In this episode Dr Clark answers the question, “Can Dispensationalists be Reformed?” Continue reading →
Burgess used the similarities between the old and new covenants to refute Antinomian errors, but perhaps the most surprising facet of his broad distinction was that the gospel contains “commands.” The command for repentance, in a sense, belongs to the gospel, not . . . Continue reading →
Harry Emerson Fosdick’s provocative sermon, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?,” delivered on May 21, 1922, is as good a date as any to locate the start of the controversy between conservatives and liberals in the Presbyterian Church. It did prompt conservative reactions and . . . Continue reading →
One of the distinctives of Christianity is the call to behave otherworldly. Revenge is a human instinct and something most people would say is a natural right. Christ tells Christians to turn the other cheek and let God take care of vengeance . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on Christian Liberty. Continue reading →
Casablanca is one of the most famous movies in cinematic history, leaving us with more than its fair share of artifacts ingrained in cultural memory even eighty years later. Humphrey Bogart alone left us with a stack of lines most of us . . . Continue reading →
In 1580, when the Lutherans and the Reformed met at Montbeilard, when the topic turned to predestination, Theodore Beza (1519–1605) rose, lifted his copy of Luther’s Concerning Bound Choice (De servo arbitrio), and said, “We stand with Luther.”1 The Lutheran representatives suggested . . . Continue reading →
Nestorius, the fifth-century patriarch of Constantinople, has haunted Calvin’s Christology for centuries. A startling variety of theologians have accused him of Nestorianism, teaching that there are two Christs, two persons: one divine, the other human. Ironically, the first to charge Calvin with . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of April 21–27. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Have you ever had a déjà vu moment—one of those “I swear I’ve been here before” experiences? If you read the opening verse of Psalm 67 carefully, you ought to have such a déjà vu moment: “May God be gracious to us . . . Continue reading →
Those who claim that Hebrew infants should be circumcised, but that ours should not be baptized, make God more gracious to Jews than to Christians. Peter Martyr Vermigli |Commentary on Romans 4:11 (HT: Adam Parker) RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! Download the . . . Continue reading →
This talk is part one of Westminster Seminary California’s Student Association 2025 Spring Convocation. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! Download the HeidelApp on Apple App Store or Google Play Browse the Heidelshop! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The . . . Continue reading →
One of the turning points of my early Christian life was reading J. I. Packer’s Knowing God.1 That book did what better books should do: it helped me understand Scripture and thereby to know God in a true and more profound way. . . . Continue reading →
The final layer is that Christ is the substance of the covenant of grace since He was always its Mediator…. Moreover, the New Testament explicitly designates Christ as the Savior who was active in the Old Testament. Harrison Perkins | Reformed Covenant . . . Continue reading →
First, all that belong to the covenant and church of God are to be baptized. But the children of christians, as well as adults, belong to the covenant and church of God. Therefore they are to be baptized as well as adults. . . . Continue reading →
Among the sins you and I both have wrestled with is the sin of unjust anger. When faced with injury or injustice—whether real or perceived, whether against our person, someone else, or some group of people—we have been moved to respond in . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on Christian Liberty. Continue reading →
After his suspension on June 25, 1629, by the High Commission for the charge of “doctrinal heterodoxy,” Robert Towne (1592–1663) desperately sought to meet with those “godly opponents” who had been criticizing his preaching, perhaps to explain himself.1 He found a few . . . Continue reading →