Riverside, California, is a bustling city with a population of around 330,000, making it the twelfth most populous city in the state. Here is the catch, however: it has no confessional Reformed or Presbyterian churches. And guess what? San Bernardino County, right . . . Continue reading →
June 2025 Archive
It’s Not Hopeless
On the other hand, believers often feel powerless over the lust that arises from within. This shameful experience often leads many Christians to bear the problem alone, with a rather hopeless outlook that maybe this deep struggle indicates that they are not . . . Continue reading →
A Truly Modest Proposal
We sit in church week after week and, if we are blessed, twice a week, for corporate worship. One of the most important elements of that holy assembly of the Christ-Confessing covenant people is the preaching of the Word. Yet, were we . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of June 23–29, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of June 23–29. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For June 29, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (7): The Teaching on the Lord’s Supper of Peter Martyr Vermigli
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →
Only Son Or Only Begotten Son?
The translation of the Greek word μονογενής in the New Testament is a subject of debate. The term appears nine times, with four occurrences referring to ordinary “only children,” and the other five occurrences in Christological contexts, all in the Johannine literature. These Christological . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What is Preaching and What is the Purpose of a Sermon?
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
The Burden of the Lord’s Silence: Psalm 28 (Part 2)
In the first segment on Psalm 28, we saw the psalmist lay out for us the urgency of his plight, as he has been lumped in with the society of wicked lawbreakers. This need aches for a solution, so with the depravity . . . Continue reading →
PCA GA 2025: Quiet Interrupted By Power Struggles
As the GA adjourned, similar to other denominations, the power struggle between high-level leaders and many other presbyters would continue. Both of those stake-holders felt significant ownership, and the clashes were not always pretty, much less resolved well. However, some leadership changes . . . Continue reading →
Magical Thinking, Grace, And Ted Williams
Americans love a comeback story. Americans also love magic. Sometimes the two converge, as they did in the Ted Williams story. He was a radio announcer with a great voice, who became a drunk and a drug addict. He was on the . . . Continue reading →
Video: What’s the Difference Between Covenant Theology And Dispensationalism?
What are some of the differences between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism? Why are there so many debates over Covenant Theology? Dr. Harrison Perkins joins Pastor Adriel Sanchez to discuss some of the themes in his two recent books, Reformed Covenant Theology: A . . . Continue reading →
God’s Love Is Not Reckless
Wafting over the airwaves of the local Christian radio station came the predictable chord progressions of every modern worship song known to humanity. I had turned on the radio to quell the boys’ incessant bickering currently testing my patience, and after a . . . Continue reading →
Review: A History of Contemporary Praise and Worship: Understanding the Ideas that Reshaped the Protestant Church By Lester Ruth and Lim Swee Hong
Whenever someone introduces himself to me as a worship pastor, my standard response is, “Me too.” Inevitably, my reply prompts inquiry about how I lead worship. So, I explain that I call the church to worship, I pray a lot, I read . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Fencing the Lord’s Table (6): If We Baptize Infants, Why Do We Not Allow Them to Receive Holy Communion?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on fencing the Lord’s Table. Continue reading →
Round Up Of New Commentaries On The Nicene Creed
First, I am happy to recommend Crossway’s recent release of Kevin DeYoung’s The Nicene Creed: What You Need to Know about the Most Important Creed Ever Written. It is succinct and can be read quickly. Typical of KDY, he is mainstream, wonderfully averse . . . Continue reading →
Toward A Confessional CRC: Synod 2025
The 2025 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) met from June 13–19 at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. The 49 Classes of the denomination sent 176 delegates to deliberate on important matters of the church. The headline . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Fencing the Lord’s Table (5): In Communion, Are We Fed by Christ or the Person Sitting Next to Us in Church?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on fencing the Lord’s Table. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Fencing the Lord’s Table (4): Fencing the Table or the Scandal of Church Discipline
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on fencing the Lord’s Table. Continue reading →
John Owen Contra The Limbus Patrum (4)
Want of a due apprehension of the truth herein hath caused many, especially those of the Church of Rome, to follow after vain imaginations about the state of the souls of the faithful, departed under the Old Testament. Generally, they shut them . . . Continue reading →
Murray On The Sabbath
2025 marks the fiftieth year since the death of John Murray, who was undoubtedly one of the most important Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. Murray contributed to Reformed theology in several significant ways, but one perhaps overlooked area is with respect . . . Continue reading →