Heidelcast For Nov 26, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (44)

Heidelcast

on November 26, 2023 | 1 Comment

In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 13:1–7 where Paul continues explaining how Christians are to relate to the pagan world around us, specifically how Christians ought to submit to the civil magistrate. The opening features Dr D. G. Hart from . . . Continue reading →

Perkins: Christ Voluntarily Became Accused For Us

Tony Phelps

on November 25, 2023

. . . how Christ was a curse, or accursed, who is the fountain of blessedness? Answer. He is not so by nature. For He is the natural Son of God. Not by His own fault, for He is the unspotted lamb . . . Continue reading →

La Ley Natural Y La ‘Luz De La Naturaleza’ En Las Confesiones Reformadas

R. Scott Clark

on November 25, 2023

En la época moderna, especialmente en el siglo XX, muchos reformados se sintieron incómodos con el lenguaje reformado tradicional relativo a la «ley natural». Como alguien que empezó a entrar en el mundo reformado alrededor de 1980, la mayoría de los reformados . . . Continue reading →

Temple Turnaround: God’s Directions for Doubters in Psalm 73 (Part 1)

Alex Hewitson

on November 25, 2023

Talking about doubts can seem almost taboo. How many friends have expressed their doubts about faith to you? How many sermons have you heard about doubts? What would your church friends or pastor think if you expressed your doubts to them? Are . . . Continue reading →

Vos: Don’t Give Stones For Bread

Heidelblog

on November 24, 2023

In the Judaistic controversy which shook the early church, forces and tendencies were at work deeply rooted in the sinful human heart. In modernized apparel they confront us still to the present day. There are still abroad forms of a Christless Gospel. . . . Continue reading →

On The Gospel And Social Justice With Chris Gordon

R. Scott Clark

on November 24, 2023 | 1 Comment

Only someone in an isolation chamber could imagine that this world is not fallen. Even the most fact-resistant naturalist (who cannot begin to explain why there is something rather than nothing) concedes that the evolutionary process in which he places so much . . . Continue reading →

Murray: We Don’t Guess The Decree, We Follow The Word

Heidelblog

on November 24, 2023

God has mercy on whom he wills and whom he wills he hardens. Some are vessels for wrath, others for mercy. And ultimate destiny is envisioned in destruction and glory. But this differentiation is God’s action and prerogative, not man’s. And, because . . . Continue reading →

Why Did Arminianism “Win”?

R. Scott Clark

on November 24, 2023 | 12 Comments

Sometime back, Howard wrote to ask, “How and when did Arminianism become the predominate view?” That is a good question. First, we should distinguish between Jacob Arminius (James Harmenszoon, 1560–1609) and the Arminians (or the Remonstrants). Relative to the conclusions Arminian/Remonstrant theology later . . . Continue reading →

Owen: Thankfulness For Grace Received Is A Principal Duty Of Believers

Heidelblog

on November 23, 2023

Thankfulness for grace received is one of the principal duties that is incumbent on believers in this world. Now, how can a man in faith bless God for that which he is utterly uncertain whether he have received it from him or . . . Continue reading →

Review: A Church You Can See: Building a Case for Church Membership By Dennis E. Bills

Alex Hewitson

on November 23, 2023

When Dennis Bills, a West Virginian minister in the Presbyterian Church of America, received his author’s copy of A Church You Can See in 2017, he was writing to a church world certainly in need of the book’s subtitle: Building a Case . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: For Turretin Justification Was Not A Cold, Academic Matter

Heidelcast

on November 23, 2023

For Turretin, justification was not a matter of cold, academic speculation. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Beza Defended Justification Through Faith Alone

Heidelcast

on November 22, 2023

Beza was a staunch defender of justification through faith alone. Continue reading →

Sub-Christian Nationalism? (Part 13)

R. Scott Clark

on November 22, 2023 | 21 Comments

The theocratic impulse is truly ancient. All the pagan nations of the Ancient Near East had state religions. The Israelites, Egyptians, and Canaanites all had state religions, as did the Greeks and the Romans. The latter were particularly vicious in enforcing the . . . Continue reading →

Hodge: The Same Gracious God Who Wills The End Also Wills The Free Offer Of The Gospel

Tony Phelps

on November 22, 2023 | 6 Comments

Paul considered it as involved in what he had already said, and especially in the predictions of the ancient prophets, that it was the will of God that all men should call upon him. This being the case, he argues to prove . . . Continue reading →

Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy Part 3: On Perception

Kim Riddlebarger

on November 21, 2023 | 2 Comments

Kant argued that what we perceive with our senses is not the thing in itself, since sense data must be mediated through our a priori categories. We all may see the same object which exists independently of our minds. Yet, our experience . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Turretin On The Harmony Of Paul And James On Justification

Heidelcast

on November 21, 2023

Francis Turretin on the harmony between Paul and James on justification. Continue reading →

Luther On What Galatians 2:21 Teaches About Law And Gospel

Tony Phelps

on November 21, 2023

We, on the other hand, declare with Paul that no law, whether it is human or divine, justifies or makes alive. Therefore we distinguish the Law from righteousness as sharply as death from life or hell from heaven. We are prompted to . . . Continue reading →

Posted, Predicted, Prosecuted: Galatians 3:1–14

Heidelblog

on November 20, 2023

R. Scott Clark gives a short devotion on Galatians 3:1–14. This audio was recorded as part of Westminster Seminary California’s Morning Devotions. Editor’s Note: This audio was originally published by Westminster Seminary California in 2005. ©Heidelberg Reformation Association. All Rights Reserved. RESOURCES . . . Continue reading →

Christ Is More Forgiving Than We Are

Heidelblog

on November 20, 2023

𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: But I have often relapsed and fallen into the same sin again and again. 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳: If Christ will have us pardon our brother seventy-seven times, can we think he will press us [to do] more than He will be ready to . . . Continue reading →

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2023 Archive

Heidelcast For Nov 26, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (44)

Perkins: Christ Voluntarily Became Accused For Us

La Ley Natural Y La ‘Luz De La Naturaleza’ En Las Confesiones Reformadas

Temple Turnaround: God’s Directions for Doubters in Psalm 73 (Part 1)

Vos: Don’t Give Stones For Bread

Murray: We Don’t Guess The Decree, We Follow The Word

Why Did Arminianism “Win”?

Owen: Thankfulness For Grace Received Is A Principal Duty Of Believers

Review: A Church You Can See: Building a Case for Church Membership By Dennis E. Bills

Heidelminicast: For Turretin Justification Was Not A Cold, Academic Matter

Heidelminicast: Beza Defended Justification Through Faith Alone

Sub-Christian Nationalism? (Part 13)

Hodge: The Same Gracious God Who Wills The End Also Wills The Free Offer Of The Gospel

Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy Part 3: On Perception

Heidelminicast: Turretin On The Harmony Of Paul And James On Justification

Luther On What Galatians 2:21 Teaches About Law And Gospel

Posted, Predicted, Prosecuted: Galatians 3:1–14

Christ Is More Forgiving Than We Are

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