Conservatives spent sixty years arguing that the family and the local community, not the state, should decide what the good life looks like. The socialist left rejected that because it loves the collective. The postliberal right now rejects it because it is . . . Continue reading →
Video: Do vs. Done—The Law/Gospel Distinction with Dr. R. Scott Clark
A recent online critique of “law and gospel preaching” prompted this conversation between Pastor Chris Gordon and Dr. R. Scott Clark. Rather than dismissing the criticism, they take it seriously: yes, a preacher can force a grid onto a text, flatten every . . . Continue reading →
What We Can Learn From Luther About Overcoming Fear
On April 16, 1521, Martin Luther arrived in the city of Worms to appear before the imperial court of the Holy Roman Empire. The previous year, Pope Leo X issued a papal bull against the German monk for his writings. Now Luther . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Did We Come to Faith? (Part Two)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about faith. Continue reading →
Review: Letters from America By Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987) is among the most notable apologists of the twentieth century. Much ink has been spilled over his apologetic methodology often referred to as presuppositionalism. In Letters from America: A Dutch Reformed Perspective on the Struggle for Orthodoxy in . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Did We Come to Faith? (Part One)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about faith. Continue reading →
Looking For The Kingdom Of God (Part 1)
The kingdom of God is one of the central themes in Scripture, essential for the Christian faith and life. Consider that Mark’s gospel account opens with the announcement that “the kingdom of God is at hand” (1:15). Indeed, this is Jesus’s own . . . Continue reading →
Hart: The History Between The Reformation And Modernity Matters
To hear some people talk, you would think that the birth of freedom, democracy, and the modern world started with the Protestant Reformation. In fact, the coincidence of faith and modernity has less to do with Martin Luther than with John Calvin, . . . Continue reading →
Chicago Public Schools Forced By Lawsuit To Admit Moody Grads To Program
Four months after filing a religious discrimination lawsuit on behalf of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys reached a favorable settlement with the Chicago Board of Education. Chicago Public Schools had prevented Moody, a private Christian college, from . . . Continue reading →
Grieving Together: A Husband’s Call After Miscarriage
When my wife and I married, she was nineteen and I was twenty-one. “Young” and “foolish” were used more than once to describe our swift romance. We did not care. We were excited about our life together and especially the prospect of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: To The Evangelical Nicodemites (Part Four)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about nicodemites. Continue reading →
A Concise Case For Covenant Baptism
Christian doctrine has never been determined by one or two proof texts. It’s always a matter not only of considering everything Scripture teaches on a subject, but then also using reason to collate and systematize all of that teaching. The classic example . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 7–13, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Continue reading →
Does the Westminster Confession Teach Baptismal Regeneration? (Part 3)
So far in this series we have surveyed some significant voices in the interpretation of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), and we have considered one of the more important documents in its background, the Scots Confession. Now it remains to consider . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast for September 12, 2026: Rome, Constantinople, or Geneva (Part 12): The Blessed Virgin Mary (2)
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 →
What About The “Holy Land”?
Full disclosure: I’ve always been pro-Israel and am so today, at least if that means that the nation has a right to exist. Since 1948, Israel has fought for its own existence, while Palestinians have also defended their homes. The only way . . . Continue reading →
A Glorious Unfairness: Psalm 35 (Part 2)
So far in Psalm 35, the poetry has displayed how the psalmist had shown kindness, lamenting his sick enemies as he would have his own mother. He cared for and visited those who were opposing him when they were down. But the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Churches and Homeschooling “Ministries”
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss churches and homeschooling “ministries” Continue reading →
Today Is Not A Day For Indulging In Myths And Foolish Speculation
Throughout Scripture, when historical events are being discussed, they are of tantamount importance. Unlike pagan myths that often focus on the universal principles of a story, there is a weightiness to Scripture’s treatment of history. The validity of our very faith depends . . . Continue reading →
Available Again In Print: Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant
For those who’ve asked, Dr Clark’s book, Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant: The Double Benefit of Christ (Reformation Heritage Books, 2008) is now available exclusively via Amazon ($25.00). It is still being published by RHB but they are distributing . . . Continue reading →