While the rest of us are drowning in the flood of information, trying to figure out what it all means, people like Wilson and Trump skim along the surface. Why? Because understanding and being understood are not necessarily the goal. Wilson does . . . Continue reading →
2026 Archive
Machen: Are We Schismatics?
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 →
Psalm 103 and Commanding Your Heart (Part 1): Commanding Praise
I would not exactly call myself a fan of censorship; I think the First Amendment happens to be one of the crowning achievements of the democratic experiment that is the United States of America. But if in days to come our culture . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: On Schism & Fidelity: A Reply To Redeemed Zoomer
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss Bible translations. Continue reading →
Rutherford: Salvation By Works Is Heresy
It is a Socinian and heretical position to conclude that we can be saved through keeping God’s commands even though we wrongly conceive of God in our minds and are ignorant of him, his nature, attributes, and works as they are revealed . . . Continue reading →
Video: Communion with God in Scripture (Part 2)—An Ongoing Provision
Harrison Perkins speaks at the IPC Catalyst Conference. The Christian’s Communion: Fellowship with the Triune God in Life and Ministry – Communion with God in Scripture. Continue reading →
The Roman Catholic Church Is A Tridentine Church, Not The Ancient Christian Church
That council [Trent, 1551] was convened and met intermittently for two decades in order to respond to the Protestant Reformation. It defined the Roman Catholic Church. Until that council concluded, there was still some hope that Rome might repent, that she might . . . Continue reading →
Review: The Joy Of Hearing: A Theology Of The Book Of Revelation By Thomas R. Schreiner
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 →
A Snapshot Of The Muslim Persecution Of Christians Across The Globe
The following are among the murders and abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of April 2026. The Muslim Abduction, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Pakistan On April 11, two Muslims raped a 25-year-old Christian woman, leaving her . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Should We View the Warning Passages? (Part 1)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about warning passages. Continue reading →
Swaim: The American Founders Were Not Utopians
Spend the rest of this semiquincentennial year reading the Federalist Papers and mark how often the authors—Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison—base their contentions on the reality that fallen man can be counted on to conflate his own narrow interests with . . . Continue reading →
Thoughts On Church Planting In Little Rock
The Lord called me to River City Reformed Presbyterian Church in 2021. I was initially called as associate pastor to Rev. Howard Wheeler, who had been laboring with this church plant since 2016. What is really remarkable is that he did this . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Who Are the True Catholics? (Part 2)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about catholicity. Continue reading →
The Walls Fall, But Not By Our Sword
Joshua 6 is one of those passages that many Christians have known since childhood. It is vivid, memorable, and almost ready-made for Sunday school lessons, children’s songs, and vacation Bible school crafts. Israel marches around Jericho for seven days. On the seventh . . . Continue reading →
Withdrawal From The Visible Church Is Not The Path To Sanctification
One of the great temptations of in the history of the church has been to withdraw from other Christians in pursuit of sanctity. This was the first stage of Christian monasticism, which failed. It was not long before eremitic monasticism became cenobitic . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Who Are the True Catholics? (Part 1)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about catholicity. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of July 27–August 1, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of July 27–August 1, 2026. Continue reading →
Does the Westminster Confession Teach Baptismal Regeneration? (Part 1)
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 →
Turretin: Christ’s Divine Nature Is Not Inferior To The Father’s
Although the office of a priest and intercessor is to serve, it does not follow that the divine nature in Christ is inferior to the Father. It follows only that Christ was made less than the Father not in nature (physei), but . . . Continue reading →