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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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What Does Faith Do? It Depends

Some people love jigsaw puzzles – they’ll work on them for hours and hours.  When you’re doing a puzzle, you […]

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21 February 2023

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Three Depressing Doctrinal Downers

The gospel is meant to encourage believers and give them hope in Jesus Christ.  Regrettably, there are doctrinal errors which […]

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7 February 2022

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When It’s Done It’s Done

Franco Maggiotto was one of the most memorable men I’ve ever met.  At one point in his life, he’d been […]

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25 May 2021

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An Admiring Look at the Greatest Popularizer of Reformed Theology

R.C. Sproul: A Life, Stephen J. Nichols.  Wheaton: Crossway, 2021.  Hardcover, 371 pages. Back in the early 90s, there was […]

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3 May 2021

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What is Justification?

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20 April 2020

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Discern Justification

Justification is rightly said to be “the doctrine by which the church stands or falls.”  It’s a central facet of […]

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14 April 2020

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Essential Latin for Reformed Christians: “Simul iustus et peccator”

Today’s bit of Latin lingo is often linked to Luther.  Martin Luther often gets the credit for noticing the biblical […]

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15 May 2018

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Four Essential Pictures

I’m currently reading Tim Challies’ book Visual Theology.  This book presents many theological basics not only with text, but also […]

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13 February 2018

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Quotable Church History: “The doctrine by which the Church stands or falls”

This is the sixth in a series on famous quotes from church history. We’re looking at who said these famous […]

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6 February 2018

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The Reformation and Doxology

Five hundred years!  Today is the day we mark a half millennia since God brought Reformation to his church.  Over […]

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31 October 2017

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Seven Terms You Need to Know

It was my first time visiting Australia.  As I sat around the dinner table with an Aussie family, the father […]

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26 September 2017

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More than Forgiven, More than Innocent

One of the biblical themes that I never get tired of preaching and teaching is justification.  Every time I’m faced […]

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24 April 2017

Christ's Active Obedience

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The Eve of the Reformation: Staupitz

As noted several times already on this blog, this year we’re celebrating the 500th birthday of the Reformation.  Today I […]

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21 February 2017

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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

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