Dr. Reuben Bredenhof
Professor of Ministry and Mission
Pastoral Training Program Director
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After serving congregations in Canada and Australia, Dr. Bredenhof became Professor of Ministry and Mission at CRTS in 2023. He completed a PhD at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, exploring the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man in Luke 16:19-31. His personal website can be found here.
Select Bibliography
- DISSERTATION AND THESIS
- Failure and Prospect in the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man: Reading Luke 16:19-31 in the Context of Luke-Acts. PhD dissertation,St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, 2016.
- “I Speak as to My Children”: 2 Corinthians and Paul’s Relationship with the Church at Corinth. M.Th. thesis, St. Stephen’s College, 2009.
- ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
- “The Unpardonable Sin in the Synoptic Gospels: An Arbitrary Limit to God’s Grace?” in Whom the Son Sets Free: Liberating Doctrines for the Conservative Church, eds. Kevaughn Mattis and Sherelle Ducksworth (forthcoming, 2023).
- “Take the Time to Read a Chronological Bible” (The Gospel Coalition – Australia: Dec 16, 2022)
- “Are Things Getting Worse?” (The Gospel Coalition – Australia: Oct 4, 2022)
- “Looking for Lazarus: Assigning Meaning to the Poor Man in Luke 16.19–31,” New Testament Studies 66 (2020): 51-67.
- “Can I Even Change?” (The Gospel Coalition – Australia: April 1, 2022)
- Psalms 18-20, 50, 86, 89-92, 141-145 in Christ’s Psalms, Our Psalms: Study Resource. Edited by P. Holtvlüwer (Winnipeg, MB: Reformed Perspective Press, 2020).
- “Churches, Pastors, and Money” (Modern Reformation – Oct 25, 2021)
- “The Testing of Pastoral Praise” (The Gospel Coalition – Australia: Sept 10, 2021)
- “Weak Servants of a Powerful Christ” (Modern Reformation – June 11, 2021)
- “Praying Out Loud” – five-part series (Una Sancta, Sept to Dec 2020)
- BOOKS
- Thank God: Becoming More Grateful to the Greatest of Givers (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2023).
- Weak Pastor, Strong Christ: Developing a Christ-Shaped Gospel Ministry (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2021).
- Failure and Prospect: Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31) in the Context of Luke-Acts (Library of New Testament Studies 603; London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019).
- Hallowed: Echoes of the Psalms in the Lord’s Prayer (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2019).
- Wise: Living by the Ancient Words of the Commandments and Proverbs (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2018).
