In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss Exodus 20:4 and Statues, Family Photos, and Art. Continue reading →
Psalm 53 begins with one of the bluntest diagnoses of the human heart in all of Scripture: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” This does not mean that every sinner becomes a formal atheist. It means something deeper . . . Continue reading →
This is one of the greatest temptations of artificial intelligence—it can craft itself into whatever image we desire, and in fact it is designed to do so while minimizing our active participation. The underlying technology of predictive large language models utilizes weighted . . . Continue reading →
Dr. R. Scott Clark continues the covenant theology series, tracing Exodus 6:5, Deuteronomy 5:1-3, and Jeremiah 31:31-34 to show how the new covenant fulfills, rather than replaces, God’s covenant of grace. Continue reading →
If you have been following the Heidelblog you know that there has emerged a movement that has captured the attention and even the affections of some within the confessing Presbyterian and Reformed world. This movement has become significant enough that several denominations . . . Continue reading →
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of two flight attendants, Lacey Smith and Marli Brown, who claim they were wrongfully terminated from their positions at Alaska Airlines, and discriminated against by the flight attendants’ union, because . . . Continue reading →
Pastors are sinners. This sentence is not overly pleasant to read or think about. But it is true that, like other people, pastors in Christ’s church are far from perfect. They stumble in many ways. Even the godliest pastor struggles with various . . . Continue reading →
The phrase “woke right” has been around for several years. In a 2022 interview, U.S. representative Dan Crenshaw (R) criticized the “woke right,” which he described as a mostly “online phenomenon.” According to Crenshaw, people on the woke right portray themselves as . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Jonathan Edwards. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Jonathan Edwards. Continue reading →
There are truly important works that simply have been forgotten or unjustly ignored. One of these is William Ames’s Fresh Suit Against Human Ceremonies in defense of the Reformed theology and practice of worship. Another is William Perkins’s 1597 treatise A Reformed Catholic, subtitled Or . . . Continue reading →
In 1935, U.S. Ambassador To Germany William Dodd warned the State Department of the “virtually dictatorial powers over Protestant Church matters” the new Nazi Minister of Church Affairs possessed. Describing the ecclesiastical resistance to Adolf Hitler’s desperate grasp for the keys to . . . Continue reading →
The subject of family worship is simultaneously one of the most frequently espoused, consistently cataloged, and thoroughly proffered topics in the history of Reformed and Presbyterian teaching, and (at least in our day) one of the most neglected practices in many Christian . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Jonathan Edwards. Continue reading →
On September 27, 1933, the national synod of the German Evangelical Church met in Wittenberg, Germany. A parade of clerics in dark robes processed along the town’s main street, passing the Stadtkirche where Martin Luther used to preach. The metal crosses hanging . . . Continue reading →
What is it that haunts the nightmares of parents of children with disabilities—with cerebral palsy, let’s say, or, given our psychologized times, perhaps even a propensity towards depression? I discovered the answer in a recent conversation with a friend who has a . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of June 29-July 5, 2026. Continue reading →
Several articles1 have been written about the recent vote of the 46th Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) General Assembly (June 2026) approving a revised pastoral letter on human sexuality2 that allows congregations and presbyteries to consider the ordination of same-sex-attracted church officers. The . . . Continue reading →
American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. Continue reading →
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, widely considered the strongest argument for this position, Stephen Wolfe contends that the “classical Protestant position is that the civil magistrate can punish external religion—e.g., heretical teaching, false rites, blasphemy, and Sabbath-breaking—because such actions can cause . . . Continue reading →