Heidelcast For July 31, 2022: Every Tribe, Tongue, And Nation (10): Second Head Of Doctrine (2)

by Heidelcast on July 31, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on the Canons of Dort where we are looking at the Second Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort on the atonement. In the debate between the Remonstrants (Arminians) and the Reformed, who . . . Continue reading →

Irenaeus: On Serving A God Who Needs Not Man’s Love

by Heidelblog on July 30, 2022

4. And therefore does the Scripture say, “These words the Lord spake to all the assembly of the children of Israel in the mount, and He added no more;” for, as I have already observed, He stood in need of nothing from . . . Continue reading →

Peace And Purity Provided By Authority: John Thomson’s Defense Of Presbyterian Church Polity (Part 2): Secondary Literature

by Tricia Howerzyl on July 30, 2022

Much of the scholarship of the period focuses on the ethnic divisions and ecclesiastical backgrounds of each of the members of the church. Scholars attribute the various conflicts to the diversity of convictions that each group of ministers brought to the table.19 . . . Continue reading →

Live: Rosaria Butterfield On Five Lies Of Our Antichristian Age

by Heidelblog on July 29, 2022

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Another “Idol Of The Heart” To Be Mortified: Placing Culture Over Christ

by R. Scott Clark on July 29, 2022

Twenty five years ago a famous preacher in NYC made the expression “idols of the heart” ubiquitous. There is another idol of the heart that needs to be added to the list. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 121—Why Do We Add “In Heaven”?

by Heidelcast on July 29, 2022

The Heidelberg Catechism is one of the most beloved and well used catechisms to emerge from the sixteenth and seventeenth century Reformation. Published in its final form in 1563, the catechism has been used by millions of Christians to teach the faith . . . Continue reading →

1689 Vs. The Westminster Confession (3): The Play-By-Play

by R. Scott Clark on July 29, 2022

Our comparison and contrast of the WCF with the 2LC continues through chapter 1, “Of the Holy Scriptures.” After the first section, the documents are identical until section 2, where the Savoy and the 2LC add a definite article to the last . . . Continue reading →

Will Abortion Test Americans’ Religious Fidelity?

by Heidelblog on July 29, 2022

The Dobbs decision has revealed fault lines in American Christianity. These fault lines lay just below the surface for a long while, but are now clearly exposed. As long as abortion was legal by Supreme Court decree, it was possible to identify . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 120—Why Do We Address God As “Our Father”?

by Heidelcast on July 28, 2022

Review: Guy Richard’s Baptism: Answers To Common Questions

by Jacob Aitken on July 28, 2022

One often hears the refrain, “Doctrine is not practical,” and many Reformed folk might protest, but of all the doctrines, we can agree that baptism is the most practical. When my own daughter was born, I knew I needed to have a . . . Continue reading →

Pseudo-Masculinity And The Qualities Of The Kingdom

by Heidelblog on July 28, 2022

Rather than being formed by the King of heaven, it can be tempting to soak up hours of the Joe Rogan podcast or to become imitators of Jordan Peterson. Rather than living out the ethical qualities of the kingdom (Matt. 5-7), some . . . Continue reading →

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Recruiting Kids To The LGBTQ Movement?

by R. Scott Clark on July 27, 2022

Did you know that the tax-funded CDC maintains a web page devoted to LGBTQ “health”? Do LGBTQ youth get different kinds of acne than straight teens? Continue reading →

Haldane: Romans 2:13 Is Law, Not Gospel

by Heidelblog on July 27, 2022

As for the last of them, which answers first in this 13th verse, he says that it is not sufficient for justification before God to have received the law, and simply to be hearers of it; but that must be observed and . . . Continue reading →

Redemption Is “Mission Accomplished”

by Heidelcast on July 27, 2022

Redemption was accomplished not attempted. Continue reading →

1689 Vs. The Westminster Confession (2): Nature, Grace, and Revelation

by R. Scott Clark on July 27, 2022

Since I first indicated that I intended to do this series, I have been challenged repeatedly by Baptist correspondents to justify the legitimacy and necessity of the series. Some have insisted, nay, demanded that I abandon the project as worthless. More than . . . Continue reading →

Discounted To $2.99: The Kindle Version Of Olevianus’ Exposition Of The Apostles’ Creed

by R. Scott Clark on July 26, 2022

It is good to see evangelicals rediscovering the Great Christian Tradition, i.e., the broad stream of ecumenical (universal) Christian truth represented by the ecumenical creeds. The confessional Reformed churches, however, have always, from the beginning of the Reformation, been aware of and . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 119—What Is The Lord’s Prayer?

by Heidelcast on July 26, 2022

The Antecedent To Worship

by Jared Beaird on July 26, 2022

We all agree there should be truth in worship. But shouldn’t worship also be in truth? There’s a big difference between having truth in worship and worshipping in truth. Having truth in worship means you got some Bible in there. But worshiping . . . Continue reading →

Millennials And The Fallout Of Post-Political Evangelicalism

by Heidelblog on July 26, 2022

Young Evangelicals, we are told, leave the faith because Evangelicals have changed political and social behaviors. There is little evidence for that. What evidence that is offered—Trump’s supposed popularity—is more evidence of Evangelicals not changing their political habits than of them changing. . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 118—For What Should We Pray?

by Heidelcast on July 25, 2022