What a church looks like on the outside—what we usually mean when we say architecture—is relatively unimportant. The primary work of the church, and the primary way a church is worked on and built up, is through the means of grace, its worship, which generally . . . Continue reading →
A Summons to Sing: Psalm 47 (Part Two)
Ascension Thursday is fast approaching. This day is forty days after the resurrection, marking when Christ ascended into heaven. And, as one of my favorite puns has it, many of us today suffer from ascension deficit disorder. Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Should We Pray for our Pets? | Lord’s Day Evening Services?
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Any Text Without A Context Is Pretext For A Prooftext
So said my homiletics (preaching) professor, Derke Bergsma. I do not know if that aphorism was original to Derke (he often quoted R. B. Kuiper to us in class, e.g., “Men, there are three points to every sermon, the text, the text, . . . Continue reading →
Video: Guilt, Grace, Gratitude: A Reformed Look at Hebrews
Join Rev. Chris Gordon (Escondido URC, Westminster Seminary Graduate) and Dr. Steve Baugh (Professor Emeritus, Westminster Seminary California) as they delve into the Book of Hebrews. They discuss the central theme: the call for persevering faith in Christ alone. Dr. Baugh explains . . . Continue reading →
Tennessee Valley Overture On Christian Nationalism
Whereas, the duties of Christian citizenship are often disputed and prove perennially difficult for both elders and church members to discern; and Whereas, confusion exists about the proper relation between church and state; and Whereas, due to recent movements, publications, popular teachings, . . . Continue reading →
R. Scott Clark On The Heidelberg Catechism: A Short Review
To say that this is a lifetime’s work by an elite historical theologian may be an understatement. Professor R. Scott Clark, who has taught Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary in California for decades, has been working on this project for decades. He . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (6)
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
Machen Was Right
The old mother kirk of American Presbyterianism holds treasures of the mind and heart that few have ever seen. She has lived through a Revolution with England; divided over Black slavery only to be united again; welcomed seceding (Associate and United) Presbyterians . . . Continue reading →
Fleeing Biblicism: Away From Self, Unto Christ (Part 1)
Have you ever heard a Christian say something along the lines of, “Scripture destroys that argument!” At the best of times, this appears to be an excited proclamation of the Scripture’s power—indeed, the power of God and his truth over all things. . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (5)
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
Dear Pastor, Do Not Be Surprised By Troublemakers In The Congregation
The pastor need not be surprised if he finds troublers in his church. The discovery of such persons among the professed people of God sometimes shocks ministers, especially inexperienced ones, and discourages them, and sometimes leads them unwisely to give up their . . . Continue reading →
The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 15)—The Holy Catholic Church
When I lived in the UK, I had to go on one occasion to the US embassy in London. As I entered the embassy, I was struck by how different the atmosphere of the whole place was. A list of things stood . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (4)
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
Baillie Versus Tombes (2): How The Particular Baptists Appeared To Early Presbyterians
When the light of the Gospel from the Lamp of Luther did begin to shine in all the corners of Germany high and low, the aforementioned unhappy men Stock and Müntzer, did begin also to breath out a pestiferous vapor for to . . . Continue reading →
Defenders Of Orthodoxy Are Always Castigated As Mean
As early as 1925, Machenism was a codeword for BIG FAT CHURCH MEANIE-PANTS EXTRORDINAIRE . . . only two years after Christianity and Liberalism was published. It would seem that purveyors of clear and punchy polemic have never gone unpunished in the parlors of the . . . Continue reading →
Why Christians Call Mary Theotokos (Part 1)
We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Deity and also perfect in humanity; truly God and truly man, of a rational soul . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 5–12, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of May 5–12. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 11, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (36): Our Final Standing Before God
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Role of A Prophet in the New Covenant | Are There Inherently Sinful Forms of Music? | The Perpetual Virginity of Mary?
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →