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The Eve of the Reformation: Staupitz

As noted several times already on this blog, this year we’re celebrating the 500th birthday of the Reformation.  Today I […]

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21 February 2017

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The Shack

I try to stay positive and focus on what’s encouraging.  However, from time to time clear warnings need to be […]

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17 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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Sermon for Day of Prayer

In August 2015, the Free Reformed Church of Launceston asked FRC Baldivis to declare a day of prayer in view […]

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12 February 2017

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The Reformation in the Netherlands

This year we’re celebrating the 500th birthday of the Reformation.   In today’s post, I want to look briefly at the […]

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8 February 2017

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What Caused the Reformation?

  October 31st, 1517 is the date Martin Luther is alleged to have nailed his 95 Theses to the door […]

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3 February 2017

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Book Review: Tactics

What would you do? You’re in a public place and you encounter a woman with a pentagram hanging on a […]

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31 January 2017

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Luther: Baptizatus sum (I am baptized)

I have heard and read it several times:  when Luther was tempted by the devil, he would look at the […]

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26 January 2017

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Transgender?

During the summer months, I often ask parishioners for suggestions for texts to preach on.  This coming Sunday morning, as […]

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24 January 2017

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Critical Articles About Women in Office in the GKV

As regular readers of this blog know, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands are currently wrestling with the issue of […]

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23 January 2017

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Our Stance with the World: Anabaptist or Reformed?

The question of how Christians are to relate to the unbelieving world (including unbelieving culture) is an ancient one.  However, […]

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20 December 2016

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Admitting Guests to the Lord’s Supper

In the broader Reformed/Presbyterian context, it is common to fence the Lord’s Supper with a verbal warning only.  Typically that […]

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15 December 2016

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Bible Study Resources

A while ago, I received a request to provide a list of some trustworthy online Bible study resources.  The background […]

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6 December 2016

Bible study resources

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The Glorious Gospel of Imputation

I love Starr Meade’s book of family devotions based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism.  To catechize our children during family […]

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16 November 2016

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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

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