Therefore we, being justified by faith, do good works, through which, as 2 Peter 1:10 says, our call and election are confirmed and made more certain day by day. But because we have only the first fruits of the Spirit and do . . . Continue reading →
September 2023 Archive
Godfrey: What Does It Mean To Be Reformed?
RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering the Reformed Confession (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian What Must A Christian Believe? Heidelblog Contributors Resources On . . . Continue reading →
More On Christian Nationalist Racism
Worldliness isn’t a leftist trait. It’s not just progressive “Christians” who can be deceived by unbiblical views on race. Satan is cunning. If he’s able to deceive Puritans into embracing white supremacy, he’s able to deceive conservative protestants into embracing Kinism. Kinism . . . Continue reading →
New: Resources On Physical, Sexual, And Spiritual Abuse In The Church
Sexual, physical, and spiritual abuse is a reality in the visible church. Those of us in the Pauline-Augustinian tradition should not be shocked or surprised since the Scriptures and the Augustinian doctrine of sin teaches us to expect as much. What remains . . . Continue reading →
On Being Truly Postmodern
There is a good deal of talk in contemporary evangelicalism about the rise, nature, and effect of so-called postmodernism, a movement in architecture, literature, philosophy, and religion associated with a circle of French writers such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. In . . . Continue reading →
Lewis On Nature, “Bodysnatchers,” and “Little Scientists”
My point may be clear to some if it is put in a different form. Nature is a word of varying meanings, which can best be understood if we consider its various opposites. The Natural is the opposite of the Artificial, the . . . Continue reading →
Review: The Gospel under Siege: A Study on Faith and Works By Zane C. Hodges
How may believers be assured that they have eternal life? What impact do faith, good works, commitment, apostasy, and baptism have on our formulation of the biblical doctrine of assurance? Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 9
This is part 9 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 8
This is part 8 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Luther: Since No One Does So
When Paul says: “He who does them, etc.,” he is comparing the righteousness of the Law and that of faith, as he also does in Romans 10:5 ff. It is as though he were saying: “It would indeed be fine if someone . . . Continue reading →
The Gospel According To John (MacArthur)—Part 13
Many years ago, at an ecclesiastical meeting, there was a worship service. The minister preaching was retired but something of a hero in the denomination. He and others had stood for the truth when many others had taken an easier and more . . . Continue reading →
Make No Compromise With Sin—Judas, Revoice, and Raising the Black Flag
When the black flag was hoisted in warfare, it indicated no quarter would be given to the enemy. This is the sort of war we must make against our own sin, because sin seeks only to dominate us until it destroys us. . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 7
This is part 7 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Upcoming Conference—The Foundation of our Faith: William Perkins on the Doctrine of Justification
Upcoming Conference in the Philippines at Field of Grace Reformed Church Featuring Inwoo Lee—September 30th, 2023. Continue reading →
Sola Scriptura In The Reformed Reformation
In 1518, Bucer had heard Martin Luther’s famous Heidelberg Disputation as a young friar in the Dominican monastery. Eventually, he himself became the major reformer in the strategic city of Strasbourg. Particularly intriguing is how the Reformation caught fire there, at least . . . Continue reading →
On Evangelical Instability And The Remedy
Sometimes people who come from the non-confessional evangelical world look at confessional churches as though they are hide-bound traditionalists. Doubtless, that is sometimes true. The words “we have never done it that way” have been heard from time to time in Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Calvin Versus The Anarchist Anabaptists
Today, also, those crackpots, the Anabaptists, who cause so much trouble in the world, who denounce governments, magistrates, the unity of the church, never tire of repeating this phrase, “Blessed are those who suffer persecution.” Yes, but do they suffer on account . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of August 28–September 3, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning August 28–September 3, 2023. Continue reading →
Christopher Yuan: How Does The Gospel Relate To Holy Sexuality?
Christopher Yuan talks with HRA board member Chris Gordon about holy sexuality. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For Sep 3, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (33)
In this episode Dr Clark turns to Romans 9:6–13, explains what Paul means when he says “not all from Israel are Israel,” and what Paul says about the spirituality of the Abrahamic covenant and its connections to the New Covenant in Paul’s . . . Continue reading →