Simply put, any idea that posits racial superiority as a basis for church or civil social order is to be seen as out of bounds with Christianity as a religion and as a source of truth, and is sin. The Synod is . . . Continue reading →
2026 Archive
2026 PCA Overtures: A Simplified Preview
As the fifty-third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America prepares to gather in June for the third time in Louisville, Kentucky, a record number of overtures have been tendered. Of the ninety (adding one holdover from last year), many of . . . Continue reading →
Catalyst Conference In London: The Christian’s Communion
The Christian’s Communion: Fellowship with the Triune God in Life and Ministry June 9–11, 2026—International Presbyterian Church Ealing The 2026 IPC Catalyst Conference offers three days of rich and profound reflection together on the doctrine of communion with God. We will consider . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 11–17, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of May 11–17 2026. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 17, 2026: Best of… God’s Holy Law (4)
In this “Best of” episode, Dr. Clark discusses God’s holy law. Continue reading →
Psalm 81: New Covenant Feasting—A More Glorious Redemption
When I was in high school, my family had a somewhat unorthodox Thanksgiving arrangement. My dad and I always had to work Black Friday, and since my mom’s folks were not getting any younger, Pops would insist that she and my brother . . . Continue reading →
Two Stages Of Justification Is Roman, Not Reformed
The Reformed understanding of Scripture is that believers are as justified and saved now as we will be at the judgment. There are not two stages of justification, initial and final. Rather, we distinguish between justification and vindication. At the judgment it . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is the “Home Church” Movement Biblical?
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about home churches. Continue reading →
Heidelvideo #16—Why I’m Not a Roman Catholic (Part 8)
Dr. R. Scott Clark explains why the Reformed tradition opposes visual depictions of the Trinity, arguing that such images are products of human imagination rather than divine truth. He explores the biblical prohibitions against idols and provides a historical overview of how the early church universally rejected images until the 8th century. Continue reading →
Deconstructing Without Apostatizing
For the past eight years, Nate Hanson served as the host of a podcast called Almost Heretical. The show generated millions of downloads and rose to become one of the most successful “deconstructionist” podcasts on the market. On Wikipedia, it’s listed among . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Contra Webbon Et Al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 2)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Contra Webbon Et Al. Continue reading →
The Ascension Of Christ: A Primer
Every week, in both our morning and evening services, our congregation confesses or sings one of the historic creeds of the church before we receive the Lord’s Supper. Sometimes it is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed or the Apostles’ Creed, and other times it . . . Continue reading →
As If
When I was a teenager, we sometimes had a cynical way of responding to certain things. So, for example, one of my friends might say, “I think the teacher is going to give us a free period so we can go outside . . . Continue reading →
Presbyterian Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence
The almost mythical status the Declaration holds for many Americans is not the product of some twentieth-century PR spin either. From the beginning, whether from prescience or hubris, Americans believed that the founding of their new nation was an act of profound . . . Continue reading →
Christ Descended Into Hell: The Creed, The Harrowing, And The Hope Of The Gospel
The line in the Apostles’ Creed “He descended into hell” often suffers one of two fates. It is either misunderstood in a dramatic, almost mythological way, as though Christ literally entered the place of the damned after his death in order to . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Contra Webbon Et Al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 1)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Contra Webbon Et Al. Continue reading →
Affections And Instruments: Local Legends And Long-Distance Wake-Up Calls
For those of us who came of age in the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” era, the theological landscape was dominated by a specific triumvirate of voices. I cut my Reformed teeth, like so many others, on the ministries of R. C. Sproul, . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Jesus and Trump
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Jesus and Trump. Continue reading →
Distinguishing Is Not Diminishing
Distinguishing justification and sanctification does not make the second less important or nonessential, but if we do not distinguish them, we will lose the gospel of free grace and as Christians come to think of our standing with God as contingent on . . . Continue reading →
Luther: Assertions Of The Truth Are Essential To Christianity
For it is not the property of a Christian mind to be displeased with assertions; no, a man must be absolutely pleased with assertions, or he will never be a Christian…In Romans 10 he calls it “confession” saying “and with the mouth . . . Continue reading →