Therefore just as Isaac has the inheritance from his father solely on the basis of the promise and of his birth, without the Law or works, so we are born as heirs by Sarah, the free woman, that is, by the church. . . . Continue reading →
2024 Archive
Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 13–19, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 13–19, 2024. Continue reading →
Featley: The Sweet Dipper (Part 4)
As noted previously, Featley’s volume, Καταβαπτιστοι καταπυστοι, which he politely translated as Dippers Dipt, was subtitled, The Anabaptists Duck’d and Plung’d over Head and Ears, at a Disputation at Southwark.1 This record of the event went through two editions in 1645 and I . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: There Are Two Ministers In Baptism
In Baptism, the external minister baptizes with an external element, that is water, which is received bodily. The internal minister, the Holy Spirit, baptizes with the blood of the spotless Lamb, so that he that is baptized is endowed with the whole . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 19, 2024: “Feathers And All:” The Scriptures Are Enough (14)
In this episode Dr Clark begins looking as the book of Acts and explains what is meant by saying, “you and I are not canonical actors.” Continue reading →
¿Por qué Toma Tanto Tiempo Explicar el Bautismo Infantil?
Ayer, alguien comentó en una de las plataformas de las Grandes Redes Sociales que la serie de el Heidelcast, “Seré un Dios para ti y para tus hijos”, les ayudó a entender y aceptar el bautismo de infantes (paidobautismo) como la posición . . . Continue reading →
Audio: The Passover | Exodus 12:1–32
A morning devotion by R. Scott Clark on Exodus 12:1–32 Continue reading →
Psalm 115: The Cure For Idolatry In The Postmodern World (Part 1)
Not ours, YHWH, not ours For to your name, give glory. On account of your steadfast love and on account of your faithfulness. Why should the nations say “Where, now, is their God?” Our God is in the heavens, All that delights . . . Continue reading →
Machen Saw And So Should We
J. Gresham Machen was certainly prescient about the havoc theological liberalism would wreak on the mainline churches in the 20th century. He also saw the rise of fascism and ethnonationalism in the 1920s and 1930s. We would do well to consider those . . . Continue reading →
The Geography Of Sin
Researchers at Kansas State University created a map of the prevalence of the seven deadly sins (envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath) across the USA through statistical analysis.1 I initially examined “wrath” simply because of the apparent (assuming the validity of . . . Continue reading →
Colquhoun On Natural Law
The natural law of God, or the law of nature, is that necessary and unchangeable rule of duty which is founded in the infinitely holy and righteous nature of God, to obey which all men, as the reasonable creatures of God, are . . . Continue reading →
Video: The Truth About Sexual Sin
Chris Gordon, Rev. Bill Boekestein, and Rev. Joel Dykstra discuss the Sexual Revolution’s explosive effect on society and the church, and pinpoint the one thing that didn’t happen that led to the end of Christendom. RESOURCES Resources On The Rule Of Worship . . . Continue reading →
Review: Pride: Identity and the Worship of Self By Matthew P. W. Roberts
We have been wrestling with the word Identity and what it means now for decades, especially in our modern Western contexts. We are obsessed, it seems, with identification markers and belonging. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: What About The Judgment According To Works?
Dr Clark answers a listener question about the judgment. Continue reading →
Calvin: There Are Two Ministers In The Supper
In the Supper of the Lord, the external minister holds forth the external symbols, the bread of the Lord and the wine of the Lord, which are perceived by the organs of our body, consumed and swallowed. The internal minister, the Holy . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: On The Church Calendar & More
Dr Clark answers listener questions about the church calendar and more. Continue reading →
As It Was In The Days Of Noah (30): 2 Peter 1:16–21 (Part 1)
In considering the origins of idolatry, Calvin considers some theories by some pagan writers (profanos scriptores—unhappily translated in the Battles edition as “secular writers”) and the pervasiveness of idolatry even among the covenant people under the types and shadows and he concludes, “hence we may gather that human nature is a perpetual workshop of idols.” Continue reading →
Perkins On What Union With Christ Does And Does Not Mean
Believers are not one with Christ by transfusion of the properties and qualities of the Godhead or manhood unto us. It may be said, how then are they one with Him? I answer, by one and the same Spirit dwelling in Christ . . . Continue reading →
Luther: Both The Law And The Gospel Make Promises
For the Law did not have promises added to it about Christ and His blessings, about deliverance from the curse of the Law, sin, and death, and about the free gift of the forgiveness of sins, righteousness, and eternal life. But the . . . Continue reading →
Five Christian Ideas That Promote Political Moderation: Part 2
We live in a time of political tensions and increasing polarization. In these days, when some around us through impatience or fear flirt with radical politics, Christians must keep their wits. In part 1 of this two-part series, I introduced the case . . . Continue reading →