The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, Pastoral Commentary (1,060 pages, hardcover) is available now. Continue reading →
Available Now: The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, Pastoral Commentary
Ancient Christian Opposition To Abortion And Infanticide
You must not waver with regard to your decisions. “You shall not take the Lord’s name in vain.” You shall love your neighbor more than your own life. You shall not abort a child nor, again, commit infanticide. You must not withhold . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: One Major Difference Between the Reformed and Evangelicals
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Evangelicals and the Reformed. Continue reading →
Review: The Eternal Son By Robert Letham
Jesus Christ is the center of Christianity. Our faith is named after him. One of the crucial questions then must be: Who is Jesus Christ? In his new volume, The Eternal Son, Robert Letham tackles this question about Christ’s identity. This book . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Molech Then & Now
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Molech. Continue reading →
The Hall of God’s Faithfulness, Part 3: Faith And God’s Impossible Promise (Hebrews 11:8–16)
Impossible. The word conjures up thoughts of flapping your arms and flying or walking across the Pacific Ocean. Some things just seem impossible. When I was younger, I remember thinking that it was impossible to wait for the month of December because . . . Continue reading →
Because Of Christ’s Bodily Ascension Christ Has Instituted Word, Sacraments, And Prayer
We cannot take direct hold of Christ himself in a physical sense because he is bodily in heaven. We are not directly surrounded by his physical kingdom in the new creation yet, even though he reigns in heaven. So, his promises must . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Did Christians Teach Predestination Before Augustine?
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about predestination and Augustine. Continue reading →
New Book Release: A Penitent People By Harrison Perkins
Harrison Perkins has released a new book, A Penitent People: The Doctrine of Repentance (Christian Focus, 2025). Drawing from Scripture and Reformed tradition, A Penitent People illuminates repentance as both personal posture and communal practice. Through thoughtful examinations of key biblical passages, . . . Continue reading →
Westminster Divine Thomas Ford Against Continuationism
I suppose no sober man will now pretend to any such extraordinary gift, which ceased in the church long since, as the gift of tongues, and other effects of the Spirit extraordinary. Continue reading →
A Partial Explanation of Psalm One By Girolamo Zanchi
Zanchi’s explanation of the psalm provides an excellent introduction to his orations and to his thinking about theological education. In it he reckoned that the psalmist’s main message was simply that “we should devote ourselves, with our whole soul, to the pursuit of God’s law and piety and [that] we should meditate upon that law day and night.” As simple as is this plain reading of the text, it is a keynote to which Zanchi returned over and over. Continue reading →
What Is Reformed Theology? (Part 7)
There was a time when most of the world was outside the promises and people of God (Eph 2:12). From the formation of the national Israelite church under Moses, the world was, from the biblical perspective, divided between Jews and Gentiles. The temporary ceremonial and judicial laws, which were fulfilled by Christ and which expired with and were abrogated by his death (Acts 10 [all]), taught that not only certain foods were unclean (and illegal) and defiling but also that whole people groups were also unclean and defiling. Since the Lord instituted the sacrament of circumcision under Abraham (Gen 17:9–14) the Jewish church had been literally and figuratively cut off from the surrounding Gentile religions. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of November 3–9, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of November 3–9. Continue reading →
Trueman: It’s Not Big Eva Now But Gig Eva
Many years ago, I coined the term “Big Eva.” While today the term is used as a quick and lazy smear for any well-known figures of a previous generation that a particular X-man happens to dislike, at the time I intended it . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For November 9, 2025: Have This Mind: Philippians (4)
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “Have This Mind” Continue reading →
Young Men Seduced Online To Murderous Nihilism
Early on January 1, 2025, as everyone else in Los Angeles was still ringing in the new year, Jonathan Rinderknecht hiked into the Santa Monica Mountains and, with his cigarette lighter, allegedly set some paper or brush or both alight. The flames . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Are Youth Groups Beneficial?
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
From Glory To Glory: The Story Of Christ In Psalms 15–24 (Part 7)—Psalm 18 And Christ’s Cords Of Death
The time when I felt closest to death was years ago as I was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, trying to get back to shore. The trouble occurred while I was still a long distance from shore and felt this horrible . . . Continue reading →
Video: R. Scott Clark Talks With Kevin DeYoung About His New Book, The Heidelberg Catechism
R. Scott Clark chats with Kevin DeYoung about his new book: The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, & Pastoral Commentary. Continue reading →
What Would Calvin Say About Premillennialism?
In 2007, a prominent evangelical (Bible church) pastor suggested that were Calvin alive today he would be premillennial and that true Calvinists should be (pre-trib, Dispensational) premillennialists.1 Some of us were a little surprised about this breakthrough in Calvin studies coming from . . . Continue reading →