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Is a Wife Less than a Slave?

In cases of marital breakdown involving abuse, well-meaning family, friends, and church leaders will sometimes do everything they can to, […]

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21 August 2023

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Keller: Doing Business Justly

A Christian man I know owns a chain of car dealerships. As is standard practice in the industry, his salesmen […]

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17 August 2023

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Have We Misunderstood Paul on Homosexuality?

This new book by Mike Wittmer is going to get a positive review in due time. Today, however, I just […]

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21 July 2023

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Doug Wilson: The Bad

In the first instalment, I laid out some of the commendable things about Doug Wilson.  In particular, we noted that […]

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3 July 2023

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Can Christian Couples Use IVF?

Conceived by Science: Thinking Carefully and Compassionately About Infertility and IVF, Stephanie Gray Connors.  Florida: Wongeese Publishing, 2021.  Paperback, 147 […]

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27 June 2022

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Grounds for Divorce

With this post, I’m entering into a minefield, albeit with eyes wide open.  Relationships are touchy at any rate, but […]

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7 December 2021

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Letter to the Editor

In response to this story in today’s Examiner, I’ve sent the following letter to the editor. If you’re interested in […]

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30 August 2021

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I Recommend

This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: Who […]

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21 August 2021

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I Recommend

This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: Distancing […]

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17 July 2021

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I Recommend

This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: Families […]

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3 July 2021

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This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: How […]

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26 June 2021

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We Distinguish: Broader/Narrower

It was March of 2001 and I was a newly ordained missionary serving in Fort Babine, British Columbia.  My sending […]

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11 June 2021

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Carl Trueman on today’s sexual madness

My review of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self is now online at Reformed Perspective.

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5 June 2021

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I Recommend

This past week, I shared the following links on social media and I think they’re worth sharing here too: Does […]

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22 May 2021

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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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