Machen: Are We Schismatics?

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever.”—Isa. 40:8 When ought Christian people to withdraw from a church with which they have been connected and seek to lead other people to withdraw with them? That . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast for August 9, 2026: Rome, Constantinople, or Geneva (Part 8): The Sacramental System (2)

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. Continue reading →

Review: The Joy Of Hearing: A Theology Of The Book Of Revelation By Thomas R. Schreiner

the joy of hearing a theology of the book of revelation

The book of Revelation is a daunting undertaking to read and especially to preach. The baggage associated with it, perhaps even more in the United States since the rise of dispensationalism, makes even the most grounded and biblically informed believers afraid of . . . Continue reading →

Does the Westminster Confession Teach Baptismal Regeneration? (Part 1)

1280px assertion of liberty of conscience by the independents of the westminster assembly of divines, 1644

The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited, and conferred, by the Holy Ghost, to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast for August 2, 2026: Rome, Constantinople, or Geneva (Part 7 ): The Sacramental System (1)

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. Continue reading →