Heidelminicast Q&A: Reformed?, Trees & Rainbows, and “If”

by Heidelcast on May 28, 2024

Does one have to be Presby to be Reformed (is church polity of the essence of being Reformed); is everything sacramental? And is the visible church mixed with believers & unbelievers? Continue reading →

Ordinary Means Of Grace Church Planting

by James Ritchey on May 28, 2024

A church member once shared with me that in his circle of friends, it was shocking to learn there are churches where one can depend on hearing the gospel every week. Though there are a great many churches that do believe and . . . Continue reading →

On Churchless Evangelicals (Part 1)

by R. Scott Clark on May 27, 2024

I was once a churchless evangelical. As a young Christian I attended a medium-sized (three-hundred member) Southern Baptist congregation for a few years without joining. It was not really a problem. Of course they would like to have seen me baptized (as . . . Continue reading →

Luther On The First Use

by Tony Phelps on May 27, 2024

Now if even the Moral Law of God, the Decalogue, gives birth only to slaves—that is, does not justify but only terrifies, accuses, condemns, and brings consciences to the point of despair—how, I ask you, could the laws of the pope or . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For May 26, 2024: “Feathers And All:” The Scriptures Are Enough (15)

by Heidelcast on May 26, 2024

In this episode Dr Clark discusses the nature & grace distinction and how it adds to the conversation of our current series. Continue reading →

Audio: The Unchangeable Substance | Galatians 3:15–18

by Heidelblog on May 25, 2024

A morning devotion by R. Scott Clark on Galatians 3:15–18. Continue reading →

Psalm 115: The Cure For Idolatry In The Postmodern World (Part 2)

by Luke Gossett on May 25, 2024

The gravers of images, all of them are desolate Their delights never profit. Their witnesses do not see They do not know so that they are shamed. . . . He grazes on ash, a heart is deceived, it leads him away. He cannot . . . Continue reading →

We Are Just Children

by Heidelblog on May 25, 2024

It was 1975 and our family was living in Regina, Saskatchewan. In this prairie city my Dad had his first posting as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He’d been serving as an RCMP officer for a few years already, . . . Continue reading →

Forty Years Earlier . . . The 1984 (12th) GA: Unity Frays

by David Hall on May 24, 2024

The PCA General Assembly convened again a large convention ballroom at Baton Rouge’s Bellemont Hotel for its next Assembly. Meeting in the deep South and the furthest west to date, the 12th GA would continue hashing out areas of mission and expansion. The . . . Continue reading →

Video: Speaking The Truth In Love

by Heidelblog on May 24, 2024

Chris Gordon, Rev. Bill Boekestein, and Rev. Joel Dykstra continue their conversation as they discuss the blatant opposition to morality in today’s culture. Continue reading →

Eddie Bauer On Creeds, Promises, And Covenants

by R. Scott Clark on May 24, 2024

I continue to learn theology at one of our local malls. Last fall I learned about True Religion. More recently I was at Eddie Bauer. Upon putting away the store receipt, I happened to notice a little blurb on the back titled, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Prophecies, Swearing, and Pornography

by Heidelcast on May 23, 2024

Dr Clark answers listener questions on prophecies, swearing, and pornography. Continue reading →

Review: Reformed Theology By Jonathan Master (Blessings Of The Faith Series)

by Sean Morris on May 23, 2024

In the wake of the New Calvinist (sometimes called the “Young, Restless, and Reformed”) movement, the adjective Reformed gets slapped on seemingly everything. What does it mean to be Reformed? Is it simply people who hold to a Calvinistic soteriology? Is it . . . Continue reading →

Riddlebarger On The Two Ages

by Tony Phelps on May 23, 2024

The third aspect of New Testament eschatology is that the relationship of these two ages ensures that the blessings of the present age are a guarantee of the consummation of the age to come, which will bring even greater and final blessings. . . . Continue reading →

The Rise Of The New Fourth Reich And The Fall Of The New Perspective?

by David Hall on May 22, 2024

I was raised in an era that is evidently receding. Not that very long ago, it was quite politically incorrect to mistreat Jewish holocaust descendants. Now, a Jewish student is practically persecuted on many elite campuses. Indeed, that general disavowal of anti-Semitism, . . . Continue reading →

Perkins: Believers And Unbelievers Both Need Civil Government

by Tony Phelps on May 22, 2024

Objection II. Believers are governed by God’s Spirit, and therefore outward government by magistrates is needless. Answer. In the visible church, hypocrites are mingled with true believers, and they are not governed by God’s Spirit, but by the spirit of the devil. . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Can God Change? The Atonement, and Dreams

by Heidelcast on May 22, 2024

Dr Clark answers listener questions on God, the atonement, and dreams. Continue reading →

The Fruit Of The Spirit: An Introduction

by Shane Lems on May 21, 2024

Although we know better, Christians often think that life would be much better if we only had more money. If we had more money, we could have more stuff, and if we had more stuff, we would be more happy. That is . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Clarification, Belief & Renewal, and Advice about Questioning A Pastor About His Sermon

by Heidelcast on May 21, 2024

Dr Clark makes a clarifies an answer from a different episode and answers listener questions on worship and more. Continue reading →

2024 Archive