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Psychology from the Bible

Biblical and Religious Psychology, Herman Bavinck.  Jenison: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2024.  Hardcover, 236 pages, $39.95 USD.  Reading the title […]

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24 December 2024

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The Gateway to the Deep End

Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion, Herman Bavinck.  Translators and editors, Gregory Parker Jr. and Cameron Clausing.  Peabody: Hendrickson […]

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27 February 2023

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Bavinck: The Covenant of Grace in the OT

I’m continuing to make my way through Volume 3 of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics. Chapter 5, on the Covenant of […]

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9 June 2022

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Bavinck: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is something I’ve been asked about so many times, both in catechism classes and other […]

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3 June 2022

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Wrath and Love

Christians ought to delight in pondering God.  It ought to be our joy to think about him, what he’s done, […]

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16 May 2022

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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: Some […]

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13 November 2021

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We Distinguish: Broader/Narrower

It was March of 2001 and I was a newly ordained missionary serving in Fort Babine, British Columbia.  My sending […]

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11 June 2021

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A Sometimes Forgotten Figure in Our Church History

Bavinck: A Critical Biography, James Eglinton.  Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.  Hardcover, 450 pages. In my corner of the Reformed […]

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8 March 2021

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Herman Bavinck on Women in the Church

Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) stands with John Calvin and Abraham Kuyper as one of the greatest Reformed theologians.  He’s renowned for […]

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2 February 2021

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Some Recommended Resources on the Doctrine of the Covenant of Grace

As mentioned here previously, I’ve been preaching a series of catechetical sermons on the doctrine of the covenant of grace. […]

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12 May 2014

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Herman Bavinck on Education

One of the hats I wear is that of a sessional lecturer in church history at Covenant Canadian Reformed Teachers […]

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3 October 2012

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Book Review: Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck: Pastor, Churchman, Statesman, and Theologian, Ron Gleason, Phillipsburg: P&R, 2010.  Paperback, 511 pages, $29.99. Over the last decade […]

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2 February 2011

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The Rationalistic Attack on Scripture (Louis Praamsma) — 4

Today I’ve got the final installment of Dr. Louis Praamsma’s article from the December 1979 issue of The Outlook.  Praamsma […]

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2 April 2010

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You Can Pray to Christ!

One of the strangest teachings floating around some Reformed churches is the idea that we are not allowed to pray […]

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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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Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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Aiming to Please

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