Heidelberg Catechism In Audio

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2015 | 2 Comments

Peter wrote to ask about the Heidelberg Catechism as an audio book. Here it is: ©R. Scott Clark. All Rights Reserved. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering . . . Continue reading →

Congratulations To Senator Sasse

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2015 | 3 Comments

“Pray for those in authority over you.”

O’Rourke: Boomers As Perpetual Teens

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2015 | 3 Comments

“Don’t ever change!” we wrote in each other’s high school yearbooks. “Stay just the way you are!” What strange valedictions to give ourselves on the threshold of life. Imagine if we had obeyed them, and now everyone possessed the resolute solipsism of . . . Continue reading →

Is Efficiency A Virtue In The Church?

R. Scott Clark

on January 5, 2015 | 13 Comments

My Papa (Grandpa) was a great handyman. It seemed as if he could fix just about anything. He always brought his tools when he visited and we often had work for him to do. I remember the first time he said to . . . Continue reading →

Davenant Not As Deviant?

R. Scott Clark

on January 4, 2015 | 4 Comments

Some of what Davenant writes is clearer than other parts. But it seems that a primary thought is that Christ died for the world in a universal sense, from which flows what are nowadays called the gifts of common grace, and warrant . . . Continue reading →

What Do We Mean When We Say “Holy Catholic Church”?

R. Scott Clark

on January 3, 2015 | 2 Comments

Clinton writes to ask what we mean when we say, in the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe a holy catholic church.” He reports that some of his friends will not read the Apostles’ Creed, the Athanasian Creed, or the Heidelberg Catechism because they . . . Continue reading →

It is Not Heroic To Be A Celibate Homosexual

R. Scott Clark

on January 3, 2015 | 3 Comments

Perhaps most important of all from a pastoral perspective, rehabilitating the category of friendship will help us avoid the temptation of privileging the celibacy of one section of the single Christian population over another. The underlying values of Christian hero-worship have often . . . Continue reading →

A Seventh-Century Opinion On Every-Member Ministry

R. Scott Clark

on January 2, 2015 | 17 Comments

It does not befit a layman to dispute or teach publicly, thus claiming for himself authority to teach, but he should yield to the order appointed by the Lord, and to open his ears to those who have received the grace to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 80: God’s Holy Law (4)—The Second Commandment

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on January 1, 2015 | 7 Comments

All the commandments are challenging to us sinners. In the first commandment we saw that God will not share his glory with another. In the 2nd commandment we read and hear that we must worship the true God truly. We do not . . . Continue reading →