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Serial Expository Preaching

When I was growing up, if our minister announced that he was going to have a series of sermons on […]

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5 September 2016

serial expository preaching

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Sometimes I Still Don’t Get It

I blew it the other day.  I had an amazing opportunity to share the gospel with people who might not […]

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2 August 2016

evangelism Mission and evangelism

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Does Every Text Have One Main Point?

Timothy Keller continues to publish thought-provoking and (mostly) worthwhile books.  While I’ve had my concerns about some of his positions, […]

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23 November 2015

Expository preaching Tim Keller

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What If You Could Preach to the Whole World?

Chrysostom once said that if he were the fittest in the world to preach a sermon to the whole world, […]

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20 October 2015

Chrysostom Psalm 4:2 Thomas Brooks

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Is Your Worship Reformed?

Some years ago, I sat through a worship service of a neighbouring church that wasn’t Reformed.  What struck me most […]

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15 April 2015

Baptism Lord's Supper means of grace preaching Reformed worship

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What Separates the Sheep from the Goats in Matthew 25:31-46?

Matthew 25:31-46 contains words that are often used to support general works of charity.  In this parable, the King is […]

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26 November 2014

Gerhard Visscher Matthew 25:31-46

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Mohler: Conviction and Passion in Ministry

An orthodox preacher of the Word without passion is like a high-voltage wire without a generating station.  Here’s a quote […]

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24 September 2014

Albert Mohler passion in preaching

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The Need for Clarity in Preaching

The following quote comes from David Helm’s helpful little book, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God’s Word Today: A couple […]

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23 September 2014

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More Heidelberg Catechism Themes Added

My project to compile themes and divisions for preaching the Heidelberg Catechism is just about completed.  I’ve just added Lord’s […]

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8 October 2013

Heidelberg Catechism

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Catechism Preaching

I recently had the privilege of attending a series of seminars at Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary on preaching.  There was […]

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24 January 2012

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Schilder’s Fourteen Rules for Preaching on the Suffering of Christ

I was rummaging through some old files from seminary and came across this.  I thought it worth sharing: K. Schilder’s […]

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19 October 2011

Christ's suffering Klaas Schilder

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Exegesis and Mission

2011 revision of an article originally published in the January 3, 2003 issue of Clarion.  By the grace of God, […]

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28 September 2011

Exegesis

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The Gospel According to…Bart Simpson?

“Preaching about Bart Simpson fills pews of Calgary church” – so ran the red hot headline in the Vancouver Sun.[1] […]

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12 January 2011

Christian Reformed Church

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Beware of Preachers

1.Beware of men whose preaching is shallow, and who never seem to say anything new, in the sense of the […]

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5 November 2010

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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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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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