In Romans and other Pauline epistles, repentance is a fruit of God’s grace rather than its cause. For example, we find in Romans 2:4: Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s . . . Continue reading →
2023 Archive
Heidelminicast: Strimple Contra Postmillennialism (7)
All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia On Twitter @Heidelcast How To Support Heidelmedia: use the donate (on the HB) Subscribe in Apple Podcast Subscribe directly via RSS New Way To Call The Heidelphone: Voice Memo On Your . . . Continue reading →
New: Resources On Jude
Jude is a small book with a big message and one that is especially relevant for the church in the 21st century. In connection with Dr Perkins’ new commentary on Jude we are publishing this resource page to aid your study of this important book. Read more»
Keep Yourselves In God’s Love—Jude’s Epistle (Part 1)
Introduction
Most Christians probably know that Jude’s epistle is in the New Testament. Many know that it comes directly before the book of Revelation. Some have read it. A few have studied it carefully. For a long time, Jude’s epistle was basically ignored . . . Continue reading →
PCA Worship Is Better But It Has Some Distance Yet To Go
The state of worship in the Presbyterian Church in America is arguably better than it has ever been, at least as far as liturgy goes. More churches now use recognizably Reformed liturgies than at any point in the denomination’s history. These are . . . Continue reading →
Top 5 HB Posts For The Week Of January 23—29, 2023
These were the most popular posts for the week beginning January 16, 2023: Brad Isbell, “Do You Know Of A Good P&R Church Nearby?” Chris Gordon, Chris Gordon: The Postmilllennialist Use Of 1 Corinthians 15:25 Is “Sloppy Exegesis” R. Scott Clark, How Not . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Strimple Contra Postmillennialism (6)
Strimple questions Gentry’s history of postmillennialism. Continue reading →
Popes, Progress, And Protestant Evangelicals
When John Paul II was elected pope in 1978, some American evangelical observers of Rome referred to him as “J2P2.” About ten years later that nickname receded, an indication of a significant transition in his pontificate: this pope was becoming even more . . . Continue reading →
Saints Their Watch Are Keeping: Or, Why I Am Encouraged About the PCA going into 2023
I have been asked to offer my thoughts as to why I, as a self-described “confessionalist” at the more conservative end of the spectrum of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), am encouraged by the state of the PCA. And, indeed, I . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Strimple Contra Postmillennialism (5)
Bob Strimple continues his critique not only of the conclusions of theonomic postmillennialists but also of how they arrive at their conclusions. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For January 29, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (7)
In this episode, Dr. Clark continues the Heidelcast series on Romans, beginning with a look at the “New Perspective on Paul” (NPP) and the question of Jews and Gentiles in the early church. Dr. Clark breaks down how the NPP affects Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Sayers Knew What Time It Is
Something is happening to us today which has not happened for a very long time. We are waging a war of religion. Not a civil war between adherents of the same religion, but a life-and-death struggle between Christian and pagan. The Christians . . . Continue reading →
Saturday Psalm Series: Psalm 88 (Part 7): Light in the Midst of Darkness
The Light that Reverses the Darkness
Throughout the Psalter many questions are posed in a melancholy manner. In book three of the Psalter (Psalms 73–89), we find a plethora of laments in the interrogative form. Imagine approaching the Lord with the following questions: Why do You cast us . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Strimple Contra Postmillennialism (4)
You should hear Bob Strimple’s critique of postmillennialism (and the preterist reading of Matthew 24 and the Revelation). Continue reading →
Does Jesus Love Sinners In The Mountains, On The Plains, and In the Hollers?
The Mission to the Middle
On Tuesday of this week, HRA board member, PCA ruling elder, and co-host of the Presbycast, Brad Isbell published an important essay, which called attention to the lack of attention paid, in the confessional Presbyterian and Reformed world, to the forgotten middle . . . Continue reading →
Living With True Comfort In The Faithful Love Of God
Many struggle to see Moses’ answer in Psalm 90. Often, the solution of this psalm is presented rather moralistically, as if the imperative of verse 12 is the singular answer: “So teach us to number our days so that we gain a . . . Continue reading →
How Not To Train Pastors (Part 3)
I wrote this and “How Not To Train Pastors (Part 1)” and “How Not To Train Pastors (Part 2)” near the very beginning of the Heidelblog in 2007. This portion of the essay began as a response to a correspondent on the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Strimple Contra Postmillennialism (3)
Bob Strimple continues his critique of postmillennialism. Continue reading →
Top 5 HB Posts For The Week Of January 16—22, 2023
These were the most popular posts for the week beginning January 16, 2023: Continue reading →
Chris Gordon: The Postmilllennialist Use Of 1 Corinthians 15:25 Is “Sloppy Exegesis”
Postmillennialism has, as of recent, become the rage in online discourse and in popular books like Stephen Wolfe’s Christian Nationalism. This has been curious to me as a pastor in the Reformed tradition due to the fact that most Christians recognize that . . . Continue reading →