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The Creedal Imperative Remains

Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consume with Individualism and Identity, Carl R. Trueman.  Wheaton: Crossway, […]

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2 January 2025

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The Protests Which Divided Reformed Churches

We might think we’re the first ones in history to encounter questions about how Christians should respond to perceived or […]

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14 February 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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The First Mark and Mission

Of the Belgic Confession’s articles on the doctrine of the church, article 29 is probably the most well-known amongst Reformed […]

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7 June 2021

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De Brès, the Belgic Confession, and Persecution

Did you know the Belgic Confession is the only officially adopted Reformed confession written by a martyr?  True, other confessions […]

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25 October 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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Reformation Confessions and Evangelism

We’re continuing to celebrate what God did in the Reformation starting 500 years ago.  For today, I’m sharing the notes […]

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30 October 2017

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The Reformation and the Apocrypha

Did you know that the first editions of the Belgic Confession included two proof-texts from the apocrypha?  Did you know […]

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24 October 2017

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Laying On of Hands Revisited

A few years ago, I wrote a post about the Belgic Confession article 31 and what it used to say […]

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3 October 2017

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Ten Things I Learned from Reformed Scholasticism (1)

Though not nearly as often as previously, I still sometimes see the word “scholastic” used as a pejorative – in […]

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19 April 2016

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(Another) Proposal to Change the Belgic Confession

There’s a Canadian Reformed synod this year.  Among the items on the agenda will be a supplementary report from the […]

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9 March 2016

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1580 Handwritten Belgic Confession

In his book The Belgic Confession: Its History and Sources, N. H. Gootjes notes the existence of a handwritten copy […]

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15 December 2015

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To Win Our Neighbors for Christ
To Win Our Neighbors for Christ
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Now Available: To Win Our Neighbors For Christ

Now available from Reformation Heritage Books! In many modern histories of Christian missions, the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century is […]

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26 March 2015

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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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