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We Distinguish: Church and State

It gets rather tiresome:  every time a moral issue is debated in society and Christians attempt to contribute, someone will […]

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30 May 2022

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Reformed = Anti-Revolutionary

My Dad was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and, as a boy, I was so proud of […]

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1 February 2022

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You Say You Want a Revolution?

It used to be that the left had a monopoly on talk of revolution.  You could count on leftists to […]

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25 October 2021

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Jesus Said Nothing About Homosexuality?

Some claiming to be Christians assert there’s nothing wrong with homosexual lusts or behaviours.  Sometimes such “Christians” identify themselves as […]

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11 May 2021

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The Domino Theory

A few weeks ago I visited the new Western Australia museum in Perth.  One of the exhibits was about Australia’s […]

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15 December 2020

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That Other Preacher, That Other Religion

He was so passionate, so intense.  He had a conspicuous religious fervour.  The man was on fire; he was preaching.  […]

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22 September 2020

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Homosexuality, the Bible, 1946 and all that

I’m just going to say it, no holds barred:  one of the shallowest objections to traditional Christian sexual ethics is […]

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11 August 2020

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Book Review: The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church, R. Albert Mohler Jr..  Nashville: Nelson Books, 2020.  Hardcover, 223 pages. Albert […]

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21 July 2020

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FRC Launceston Wednesday Evening Message — Colossians 1:15-20

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7 May 2020

Colossians 1:15-20

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Book Review: Reforming Apologetics (3)

See here for part 1 and here for part 2. The concept of “common notions” plays a large role in […]

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8 July 2019

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Book Review of Article 36 of the Belgic Confession Vindicated Against Dr. Abraham Kuyper

Article 36 of the Belgic Confession Vindicated Against Dr. Abraham Kuyper: A Critique of His Series on Church and State […]

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25 April 2019

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The Reformation versus the Post-Reformation?

For quite a while it was customary for historians, theologians, and preachers to bewail the post-Reformation as a sort of […]

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17 October 2017

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SSM Not the Real Issue

If you’re just tuning in, Australia is in the midst of an enormous national discussion on marriage.  Today ballots are […]

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12 September 2017

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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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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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