Ascension Thursday is fast approaching. This day is forty days after the resurrection, marking when Christ ascended into heaven. And, as one of my favorite puns has it, many of us today suffer from ascension deficit disorder. Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
So said my homiletics (preaching) professor, Derke Bergsma. I do not know if that aphorism was original to Derke (he often quoted R. B. Kuiper to us in class, e.g., “Men, there are three points to every sermon, the text, the text, . . . Continue reading →
Join Rev. Chris Gordon (Escondido URC, Westminster Seminary Graduate) and Dr. Steve Baugh (Professor Emeritus, Westminster Seminary California) as they delve into the Book of Hebrews. They discuss the central theme: the call for persevering faith in Christ alone. Dr. Baugh explains . . . Continue reading →
Whereas, the duties of Christian citizenship are often disputed and prove perennially difficult for both elders and church members to discern; and Whereas, confusion exists about the proper relation between church and state; and Whereas, due to recent movements, publications, popular teachings, . . . Continue reading →
To say that this is a lifetime’s work by an elite historical theologian may be an understatement. Professor R. Scott Clark, who has taught Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary in California for decades, has been working on this project for decades. He . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
The old mother kirk of American Presbyterianism holds treasures of the mind and heart that few have ever seen. She has lived through a Revolution with England; divided over Black slavery only to be united again; welcomed seceding (Associate and United) Presbyterians . . . Continue reading →
Have you ever heard a Christian say something along the lines of, “Scripture destroys that argument!” At the best of times, this appears to be an excited proclamation of the Scripture’s power—indeed, the power of God and his truth over all things. . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
The pastor need not be surprised if he finds troublers in his church. The discovery of such persons among the professed people of God sometimes shocks ministers, especially inexperienced ones, and discourages them, and sometimes leads them unwisely to give up their . . . Continue reading →
When I lived in the UK, I had to go on one occasion to the US embassy in London. As I entered the embassy, I was struck by how different the atmosphere of the whole place was. A list of things stood . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
When the light of the Gospel from the Lamp of Luther did begin to shine in all the corners of Germany high and low, the aforementioned unhappy men Stock and Müntzer, did begin also to breath out a pestiferous vapor for to . . . Continue reading →
As early as 1925, Machenism was a codeword for BIG FAT CHURCH MEANIE-PANTS EXTRORDINAIRE . . . only two years after Christianity and Liberalism was published. It would seem that purveyors of clear and punchy polemic have never gone unpunished in the parlors of the . . . Continue reading →
We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Deity and also perfect in humanity; truly God and truly man, of a rational soul . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of May 5–12. 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 →
If you have nieces and nephews, children or grandchildren, or otherwise have children in your life, you have almost certainly heard a story about a child who was a climber. I was one, and now I have one in my home. My . . . Continue reading →