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DeYoung: Decapitated Jesus?

In Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus who killed Medusa, the monster-like Gorgon with a head of hair […]

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20 June 2023

Kevin DeYoung

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When Hopes Go Astray

A Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts, Esther Smith.  Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2022.  Softcover, […]

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19 June 2023

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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: Reptilian […]

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17 June 2023

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Dear Abusive Men

Dear abusive men in the church, I so often feel like berating you, but in what follows I actually want […]

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12 June 2023

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

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10 June 2023

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The Myth of Progress — Glen Scrivener

The atrocities of the 20th century leave us with a lump in our throat so large that it chokes all […]

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7 June 2023

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angry black man in hoodie against light pink background
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Pastoral Q & A: Can Christians Be Grumpy People?

This question is interesting because it can be taken two different ways.  Taken one way, we could be looking at […]

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6 June 2023

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Vile, Wretched, Miserable, Blind?

Heath Lambert’s A Theology of Biblical Counseling is a rewritten, updated, and improved version of Jay Adams’ A Theology of […]

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30 May 2023

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Deep Misery to Inextinguishable Joy

A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel, William Edgar.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2022.  […]

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29 May 2023

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Pastoral Q & A: How Did Animals Recolonize the World After the Flood?

Over the last few months I’ve been preaching through Genesis 6-9, the chapters that relate the story of the Flood […]

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24 May 2023

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Not Just Any Old Dead White Guys

Following God Fully: An Introduction to the Puritans, Joel R. Beeke and Michael Reeves.  Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2022.  […]

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22 May 2023

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Más en español

Thanks to Rev. Valentin Alpuche and his team of translators, there are now 28 articles in Spanish on bredenhof.ca. You […]

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18 May 2023

Artículos reformados en español recursos españoles reformados

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Tips for Effective Sermon Note-Taking

When it comes to sermons, we should all want to be the best listeners we can be.  This is because […]

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15 May 2023

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GKV No More

As of May 1, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) no longer exist.  In the Netherlands they were known […]

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9 May 2023

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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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