Video: Guilt, Grace, Gratitude: A Reformed Look at Hebrews

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on May 16, 2025 | Comment

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 →

Tennessee Valley Overture On Christian Nationalism

Heidelblog

on May 16, 2025 | 1 Comment

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 →

R. Scott Clark On The Heidelberg Catechism: A Short Review

David Hall

on May 15, 2025 | 2 Comments

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 →

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (6)

Heidelcast

on May 15, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →

Machen Was Right

Heidelblog

on May 15, 2025 | Comment

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 →

Fleeing Biblicism: Away From Self, Unto Christ (Part 1)

Bryce Souve

on May 14, 2025 | 26 Comments

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 →

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (5)

Heidelcast

on May 14, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →

Dear Pastor, Do Not Be Surprised By Troublemakers In The Congregation

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on May 14, 2025 | 3 Comments

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 →

The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 15)—The Holy Catholic Church

Harrison Perkins

on May 13, 2025 | Comment

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 →

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (4)

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on May 13, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →

Baillie Versus Tombes (2): How The Particular Baptists Appeared To Early Presbyterians

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on May 13, 2025 | 4 Comments

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 →

Defenders Of Orthodoxy Are Always Castigated As Mean

Brad Isbell

on May 12, 2025 | 2 Comments

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 →

Why Christians Call Mary Theotokos (Part 1)

R. Scott Clark

on May 12, 2025 | 6 Comments

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 →

Heidelcast For May 11, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (36): Our Final Standing Before God

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on May 11, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Role of A Prophet in the New Covenant | Are There Inherently Sinful Forms of Music? | The Perpetual Virginity of Mary?

Heidelcast

on May 10, 2025 | 2 Comments

It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →

A Summons to Sing: Psalm 47 (Part One)

Luke Gossett

on May 10, 2025 | Comment

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 →

Baillie Versus Tombes (1): How The Particular Baptists Appeared To Early Presbyterians

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on May 10, 2025 | Comment

The late patrons of Anabaptism among us would make the world believe that this Sect had for its Author the famous Berengarius, and for its fomenters four hundred years ago, the old predecessors of Protestants, commonly called Albigenses: but who will be . . . Continue reading →

Video: The Compassionate King: Unpacking Matthew’s Gospel

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on May 9, 2025 | Comment

In this episode, Dan Borvan and Chris Gordon return to the mic to reflect on the physical and emotional toll of the devastation, analyze what may have gone wrong, and examine the belief some have that these fires are a manifestation of divine judgment. Continue reading →

A Son Remembers His Spiritual Father

Kim Riddlebarger

on May 9, 2025 | Comment

Dr. Rod Rosenbladt died in Christ today after a brief illness. There was no one else like him. J. I. Packer once told him, “Rod, you not only possess Luther’s theology, you embody the man.” No one has influenced my course in . . . Continue reading →

The Heidelblog

May 2025 Archive

Video: Guilt, Grace, Gratitude: A Reformed Look at Hebrews

Tennessee Valley Overture On Christian Nationalism

R. Scott Clark On The Heidelberg Catechism: A Short Review

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (6)

Machen Was Right

Fleeing Biblicism: Away From Self, Unto Christ (Part 1)

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (5)

Dear Pastor, Do Not Be Surprised By Troublemakers In The Congregation

The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 15)—The Holy Catholic Church

Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (4)

Baillie Versus Tombes (2): How The Particular Baptists Appeared To Early Presbyterians

Defenders Of Orthodoxy Are Always Castigated As Mean

Why Christians Call Mary Theotokos (Part 1)

Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 5–12, 2025

Heidelcast For May 11, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (36): Our Final Standing Before God

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Role of A Prophet in the New Covenant | Are There Inherently Sinful Forms of Music? | The Perpetual Virginity of Mary?

A Summons to Sing: Psalm 47 (Part One)

Baillie Versus Tombes (1): How The Particular Baptists Appeared To Early Presbyterians

Video: The Compassionate King: Unpacking Matthew’s Gospel

A Son Remembers His Spiritual Father