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Heidelberg Catechism Themes

Many years back, when I was a missionary, I chatted with a United Reformed colleague about catechism preaching. He was […]

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16 September 2022

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Can Prophets Be Mimes?

What if I told you Christians don’t have a personal responsibility to spread the gospel?  Amongst most Christians such a […]

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15 March 2021

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Homosexuality, the Bible, 1946 and all that

I’m just going to say it, no holds barred:  one of the shallowest objections to traditional Christian sexual ethics is […]

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11 August 2020

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The Synod of Dort and Catechism

The following is a talk I did for the Dort Conference held in Caruaru, Brazil on March 23, 2019.  The […]

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7 May 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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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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Clearing the Confusion on Regeneration

With my preconfession students I’ve been surveying what we call the Order of Salvation — theologians usually use the Latin […]

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16 November 2015

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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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Book Review: Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds

Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds:  Family Devotions Based on the Heidelberg Catechism, Starr Meade, Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2013.  Paperback, […]

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14 July 2014

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Heidelberg Catechism Themes and Divisions Version 2.0

One of the most popular pages on Yinkahdinay is this resource with themes and divisions for preaching on the Heidelberg […]

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26 June 2014

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Early printings of the Belgic Confession included this page of Scripture passage encouraging believers to profess their faith before men.
Early printings of the Belgic Confession included this page of Scripture passage encouraging believers to profess their faith before men.
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Outward Looking Church: Current Craze or Christ’s Commission? (2)

Revised from a presentation for the Spring Office Bearers Conference held March 22, 2014 in Burlington, ON.  See here for […]

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16 June 2014

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Ecclesiology of the New Calvinism

I recently finished reading a book entitled Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church.  Authored by Matt Chandler, Josh Patterson, […]

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13 June 2014

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Martin Luther: Law and Gospel

The other day I returned from the Philippines.  I was there to teach Reformation church history on the islands of […]

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17 February 2014

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God our Father and the Address of our Prayers

For this coming Sunday afternoon’s sermon, the Catechism lesson will be Lord’s Day 46.  This deals with the beginning of […]

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15 January 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

Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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Solus Christus

Published 2018

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