…But from the moment we open this all-too often overlooked, but very important letter ascribed to the apostle Peter, it soon becomes apparent that there are a number of problems faced by anyone who attempts to exposit this letter, or treat it . . . Continue reading →
2023 Archive
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 2
This is part 2 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Who Should Not Go To Seminary?
Last time we answered the question: who should go to seminary? The answer was that anyone may go to seminary, but not everyone should go to seminary. Today we will focus on the second part of the answer: who should not go . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 1
This is part 1 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Suffered Under Pontius Pilate
“[Jesus Christ . . .] suffered under Pontius Pilate.” With these words, the Apostles’ Creed has enshrined the name of Pilate in infamy for all ages. He certainly did not intend or anticipate this on that fateful day when he condemned the . . . Continue reading →
How To Find The Meaning Of Life
. . . One of the challenges we face when coming to this question of the meaning of life is the sheer magnitude of answers that people have put forward. In one sense, it’s understandable that so many feel bewildered by it. . . . Continue reading →
Pictures Of Jesus Do Not Help Our Piety, They Hinder It
Even pictures of Jesus can only hinder our understanding of God’s truth. For instance, no true picture of Jesus exists, so the ones artists do make merely reflect the artist’s own image of our Savior rather than what God has sovereignly revealed . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of August 14–20, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning August 14–20, 2023. Continue reading →
The Gospel According To John (MacArthur)—Part 12
Because the MacArthurite sect of Dispensationalism (we might say post-modified Dispensationalism but not quite Progressive Dispensationalism) intersects only occasionally and tangentially with the Reformation, the defenders of Lordship Salvation assume that any critique of the system is necessarily a defense of Zane . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 20, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (31)
In this episode Dr Clark turns to Romans 8:31—39, where we see the Apostle comforts believers with the glorious truths of the perseverance of the saints and the high priestly work of Christ for us. He also answers a questions from David . . . Continue reading →
Descubriendo La Confesión Reformada (Parte 2): Joven, Inquieto y Dispensacionalista
Hacia el final de mi cargo en una megaiglesia evangélica, conocí a un joven estudiante universitario reformado holandés llamado Jason (ahora sirve como pastor conmigo); nos sentábamos y discutíamos sobre el dispensacionalismo y la teología pactual. Recuerdo claramente que quería rescatarlo de . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (61)
This is part 61 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
The Fear Of The Lord And The Good Life—Psalm 34 (Part 2)
As a father sitting beside a fireplace, David laid out fear of the Lord 101 for us. Those who obey the law are rewarded with long years loaded with good, while the wicked suffer dire days. Besides convicting us for falling short, . . . Continue reading →
S. M. Baugh on “Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude”: Part 3 — Gratitude
If you do a search in the ESV for the word “grateful” you only get three hits in the whole Bible, two of which produce the word “ungrateful” (Luke 6:35; 2 Tim. 3:2), leaving only one place where the word “grateful” is . . . Continue reading →
Dennis Johnson On The Credibility Of Christ’s Gospel
Although Old Testament anticipation (whether in prophetic words or in “types,” those “incarnated prophecies” embedded in Israel’s concrete historical experience) and New Testament fulfillment are bound together by strands of similarity, the move from promise to fulfillment, from “shadow” to “reality” (in . . . Continue reading →
Who Should Go to Seminary?
I was once asked a good and important question: who should go to seminary? The answer to this question is in two parts: anyone, but not everyone. First, anyone may go to seminary. Since I teach at a seminary (Westminster Seminary California), . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (60)
This is part 60 in our series from Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. Continue reading →
Review: Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology by G. K. Beale
G. K. Beale is rightly renowned for his skill at biblical theology, especially tracing the redemptive historical theme of creation-new creation. His work on the temple theme has fairly definitively demonstrated the connections between the creation order and the fundamentally religious orientation . . . Continue reading →
Holy Sexuality: The Book Is Now A Course
Christopher Yuan’s book, Holy Sexuality is now a course. Continue reading →
The Grammar Guerrilla Returns: Dismantling The Wall Of Creeping Illiteracy
I realized recently that I have been neglecting my responsibility to save English grammar in America. My sincerest apologies, but the Grammar Guerrilla is back to observe and complain about the expression “too good of.” We hear it most often on sports-talk . . . Continue reading →