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The Reformation of Purgatory

One of the most important Reformers in the Low Countries was Guido (or Guy) de Brès.  Martyred in 1567, we […]

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25 October 2017

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The Reformation versus the Post-Reformation?

For quite a while it was customary for historians, theologians, and preachers to bewail the post-Reformation as a sort of […]

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17 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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Calvin: Ministers Ought Not to Steal

I’m reading through John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.  For the first time.  Yes, shamefacedly, I have to admit […]

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1 August 2017

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Unbelief in the Institutes

There are several English translations of John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.  The most popular is the Ford Lewis […]

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Must-Have NT Commentary Set

There are questions that I wish people would ask.  Questions like:  “If I had the means, what one set of […]

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11 July 2017

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The Reformation and Psalm-Singing

Worship was one of the key issues that led to the break with Rome we call the Reformation.  The Reformation […]

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2 May 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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Calvin: “A false and dangerous make-believe”

“Let us ask those who possess nothing but church membership, and yet want to be called Christians, how they can […]

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28 July 2016

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Calvin’s Prayer Following His Lecture on Ezekiel 3:18-20

This coming Sunday we have the ordination/installation of office bearers at the Providence Canadian Reformed Church.  I plan to preach […]

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30 April 2015

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Mockingjay and Reformed Political Theory

At the moment, the third installment of the Hunger Games series continues to dominate box office sales.  Mockingjay (Part 1) […]

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8 December 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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John Calvin and the Mosaic Civil and Judicial Laws

Today I’ll share one last excerpt from the Reformation Church History course.  This is a topic relating to John Calvin […]

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19 February 2014

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John Calvin and Michael Servetus

Today I’ll share another excerpt from my Reformation Church History course that I recently taught in the Philippines and, before […]

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18 February 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

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

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Aiming to Please

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