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Pastoral Q & A: Why Still Read the Ten Commandments?

In Reformed churches it’s normal to hear the Ten Commandments read during the morning worship service.  This is a historic […]

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17 May 2018

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CanRC Proposal to Approve Trinity Psalter Hymnal

For several years, the Canadian Reformed Churches were working with the United Reformed Churches to produce a joint song book.  […]

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24 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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“Plain Water” — The Reformation and Worship

The Reformation wasn’t only about theology.  It was also, and perhaps most centrally, about doxology.  It was about the right […]

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10 October 2017

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Stage Fright

A video has been making the rounds on Facebook and elsewhere.  It shows a trio of ballet dancers giving a […]

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8 July 2017

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The Reformation and Psalm-Singing

Worship was one of the key issues that led to the break with Rome we call the Reformation.  The Reformation […]

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2 May 2017

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Absurdity

Can we pray to Jesus?  This is a question I’ve answered countless times, both in sermons and here on my […]

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28 February 2017

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How to Do Family Worship

It’s one of the most basic things that a Christian family does — or should do.  And yet there are […]

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14 February 2017

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Synod Dunnville 2016 (4)

The Acts of day 5 of the Synod have just been published — but I haven’t yet had the opportunity […]

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19 May 2016

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Reconciling the Regulative Principle with “Feast Days”/”Days of Commemoration”

In its basic form, the regulative principle of worship states that we are only to worship God as he has […]

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30 November 2015

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FRCA Synod 2015 (4)

By now, many readers are already aware of what took place at Synod Baldivis last Friday.  After all, there was […]

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29 June 2015

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New Resource Added: Liturgical Helps Version 2.0

For some time I’ve had a resource available here entitled Liturgical Helps.  I prepared this document for myself a few […]

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19 May 2015

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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

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The Nursery of the Holy Spirit
The Nursery of the Holy Spirit
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Book Review: The Nursery of the Holy Spirit

The Nursery of the Holy Spirit:  Welcoming Children in Worship, Daniel R. Hyde, Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2014.  Paperback, 69 […]

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5 December 2014

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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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