Heidelcast For Dec, 24 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (46)

by Heidelcast on December 24, 2023

In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 14:1–12, where Paul returns to the question of those who are strong in the faith and those who are weak. The opening features Pastor Mark Stromberg on Abounding Grace Radio. Continue reading →

Audio: The Reality Of God’s Love For Sinners: John 3:16

by Heidelblog on December 23, 2023

R. Scott Clark speaks on John 3:16 at Westminster Seminary California. Editor’s Note: This audio was originally published by the Westminster Seminary California in 2014. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions . . . Continue reading →

Advent As War

by Heidelblog on December 23, 2023

The Western world is on a fast track to outright paganism. And yet, for now at least, a semblance of the advent story has been left in tact. We still have a baby in a manger, a guiding star, amazed shepherds and . . . Continue reading →

The Sword Of Judgment And The Shield Of Favor: A Series On Psalm 5 (Part 3)

by Sean Morris on December 23, 2023

Having given this wonderful text of Psalm 5 an expositional and pastoral survey in the previous two articles, we return one last time for a third installment, wherein we will consider further implications and applications from this marvelous psalm. With great indebtedness . . . Continue reading →

Warfield On “Love” And “World” In John 3:16

by B. B. Warfield on December 22, 2023

Strange as it may sound, it is true, that many—perhaps the majority—of those who feed their souls on this great declaration, seem to have trained themselves to think, when it falls upon their ears, in the first instance at least, not so . . . Continue reading →

More From Mark Stromberg On Leaving Pentecostalism Behind

by Heidelblog on December 22, 2023

Pastor Mark Stromberg talk with Chris Gordon about his move from Pentecostalism to Reformed theology, piety, and practice. Continue reading →

Who Was The Real Santa Claus?

by Andrew Menkis on December 21, 2023

Who was the real Santa Claus? We can’t say for sure. Separating fact from fiction is an impossible task in this case. Indeed, it’s likely that the stories we have about Nicholas of Myra contain much more fiction than fact. So, what . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: What Should Confessional Reformed Christians Think Of Edwards?

by Heidelcast on December 21, 2023

Dr Clark answers a question on how Reformed Christians should think about Jonathan Edwards. Continue reading →

Review: The Trial of the 16th Century: Calvin and Servetus By Jonathan Moorhead

by Casey Carmichael on December 21, 2023

Jonathan Moorhead (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) has taught at The Master’s Academy International in Russia and the Czech Republic. He specializes in church history, theology, and apologetics. Drawing from his expertise, his recent monograph on the trial of Michael Servetus and Calvin’s . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Is The Pope The Antichrist?

by Heidelcast on December 20, 2023

Dr Clark answers a question about whether the pope is the antichrist. Continue reading →

An Update From The Field: Birmingham URCNA Church Plant

by Luke Gossett on December 20, 2023

As I write this, we have been living and laboring in Birmingham, Alabama for twenty weeks. My family and I moved back to Birmingham at the beginning of July. In the middle of that month, we had the privilege of attending a church-planting conference. Continue reading →

Johnson On Unity And Diversity In Scripture

by Heidelblog on December 20, 2023

The purposes of Scripture are not unrelated to each other; they are complementary reflections of God’s manifold wisdom. The diversity and unity of Scripture disclose the marvelously diverse and unified plan of God for the whole history of the cosmos. Paul speaks . . . Continue reading →

“Come, My People”: The Blessed Hope Of Isaiah 26 (Part 1)—A Tale Of Two Cities

by Christopher Smith on December 19, 2023

I remember the thought popping into my head as if it were yesterday: “Why are we doing this?” I was eight or nine, sitting in the back of the family minivan on the way to church. I think this was the first . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: On Regeneration And The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

by Heidelcast on December 19, 2023

Dr Clark answers a question about outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost and the application of redemption by the Spirit. Continue reading →

Luther: Our Righteousness Before God Is Imputed

by Tony Phelps on December 19, 2023

The righteousness Paul is speaking about here is external and comes from Christ living in us. It’s not internal, and it doesn’t come from ourselves. So if we are concerned about Christian righteousness, we must completely set aside the self. If I . . . Continue reading →

Help With The “Nones”

by Heidelblog on December 18, 2023

People who once identified with a Christian religious tradition but now identify with none are the fastest growing group in America today. Sociologist Stephen Bullivant labels these individuals “nonverts” and argues in his book of the same title that these individuals have . . . Continue reading →

John Owen Did Not Read Hebrews Like A Baptist (Part 3)

by R. Scott Clark on December 18, 2023

It is a small thing—so small that it might go unnoticed—but as in Exercitation VI, in Exercitation XIX where Owen considered the “State and Ordinances of the Church Before the Giving of the Law,” he consistently spoke of the “Jewish church.”1 To . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For Dec, 17 2023: Q&A Special

by Heidelcast on December 17, 2023

In this episode the Heidelcast looks back to some highlights from some of our many Q&A segments in which Dr Clark answers questions about difference between the Lutheran and Reformed understanding of the Law/Gospel distinction; about whether the Holy Spirit is the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Special: On Smashing Satanic Statues

by Heidelcast on December 16, 2023

Dr Clark discusses the controversy over the placement of a Satanic altar and its destruction in the Iowa capitol building. Continue reading →

December 2023 Archive