The first part of the fourth article of our “undoubted Christian faith” (Heidelberg Catechism 22), which we confess in the Apostles’ Creed, says Christ “suffered under Pontius Pilate” (passus sub Pontio Pilato). This is a remarkable thing to say. After all, we . . . Continue reading →
Christ builds His church through the ordinary means of grace: the Word, sacraments, and prayer. Continue reading →
Two teaching elders from the Presbyterian Church in America are facing criminal charges in separate cases. The first case involves a pastor in Florida who was the driver in a fatal car crash. The second case involves a pastor in Mississippi who . . . Continue reading →
Dipping the bread into the wine as a method of distributing and receiving the elements of the Lord’s supper is a matter that has recently come into discussion among some churches. This procedure, commonly called “intinction,” has significance in the life of . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on Christian Liberty. Continue reading →
As advocates of the Presuppositional approach to apologetics remind us ad infinitum, no one is neutral epistemologically. That is true enough. We must not, however, draw the fallacious inference that no one is objective. That does not follow. In Histories and Fallacies . . . Continue reading →
I’m not a Harry Potter fan. But please don’t cancel me or stop reading. The reason I’m not an HP fan has little to do with overblown concerns about magic and spirits. Neither do I dislike the HP canon. It’s just too . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on Christian Liberty. Continue reading →
Justin Taylor has posted material from Tom Schreiner’s 40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law, which argues, “I do not believe the Sabbath is required for believers now that the new covenant has arrived in the person of Jesus Christ.”1 Schreiner considers the . . . Continue reading →
The Trojan Horse is the classic example of a bait and switch. Legend says that, for ten years, the Greeks waged war on the city of Troy. This war went so long because Troy was so well fortified. One morning, the Trojans . . . Continue reading →
The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the Gospel, are included by God within the covenant of Grace, as well as Abraham’s or David’s seed within that covenant of theirs. Thomas . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on Christian Liberty. Continue reading →
Both can be explained in one word. The covenant made with all the patriarchs is so much like ours in substance and reality that the two are actually one and the same. Yet they differ in the mode of dispensation. But because . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of April 7—13. Continue reading →
After a conference address that expounded the doctrine of justification by faith and showed its contemporary importance, the following comments were overheard during a coffee break. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Yet Scripture opens to us a still surer knowledge of the truth. Indeed, it is most evident that the covenant which the Lord once made with Abraham [cf. Gen. 17:14] is no less in force today for Christians than it was of . . . Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
In the first installment on Psalm 25, we identified the agony for which the psalmist was praying for relief. The community around him shamed and ridiculed him as beyond the reach of forgiveness. Even his own memory tormented him that the sins . . . Continue reading →
We believe, with the whole ancient Church, that not only adults who have declared that they repent of their sins and believe in Christ, but also their little children, must be admitted to the sacrament of baptism, since the covenant also concerns . . . Continue reading →