Heidelcast 12: Worship, Baptism, And Romanism

On Worship, Baptism, and Romanism

by Heidelcast on March 10, 2013

David writes with a question on worship, which we may paraphrase thus: If we can do something in worship on a Wednesday night Bible study or in personal devotions why can’t we do it in a Sunday morning service? Ken asks whether . . . Continue reading →

Chalcedon Rejects Primacy Of Rome

Rome is a Sect

by Heidelblog on March 10, 2013

Following in every way the decrees of the holy fathers and recognising the canon which has recently been read out—the canon of the 150 most devout bishops who assembled in the time of the great Theodosius of pious memory, then emperor, in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 11b: Reforming Worship, Confession, And Marriage

by Heidelcast on March 10, 2013

Rummaging around the old hard drive I found a lost episode of the Heidelcast from December 2009. Sam wrote to ask about whether and how to approach his church about reforming their worship service. He also asked about the degree to which . . . Continue reading →

Heidelberg Conference on Reformed Theology

by R. Scott Clark on March 9, 2013

Long before there was a Young, Restless, and Reformed movement, there was a movement of young, settled, and confessionally Reformed pastors and theologians in Heidelberg. It began in the late 1550s and continued until 1576 when they were all ejected—for being Reformed. . . . Continue reading →

All Heretics Quote Scripture

An HB Classic

by R. Scott Clark on March 7, 2013

One of the Ecks (there were two) is (or was it Bob Godfrey?) reputed to have said (I can’t find the reference), “All heretics quote Scripture.” If he said it, he meant it as rebuke to Luther’s appeal to Scripture. Of course, . . . Continue reading →

But The Whole Three Persons Are Co-Equal And Co-Eternal

by Heidelblog on March 7, 2013

Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one . . . Continue reading →

Updated Audio/Video Resource Page

by R. Scott Clark on March 6, 2013

Sorry to mar the HB with my visage but the technical wizard must be obeyed and failure to use an image will bring a stern warning from him who must be obeyed. Anyway, I’ve updated the audio/video resource page from the more . . . Continue reading →

Van Til: Yet This Is Not The Whole Truth

by Cornelius Van Til, Heidelblog on March 6, 2013

Yet this is not the whole truth of the matter. We do assert that God, that is, the whole Godhead, is one person…. In other words, we are bound to maintain the identity of the attributes of God with the being of . . . Continue reading →

RRC Now Available on Kindle and iTunes!

by R. Scott Clark on March 6, 2013

Due to popular demand or just the ordinary movement of technology Recovering the Reformed Confession is now available via Kindle and iTunes for $9.99. As always, the hardcopy is available through the Bookstore (ding, ding!) at Westminster Seminary California. If the sound effects make . . . Continue reading →

Hide Your Pets

by R. Scott Clark on March 5, 2013

Yale University was founded by conservative congregational ministers in the early 18th century. For those who haven’t been looking much has changed at Yale since its founding. You can catch up a bit via William F. Buckely’s Jr’s 1951 classic, God and . . . Continue reading →

Berger: The New American Secularism Is In Defense Of The Sexual Revolution

by Heidelblog on March 5, 2013

Let me venture a sociological hypothesis here: The new American secularism is in defense of the sexual revolution. Since the 1960s there has indeed been a sexual revolution in America. It has been very successful in changing the mores and the law. . . . Continue reading →

Too Legit, Too Legit to Quit

MC Hammer Called. He wants His Costume Back

by R. Scott Clark on March 4, 2013

A “Not At This Time” Culture

by R. Scott Clark on March 4, 2013

7 minutes and 16 seconds. That’s how long nurses at Glenwood Gardens nursing home, in Bakersfield, CA, had to render aid to Lorraine Bayless. She was 87 years old and now she is dead. Perhaps you’ve heard the audio of the 911 call. . . . Continue reading →

Chicken of the Sea?

by R. Scott Clark on March 4, 2013

Reformed Churches have long posted a rooster-shaped weather vane atop their church buildings as a silent warning to their members not to deny Christ (Matt 26:34). The Church By the Sea in St Petersburg, FL is a congregational church founded in 1944. . . . Continue reading →

Pastor Willour is Reading RRC!

by Heidelblog on March 4, 2013

Pastor Geoff Willour is pastor of Lake OPC in Cleveland. He writes: “One of the things that I have noticed in recent years has been lots of discussion (both on the internet, and through numerous books and articles) on two trends in . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Steve Baugh on Hebrews 7:18-28

by R. Scott Clark on March 4, 2013

Steve Baugh, Professor of NT at Westminster Seminary California, joins us for this episode Office Hours that takes a look at Hebrews 7:18–28. Does Hebrews teach that the Ten Commandments are no longer valid for Christians? What does “law” mean here? How did the old . . . Continue reading →

Vatican I On Papal Infallibility

Sola Scriptura v Solo Papatu

by Heidelblog on March 3, 2013

We teach and define as a divinely revealed dogma that when the Roman pontiff speaks ex cathedra, that is, when, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 11a: The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (Pt 4)

by Heidelcast on March 3, 2013

We like the idea of direct, special revelation that speaks to our particular circumstances. Most of us don’t relish the idea of struggling in prayer, of dealing with doubt, of making a decision in the midst of uncertainty. God could clear things . . . Continue reading →

The Treasury Of The Church—”A Satanic Mockery”

by Heidelblog on March 2, 2013

Now very many persons see the base tricks, deceits, thefts, and greediness with which the indulgence traffickers have heretofore mocked and beguiled us, and yet they do not see the very fountain of the impiety itself. As a consequence, it behooves us . . . Continue reading →

What Reformed Confessionalists Can Learn From Orthodox Jews

by R. Scott Clark on March 1, 2013

Sports themes continue on the HB. The Blaze carries a story today about an Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston, TX. Last year they earned national attention when they were nearly disqualified from participating in the state basketball tournament because they refused . . . Continue reading →