These were the top five posts for the week of March 16–22, 2026. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of March 16–22, 2026
2026 Archive
Contra Webbon et al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 2)
Before the Apostles’ Creed was fully formed, the ancient postapostolic church confessed the “rule of faith” (regula fidei). One of the first places we see the rule is in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies, which dates to about AD 180. Book 1 included this . . . Continue reading →
Covenant Theology Is Basic To Your Christian Life
How do you relate to God? Since the triune God is truly transcendent, what binds us to him that we might know that he is near to his people? We long for certainty and assurance to know that our God is with . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For March 22, 2026: Have This Mind: Philippians (16)
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “Have This Mind” Continue reading →
Blessing The Understanding Heart: Psalm 41 (Part 2)
In the first half of Psalm 41, we witnessed how the haters were piling on David in his season of desperation. Their appetite for harm, though, was just getting warmed up for some serious evil. In addition to cheering for the psalmist’s . . . Continue reading →
Non-Heterosexual Identity Declining Sharply Among Young Americans
Last fall, researcher Eric Kaufmann concluded that “trans identification is in free fall among the young.” His declaration was a little premature – his sources measured identifying as non-binary, not transgender, and were not nationally representative. But after digging into the best . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Praying to Dead Saints and Necromancy | Are Our Heavenly Rewards Proportional to Our Works?
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss prayer and good works. Continue reading →
Heidelvideo #9—Is Grace a Medicine or God’s Favor?
Dr. R. Scott Clark explains why the Roman Catholic view of grace as a medicinal substance to be infused and cooperated with contradicts the biblical definition of grace as God’s free, unconditional favor. Continue reading →
¿Por qué el consistorio ginebrino exigía nombres bíblicos en el bautismo?
Matt Tuininga, amigo y antiguo alumno, escribió una interesante entrada en Christian in America en la que relata el conflicto entre el consistorio y algunos habitantes de Ginebra sobre cómo los padres debían nombrar a sus hijos.1 Escribe: Durante la época de . . . Continue reading →
In Contrast To 1689, The Old Testament Covenants Apply Christ and His Benefits Proactively
Among some representatives of 1689 federalism, this dialectical tension wherein the covenant of grace both communicated Christ’s benefits and was not administered ends up breaking the wrong direction. Although the covenants of the old economy “carried the promise of another covenant,” they . . . Continue reading →
Disorder Is Not The Answer For The PCA
The issue is actually not about sex; it is about polity and ordination. Yet the bearers of non-standard titles seem to usually be women, not men. Women cannot be (and are not being) ordained in the PCA, though there seems to be . . . Continue reading →
Review Roundup: Covenant Theology (Part 3)
The covenant theology roundup continues with part 3. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Theonomy and the Federal Vision; Separated at Birth?
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about theonomy. Continue reading →
Polanus: Galatians 3:10 Teaches The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience
In Galatians 3:10 the apostle supplies the eighth argument: “As many as are of the works of the law and under the curse. For it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who does not remain in all things, which are written in the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Theonomy of the Christian Left—Refugees and the Two-Fold Kingdom
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about how the USA is not Old Testament Israel. Continue reading →
Was Dr Frankenstein Surprised By His Monster?
In February 2026, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth extended an invitation to Moscow, Idaho pastor Doug Wilson to lead a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon. The invitation generated immediate and considerable national attention: not least because Wilson has, over the . . . Continue reading →
Defining Nature-Grace Dualism
In the ongoing dialogue regarding the relations between Christ and culture, one of the slogans that gets tossed about concerns a nature/grace dualism. I see people using this expression as if everyone knows what it means or as if it means the . . . Continue reading →
When The Marxists Come For The Birders
Why, birders might ask, this curmudgeonly reception to a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in intersectional spaces in the birding community? The reason is that this relabeling movement betrays a Jacobin zealotry for politicizing something inherently unpolitical, in the process demanding . . . Continue reading →
The Independent Pulpit And The Bound Conscience: Ecclesiology And The Necessity Of Appeal
In the late sixteenth century, as the Reformed churches sought to consolidate their confession amid the tumult of the Counter-Reformation, a central tension emerged that continues to occupy the mind of the church today: the relationship between the binding of the conscience and the liberty of the Christian. It is a tension famously navigated by the Westminster divines, who confessed that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” in Westminster Confession of Faith 20.2, yet simultaneously affirmed the church’s authority to settle controversies of faith and strictly prohibit what contradicts the Word of God. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The USA is not Old Testament Israel (Part 2)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about how the USA is not Old Testament Israel. Continue reading →