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A Guide for Service — For Everyone

In Holy Service: Essays on Office – Personal and Ecclesial, Cornelis Van Dam.  Hamilton: Lucerna CRTS Publications, 2023.  Softcover, 239 […]

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12 February 2024

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Dear Abusive Men

Dear abusive men in the church, I so often feel like berating you, but in what follows I actually want […]

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12 June 2023

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GKV No More

As of May 1, the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) no longer exist.  In the Netherlands they were known […]

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9 May 2023

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Evangelical Feminism –> Liberalism

Though it was written a few years ago now (2006), and though I don’t stand behind every argument he presents, […]

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4 May 2023

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The Concerning Direction of the Australian Christian Lobby

Out there you’ll find people claiming to be Christians who say that a homosexual lifestyle is compatible with the Bible.  […]

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5 April 2023

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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: Is […]

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ICRC: GKV Membership Terminated

The 2022 International Conference of Reformed Churches is being held at the moment in Namibia. At the last ICRC meeting […]

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14 October 2022

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I Recommend

In the last week I’ve shared the following links on social media (see here for my Facebook author page) and […]

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18 June 2022

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Men and Women in the Church

You can read my review of Kevin DeYoung’s latest book over here at Reformed Perspective.

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22 June 2021

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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: Women […]

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15 May 2021

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Book Review: The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church, R. Albert Mohler Jr..  Nashville: Nelson Books, 2020.  Hardcover, 223 pages. Albert […]

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21 July 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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What’s Wrong With Hillsong?

Hillsong is one of Australia’s most well-known exports.  They’re known not only for their praise and worship music brand, but […]

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2 September 2019

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Another Farewell to the RCN

Not a lot of news has been coming out of the CanRC Synod in Edmonton.  So far, they’ve published some […]

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20 May 2019

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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

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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