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A Larger Helping of Schilder

The Klaas Schilder Reader: The Essential Theological Writings, eds. George Harinck, Marinus DeJong and Richard Mouw (Bellingham: Lexham Academic, 2022).  […]

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22 August 2022

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Clarity from Schilder on “Paradox”

Some theologians have a reputation for being consistently clear.  Klaas Schilder isn’t one of them.  The editor of this new […]

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5 August 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: 10 […]

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14 August 2021

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We Distinguish: Antecedent/Consequent Conditions

One of the distinctives of Reformed churches is that we hold to what the Bible says about covenant theology; what’s […]

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20 July 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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A Powerful World War 2 Resistance Story

Faith and Victory in Dachau, Jack Overduin.  St. Catharines: Paideia Press, 1978.  Back in 2018 and early 2019, dark times […]

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22 December 2020

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The Accompanist as Prophet? — Excerpt from Aiming to Please

The following is an excerpt from Aiming to Please, chapter 16.  Aiming to Please:  A Guide to Reformed Worship can […]

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30 September 2020

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RCN Synod Goes 2020 — Course Reversal?

Though it’s not yet 2020, Synod 2020 of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands has begun in Goes.  The first […]

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26 November 2019

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Klaas van der Land’s Liberation Story (2)

I hated church history in school.  There were reasons for that — one of them was the textbook, another was […]

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15 August 2019

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The Liberation of 1944

This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of 1944.  If you have no idea what that is, […]

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14 August 2019

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Book Review: Children at the Lord’s Table?

NOTE:  I originally wrote this review in 2009.  However, ten years later, I’ve been hearing more about paedocommunion again.  This […]

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2 May 2019

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Klaas Schilder’s Christ and Culture — Some Notes

Way back in the day (I mean way back — even before university), I got it into my head to […]

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5 September 2017

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Personal Responsibility

Does calling for personal responsibility make one into an Arminian?  Some Reformed people have real trouble with holding people accountable […]

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8 August 2016

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Two Items on Klaas Schilder

Considering how much he wrote, there is relatively little available in English from Dr. Klaas Schilder.  For those who don’t […]

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8 June 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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