The most applauded Tenets of our modern Anabaptists, are the self-same with what the old Anabaptists did invent The errors of the Anabaptists and their divisions amongst themselves are so many, that to set them down distinctly in any good order, is . . . Continue reading →
2025 Archive
Video: Righteous by Design and Created for Communion
In this rich theological conversation, Camden Bucey welcomes Dr. Harrison Perkins—pastor, scholar, and author—to discuss his two latest books: Righteous by Design: Covenantal Merit and Adam’s Original Integrity (Christian Focus) and Created for Communion with God: The Promise of Genesis 1–2 (Lexham . . . Continue reading →
Review: Confession of the Christian Religion By Girolamo Zanchi (trans. Patrick O’Banion)
Girolamo Zanchi (1516–90) is certainly not a household name in Christian circles. He was very well known among seventeenth-century Reformed Christians, however. For just one example, Puritan Thomas Goodwin wrote that Zanchi was “the best of Protestant Writers.”1 So why are many Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Turretin Contra The Limbus Patrum
This question lies between us and the papists who (the more easily to defend their hypothesis concerning the imperfection of the Old Testament) maintain that the fathers who lived under it were not immediately admitted into heaven, but were detained in limbo . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: One Person, Two Natures (4): How the Athanasian Creed Could Have Helped
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series called, “One Person, Two Natures” Continue reading →
Dreher On The Woke/Anti-Semitic Right
I knew that the left had succumbed to the soft totalitarianism of wokeness. It was part of the reason that I moved to the former Eastern bloc country of Hungary—not to escape wokeness so much as the fact that, through the research . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: One Person, Two Natures (3): Ignatius of Antioch
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series called, “One Person, Two Natures” Continue reading →
Baptism Between the Minarets: The Gospel at Work In Turkey
The ancient city of Smyrna holds a significant place in the annals of church history. It was one of the seven churches addressed by Christ in the book of Revelation, and it was the home of the early church father Polycarp (AD . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: One Person, Two Natures (2): What Does Captain Kirk Have to do With Christology?
In this episode Dr Clark continues a series called, “One Person, Two Natures” Continue reading →
Review: Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Ends
A rediscovery of the ordinary means of grace** is not only a needed correction to many of the excesses of our day, but it is also a key to the health and longevity of normal churches. Contrary to the ascension of parachurch . . . Continue reading →
The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 18)—The Resurrection of the Body
In one elementary school science lesson, we were given bug eggs that we were supposed to help get through the various life-cycle stages. However successful I was at that endeavor with those particular bugs, the principle is something I think we all . . . Continue reading →
Kuyper And The Moral Shift In Society
We are living in an age of profound cultural shift. Up until the early twenty-first century, Western history was dominated by a form of Christianity that was legally established and culturally honored. While not everyone was a Christian, being a Christian was . . . Continue reading →
What Is A Reformed Liturgy? (Part 1)
“Because of the angels . . .” (1 Cor 11:10). Paul uses this profound and striking phrase in the eleventh chapter of 1 Corinthians, but because of all the issues Paul was addressing in the Corinthian congregation, many of which continued to plague the . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 26–June 1, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of May 26–June 1. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For June 1, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (3): The Early Church Fathers on the Lord’s Supper
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Did Christ Die for All the Children of Believers? | Limbus Patrum
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Psalm 67: Isn’t It Aaronic? (Part 3)
Why will the nations “be glad and sing for joy”? In Part 2 of our study of Psalm 67, we explored the first of three reasons offered by the psalmist: “For you judge the peoples with equity.” Despite the fallenness of our . . . Continue reading →
The Sweetness of Psalm Singing
Our first point initially then helps us see the rich blessing of corporate worship. This spirit-fullness requires the church and is not an individualistic experience. This singing is addressing one another, namely other people. The style of worship where you blend into a . . . Continue reading →
Persecution Of Christians In India On The Rise
The Christian community in India is under relentless attack from Hindu nationalist groups, particularly in certain states. Reports indicate a sharp rise in violence, with 640 incidents of discrimination and attacks recorded in 2024 alone, a fourfold increase from a decade ago. . . . Continue reading →
The New Inquisition: Illiberalism In The Modern Academy
Most college students are taught that, in the pre-Enlightenment world, religious zealots persecuted enlightened astronomers for daring to challenge deeply held but ignorant religious beliefs on the basis of early modern science. Whether that story is true as told is immaterial. That . . . Continue reading →