinda Tankard Reist.  It’s not a Christian book, […]

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23 November 2023

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I Was Wrong

It’s time to come clean.  I was gullible.  I took someone else’s word for it and didn’t do the research […]

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20 November 2023

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Keep Your Kids from the Kool-Aid

In November 1978, over 900 people committed mass suicide in the South American country of Guyana.  They were Americans.  They […]

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8 November 2023

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Weerakoon: Transgender Ideologues ‘Assign’ Sex

“…in a deep and tragic irony, transgender ideologues classify a child as a ‘boy’ or a ‘girl’ based on the […]

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25 October 2023

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Rape in Marriage?

Is marital rape even a thing?  Legally, yes, it is.  When there’s sexual activity in marriage without consent, legally it […]

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23 October 2023

Darby Strickland marital rape sexual assault

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The Sabbath Still Matters

The Sabbath, the Covenant, and the House of God, Ken Hanko.  Self-published, 2022.  Softcover, 45 pages. It was Sunday August […]

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16 October 2023

Fourth Commandment Henry Wierenga Ken Hanko The Sabbath

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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

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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