A lot of things are trad right now—tradwives, tradlife, tradcaths (in theory, pre-Vatican II Catholics; in practice, zoomer converts with a flair for ornamental aesthetics). In each case, tradness refers to the ambiguous yearning for an idealized version of the old days, . . . Continue reading →
December 2022 Archive
Heidelminicast: Berkhof Contra Postmillennialism (1)
These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. Heidelminicast Series: Contra Postmillennialism All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How . . . Continue reading →
Paying Tuition To Sodom
In this space I have been very critical of American public education and rightly so. It was a flawed system from its beginnings in the nineteenth century (which probably did a better job of educating students than its intellectual foundations even intended) . . . Continue reading →
An Update on the Reformation in Africa
In May, we opened our new training center in Meru, Kenya and had men attending our class on Covenant Theology from Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and two from Ethiopia. Nearly forty in attendance. I celebrated my 70th birthday during that . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For December 11, 2022: Sin, Salvation, Service: the Threefold Truth of Romans (1)
In this episode, Dr. Clark inaugurates a new Heidelcast series on Romans. He begins by discussing the context, audience, author, date, and purpose of the letter. Dr. Clark also answers questions from Zechariah about the Swedish Reformed, from Valt about Moses and . . . Continue reading →
Saturday Psalm Series: Singing In Acts 16:25 And Plausibility Structures
In the English Standard Version, Acts 16:25 says “[a]bout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them…”. Several other translations (e.g., NASB, NIV, TEV, ASV, RSV, NLT, NKJV, HCSB) follow this or a . . . Continue reading →
Vitringa: The Gospel—A Light Accompanied By Warmth
But the word of the gospel explains to a man the riches of divine love and grace. This word of grace offers the remission of sins and eternal life to the one who believes in Christ Jesus the true Mediator. It gently . . . Continue reading →
Canons Of Dork #9 For December 10, 2022
Tis the season. Continue reading →
On Being Reformed Now Discounted 70% Until Dec 31, 2022
The publisher has discounted the hardcover version of On Being Reformed 70% until December 31, 2022. The coupon code is PALHC. It is typically $74.99 and it is now $22.50. Read more»
Heidelminicast: Bavinck Contra Postmillennialism (2)
These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. Heidelminicast Series: Contra Postmillennialism All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How . . . Continue reading →
Theonomy Imposes An Artificial Worldview
Those who have been swept up with various forms of theonomy (or Christian Nationalism) should reflect deeply on the redemptive-historical role of the Old Covenant civil law as well as on how the Apostles spiritually applied it to the New Covenant church. . . . Continue reading →
The Narcissism of Evangelical Latitudinarianism
This essay was written before I published Recovering the Reformed Confession (2008), which, remarkably and quite unexpectedly, remains in print. In it, I interacted with a book review published in Christianity Today which serves as a symbol of the way Pietists and modern evangelicals . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Bavinck Contra Postmillennialism (1)
These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. Heidelminicast Series: Contra Postmillennialism All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How . . . Continue reading →
Why Do Believers Still Sin?
Sin is greatly confusing for believers. The apostle captures this in Romans 7 when he says “the things that I will not, these I do.” How could the apostle seem to speak in such a defeated manner with regard to sin a . . . Continue reading →
A Sacrifice for Sin Made by God to God: A Review of Benjamin Wheaton’s Suffering not Power
In his book Suffering Not Power: Atonement in the Middle Ages, Benjamin Wheaton, a PhD graduate from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, challenges the conventional narrative popularized by Gustav Aulén that Christus Victor was the prevailing view . . . Continue reading →
Christian Nationalism Might Be Cosplay: The Babylon Bee Interview
R. Scott Clark interviewed on the Babylon Bee Podcast about Christian Nationalism, Christ and Culture, Baptism, Calvinism and More Continue reading →
January 13, 2023: Five Topics, Four Podcasts, One Room
New: Resource Page On Romans
The most important thing to know about the book of Romans is that it was inspired by God the Spirit and given to the church through the Apostle Paul. It is God’s holy, infallible and inerrant Word. Another very important thing (but . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Tadaka Maruyama On Calvin’s Response To The Anabaptists
These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. Heidelminicast Series: Contra Postmillennialism All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How . . . Continue reading →
Nature Is Nature (And Cloud Cuckoo Land Is Just That)
In 1996, the United States Senate passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA). The bill said, No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to . . . Continue reading →