Heidelcast For July 10, 2022: Every Tribe, Tongue, And Nation (7): First Head Of Doctrine (4)

by Heidelcast on July 9, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on the Canons of Dort where we are looking at the First Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort starting with Canons of Dort 1.8. They confessed what they did because the Remonstrants . . . Continue reading →

Critical Race Theory And “Our Desperate Need For The Word Of God”

by Heidelblog on July 9, 2022

Rhetoric related to critical theory is everywhere we turn. Watch the news, read social media, or listen to the radio. It would be hard to miss the nearly endless references to racism, sexism, and the economic and legal disparities between those who . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things (Part 3)

by S. M. Baugh on July 9, 2022

When working with foreign words, we should be aware of a very important distinction: the distinction between meaning and gloss. For our purposes, a gloss is an English word substitute for a Greek word. In simple cases, a gloss is perfectly satisfactory . . . Continue reading →

Psalmody And The Sexual Revolution: Or Yet Another Reason Why We Should Only Sing God’s Word

by R. Scott Clark on July 8, 2022

It was only a matter of time. There is a story on CNN about the 2019 publication of a LGBTQ hymnal, Songs For The Holy Other: Hymns Affirming the LGBTQIA2S+ Community. This collection is published by the Hymn Society, which is a . . . Continue reading →

Kuyper: The “Real Gold” Of Psalms And Idolization Of Hymns

by Heidelblog on July 8, 2022

When you compare the poetic and religious quality of the hymnal with our Psalter, the former looks like a child’s play. Gilded tin and real gold have nothing in common. And yet the inferior hymnal was quickly given such prominence by persons . . . Continue reading →

Reconciling the Divine Processions-Missions Relationship with Confessional Reformed Theology: An Engagement with Adonis Vidu’s The Divine Missions: An Introduction (Part 3)

by Harrison Perkins on July 7, 2022

This series of essays reflects upon Adonis Vidu’s new book about the divine missions to see how we who hold specifically to confessionally Reformed theology can think about and appropriate his arguments. The first post surveyed the book’s contents, and the second . . . Continue reading →

Murray: Because He Suffered, We Enter Glory

by Heidelblog on July 7, 2022

“If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him” is the condition upon which the attainment of the inheritance is contingent (cf. vs. 9). There is no sharing in Christ’s glory unless there is sharing . . . Continue reading →

Rosaria Butterfield In Conference Friday July 29, 2022: Five Lies Of Our Antichristian Age

by Heidelblog on July 6, 2022

Rosaria Butterfield will be in conference Friday evening, July 29, 2022 at the Escondido United Reformed Church (located at 1864 N. Broadway, Escondido CA, 92026) at 7:00 PM. Raised and educated in liberal Roman Catholic settings, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield earned her PhD from the . . . Continue reading →

Two Years Is Not Enough

by R. Scott Clark on July 6, 2022

A considerable percentage of church planting in the USA is done under the influence of a model that is likely to lead to congregations that are not Reformed in their practice and perhaps not in their theology and piety. That model says, . . . Continue reading →

More On The Quest For Illegitimate Religious Experience (QIRE)

by Heidelcast on July 6, 2022

In case you have ever wondered what QIRE means. Continue reading →

Identity After Abortion

by Heidelblog on July 6, 2022

I was 16 when I had my abortion, and in that moment, it felt like my identity was permanently altered. Convinced no one could truly know me if they didn’t know my shameful past, I became a reckless oversharer. New friends, first . . . Continue reading →

Charles Stover Discovers The Reformed Confession

by Charles Stover on July 5, 2022

It was my first staff meeting serving as a youth intern in my hometown church. My pastor, who had graciously allowed me to test my gifts in the pulpit before I went off to Bible college, wanted to know where I stood . . . Continue reading →

Imprisoned And Faithful: A Letter From Marie Durand

by Heidelblog on July 5, 2022

[Marie Durand] would be born in 1711 in Bouchet-de-Pranles into a community with a hoary past of linguistic, cultural, political, and religious autonomy. She was born into a church whose beliefs and practices were deeply rooted in the sixteenth-century Reformation and the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 109—The Seventh Commandment Is About Chastity

by Heidelcast on July 4, 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 →

A Debtor’s Ethic

by R. Scott Clark on July 4, 2022

John Piper has complained that the historic Reformed understanding of the Christian faith and life produces what he calls a “debtor’s ethic.” The assumption is that a “debtor’s ethic” is something that we are supposed to reject out of hand. I have . . . Continue reading →

Lewis: When Being “Humanitarian” Is Inhuman

by C. S. Lewis, Heidelblog on July 4, 2022

…My subject is not Capital Punishment in particular but that theory of punishment in general which the controversy showed to be almost universal among my fellow-countrymen. It may be called the Humanitarian theory. Those who hold it think that it is mild . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For July 3, 2022: A Mailbag Episode

by Heidelcast on July 2, 2022

During Dr Clark’s summer trip to Nebraska the mailbag (and Heideltext inbox) filled up so what was supposed to be an episode on the Canons of Dort became a Q&A episode. Never fear. The episode for next week returns to the Canons. . . . Continue reading →

Consider The Implications Had Kennedy Lost

by R. Scott Clark on July 2, 2022

In Kennedy v Bremerton, the Bremerton, WA School District argued that, were Coach Kennedy allowed to go to the 50 yard line to pray after games, student-athletes might feel pressured to join him for fear of losing playing time etc. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 108—What Does The 7th Commandment Teach?

by Heidelcast on July 2, 2022

God Of The Rainbow, Even In June

by Heidelblog on July 2, 2022

In keeping with common grace, this year’s month-long celebration of sexual sin brought with it rain on the righteous and the unrighteousness alike, harvests for the godly and the ungodly alike, new life, and even the protection of life in the overturning . . . Continue reading →