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The Impact of Psalm-singing in the CanRC (Ezinga)

I’m probably going to follow up with a proper review of this down the track, but just for today I […]

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24 June 2024

Canadian Reformed Churches Frank Ezinga Psalm-singing

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A Wise Guide to the Mental Health Minefield

Mental Health and Your Church: A Handbook for Biblical Care, Helen Thorne & Dr. Steve Midgley.  Charlotte:  The Good Book […]

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19 June 2024

Helen Thorne mental health issues in the church mental illness Steve Midgley

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Kids Talk Church History Podcast

I was recently interviewed on the Kids Talk Church History Podcast about Guido de Bres and the history of the […]

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18 June 2024

Guido de Bres Kids Talk Church History Podcast Reformation in the Netherlands

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The Worst That Could Happen

I’m flying on my way home from a ten-day trip where I spoke at a conference and preached on two […]

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17 June 2024

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Thinking in the Temple

“We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.”  — Psalm 48:9 Does your […]

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4 June 2024

James Nestor Psalm 48_9 Psalm singing

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What’s in Get to Know the Holy Spirit?

My new book is now available. In North America, you can purchase it directly from the publisher here. If you’re […]

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29 May 2024

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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More Than a Pastor’s Bedridden Wife

Susannah Spurgeon: Lessons for a Life of Joyful Eagerness in Christ, Mary K. Mohler.  Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications, 2023.  Hardcover, […]

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27 May 2024

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Decisive Moments – The Coronation of Charlemagne

Power struggles appear everywhere in history.  One of the epic power struggles was the one between popes and kings.  As […]

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21 May 2024

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Gone to the Dogs?

You can learn a lot by paying attention to your dog.  We have Monty, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.  Monty […]

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16 May 2024

Monty Thanksgiving

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In Defense of the Letter ‘H’

I first came across the Lutheran Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) in Gene Edward Veith’s Post-Christian. Hamann was what we call […]

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14 May 2024

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What the OT Says About Thinking

Such a Mind as This: A Biblical-Theological Study of Thinking in the Old Testament, Richard L. Smith.  Eugene: Wipf & […]

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9 May 2024

Cornelius Van Til epistemology Richard L. Smith

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Curious About the New Testament Text and Canon?

40 Questions About the Text and Canon of the New Testament, Charles L. Quarles and L. Scott Kellum.  Grand Rapids: […]

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6 May 2024

Charles Quarles L. Scott Kellum New Testament Canon New Testament Text

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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: The […]

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4 May 2024

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Augustine: God Will Be All in All

In heaven, all glory will be true glory, since no one could ever err in praising too little or too […]

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1 May 2024

Augustine heaven

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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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Published 2019

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