In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
On Sunday, my church’s morning worship service opened with a call to worship by an elder and sung congregational praise. Then the pastor offered a prayer of invocation, making it clear who was being worshiped and why the congregation had assembled. At . . . Continue reading →
For justification is withdrawn from works, not that no good works may be done, or that what is done may be denied to be good, but that we may not rely upon them, glory in them, or ascribe salvation to them. John . . . Continue reading →
The Reformed confession is a catholic confession—that is, it is rooted in the Scriptures as interpreted by the church and confessed in the ancient, ecumenical creeds, but it is also a Reformation confession. Where the medieval church taught justification and salvation by . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of September 15–21. Continue reading →
In the effectual calling of God it happens that we are now present before God and clothed in the righteousness of Christ, yet we are not yet justified or said to be justified before the sentence of God the Judge about us . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
And so, the Mediator, the Son of God, took upon His shoulders not only that first defection but also all our other defections and transgressions, and at the same time diverted to Himself the wrath of God the Father justly pursuing our . . . Continue reading →
You have most likely noticed a new warning that is out there. On certain movies, video games, and shorts, there is a photosensitivity warning which alerts of flashing lights that might induce an epileptic seizure in some people. Now, Lord willing, this . . . Continue reading →
Therefore, in this example even of Paul regenerate (for now regenerate he says this about himself) we see that even a regenerate person sometimes is made a slave of sin and is led away captive by it. ‘For what.’ He shows that . . . Continue reading →
Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty Series on the Nicene Creed. Continue reading →
I do not know what is in your garage, but from time to time mine has become pretty cluttered, and stuff has to be pitched. What we keep and what we pitch says something about us. People have theological garages, too, in . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
Christians often mimic the tactics of non-Christians in the social and political realms. For example, the “cancel culture” found in legacy media and social media is also found in evangelical media and Christian social media. American politicians and pundits use scare tactics, . . . Continue reading →
In verse 27 of chapter 3, after he dwells for a little while on the conclusion of the demonstration and has preached a little more fully about the righteousness of faith, he connects the two parts of the principal syllogism and gathers . . . Continue reading →
Nearly everyone agrees that modern education finds itself in disarray. According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, over eighty percent of public K–12 teachers believe that education has gotten worse in the last five years.1 And while there is no . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
And so, you have in that one verse 18 of chapter 1 these three things: First, man is not justified by works; second, man is condemned by works, which is the reason of the former; third, all the works of all men . . . Continue reading →
Dr Hywel Jones was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1963 and ministered in several pastorates in Wales and England over 25 years. During those years, he was a member of the executive committee of the British Evangelical Council of . . . Continue reading →