It is true, however, that Luther did not normally conceive of the Christian’s social responsibility as transforming the existing structures of society. While persons can be transformed by the gospel in the kingdom of God, institutions can only be reformed by the . . . Continue reading →
The Significance Of Paul’s Silence On Caesar Acknowledging Christ’s Lordship
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of May 29–June 4, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 29–June 4, 2023. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For June 4, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (21)
In this episode Dr Clark turns to Romans 6:1 where he considers Paul’s answer to the question: should we sin that grace may abound? He also answers questions about eschatology (already and not yet), on whether Thomas Aquinas was a believer, whether . . . Continue reading →
Shedd: Thomas Was Right, Scotus Was Wrong
A controversy respecting the atonement sprang up between Duns Scotus and the followers of Aquinas, which involved fundamental principles in ethics and religion, and divided the Romish Church into two great parties of Thomists and Scotists. Duns Scotus denied the Anselmic doctrine . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (31)
This is part 31 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
The Canons Of Dork #17 For June 3, 2023
That never occurred to Gomer. Continue reading →
¿En qué debe creer un cristiano para ser salvo?
Con frecuencia, surgen las preguntas “¿En qué debe creer un cristiano para ser salvo?” o: “¿Cuáles son los elementos esenciales para ser salvo?” Casi siempre, la respuesta evangélica general es: “No necesitas mucho.” Los evangélicos tienden al minimalismo en la doctrina (en . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (30)
This is part 30 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Video: With Chris Gordon On Christ, Culture, Theocracy, And More
Part 1» RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering the Reformed Confession (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian What Must A Christian Believe? Heidelblog Contributors . . . Continue reading →
Laboring Among the Cornfields: Pastoring Rural America
When I tell people that I pastor a church in Illinois, they invariably assume that I mean Chicago. And when I tell them that the church is actually in southern Illinois, in a city of just 4,000, they generally do not know . . . Continue reading →
A Sketch of the Christian’s Catechism (Ames)
William Ames (1576-1633) plays several crucial roles in the transmission and development of Reformed Orthodoxy. As a student of William Perkins, he carried forward Perkins’ strong Reformed theology. At the same time, Ames ministered among leading theologians in the Netherlands, combining both . . . Continue reading →
Should We Curse God and Die?
As Christians in America, and especially the PCA, are still reeling and grieving with our brothers and sisters at Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Covenant School in Nashville, there is an understandable and appropriate righteous indignation that we have all felt welling . . . Continue reading →
Berkhof: If We Lose This, It Is All Over
Justification takes place once for all. It is not repeated, neither is it a process; it is complete at once and for all time. There is no more or less in justification; man is either fully justified, or he is not justified . . . Continue reading →
Sub-Christian Nationalism? (Part 2)
Until the early twentieth century, most Christians used some distinction between nature and grace, and the sacred and the secular. In the 1970s and 80s, however, American Christian fundamentalists (e.g., Jerry Falwell) began to use the adjective “secular” disparagingly. Similarly, the use . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (29)
This is part 29 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Discovering the Reformed Confession: Young, Restless, and “Calvinistic” (Part One)
I first heard the terminology of the “five points of Calvinism” in the mid-1990s from a youth pastor at our evangelical megachurch. He was convinced that Calvinism is true and biblical. One evening, my wife and I went to dinner with him . . . Continue reading →
Baylor Charters LGBTQ Organization
PRISM, an LGBTQ student organization, hosted an on-campus “Queer Sex Ed” event on Mar. 23 at Baylor, a Christian university in Waco, Tex. “Secret is out. See you tomorrow,” the flyer caption, posted to the group’s Instagram, reads. “You can still DM . . . Continue reading →
Small Is Beautiful
If Google is a reliable search engine, the anniversary of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church on June 11 passed without any mention by the press. The reasons are not hard to fathom. The OPC is small, and it lacks a celebrity. In an . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of May 22–28, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 22–28, 2023. Continue reading →