It was March of 2001 and I was a newly ordained missionary serving in the First Nations community of Fort Babine, British Columbia. My sending church, the Smithers Canadian Reformed. . . Continue reading
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About Pastor Wes Bredenhof
Wes Bredenhof serves the Free Reformed Church of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; after serving as a missionary and pastor in Canada. He has an M.Div. from the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary and a Th.D. from Reformation International Theological Seminary. He’s the author of numerous articles and several books. He regularly blogs at www.bredenhof.ca. We Distinguish: Essentially/Personally
Theological distinctions matter. We need them for sound theology. That theology then goes on to inform how we think and live as Christians. Today I want to look at a. . . Continue reading
Jesus Said Nothing About Homosexuality?
Some claiming to be Christians assert there’s nothing wrong with homosexual lusts or behaviours. Sometimes such “Christians” identify themselves as “progressive Christians.” At other times they refer to themselves as. . . Continue reading
Discern Regeneration
Read this quote carefully: We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for. . . Continue reading
Discern Justification
Justification is rightly said to be “the doctrine by which the church stands or falls.” It’s a central facet of the biblical good news. If you mess up on justification,. . . Continue reading
Discern God’s Justice
“A God without wrath brought men without sin into a world without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross” — that’s how H. Richard Niebuhr described the. . . Continue reading
Discern the Doctrine of the Trinity
How well do you know your Christian truth from error? Are you able to discern when the theological wool is being pulled over your eyes? In this series of posts,. . . Continue reading
We Distinguish (Part 6) — Moral/Ceremonial/Civil
In this series, we’re surveying some of the most important Reformed theological distinctions. These aren’t irrelevant or minor points of theology. Rather, these are distinctions where, if you get them. . . Continue reading
We Distinguish…(Part 5) — Active/Passive Obedience
In this series, we’re surveying some of the most important Reformed theological distinctions. These aren’t irrelevant or minor points of theology. Rather, these are distinctions where, if you get them. . . Continue reading
We Distinguish…(Part 4) — Law/Gospel
In this series, we’re surveying some of the most important Reformed theological distinctions. These are not irrelevant or minor points of theology. Rather, these are distinctions where, if you get. . . Continue reading