Video: Blessed Assurance—The Christian Comforted

Heidelblog

on February 2, 2026 | 2 Comments

This talk is by Dr. R. Scott Clark on day two of Westminster Seminary California’s Annual Conference. This year, the topic was “Blessed Assurance: Resting in the Promises of God.” One of the most comforting truths of the Christian life is the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For February 1, 2026: Have This Mind: Philippians (12)

Heidelcast

on February 1, 2026

In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “Have This Mind” Continue reading →

The Frankenstein Cake of Despair: Finding Hope In Psalm 38 (Part 2)

Zach Keele

on January 31, 2026

We saw how Psalm 38 laid out in gruesome detail the slow perishing of the psalmist. All his systems have shut down; there is no fixing him. It is time to close this book, bury this dead, and move on. Yet even . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Paul’s Response to the Judaizers in Galatians: Circumcision, the Law, and Our Justification

Heidelcast

on January 31, 2026 | 1 Comment

In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about Paul’s Response to the Judaizers in Galatians. Continue reading →

Trueman: Your Prayer Life Needs The Doctrine Of The Trinity

Heidelblog

on January 31, 2026

Practically speaking, therefore, a healthy, vibrant prayer life depends to a large extent upon a good understanding of trinitarian doctrine. Only then will we both understand what it is we are doing and have confidence that it will be effective and powerful. . . . Continue reading →

Olevianus On How The Articles Of The Apostles’ Creed Give Us Assurance And Comfort

Heidelblog

on January 30, 2026

Give me some guidance as to what I should do to derive a firm confidence and sure comfort from the articles of faith. A. First of all, for each and every article of faith think about God’s promise that if you believe . . . Continue reading →

Canonization, Saints, And Christ Our Only Mediator

R. Scott Clark

on January 30, 2026 | 1 Comment

The AP ran a story in October 2022 on the naming of seven new Roman “saints.” According to the story, “Two of the new saints were Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S., and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th-century . . . Continue reading →

Heidelvideo #2—On The Distinction Between Law And Gospel (Part 1)

Heidelblog

on January 30, 2026 | 4 Comments

In Heidelvideo episode 2 Dr Clark begins a three-part series on distinguishing law and gospel. Continue reading →

Review: Christianity And New Religious Movements: An Introduction To The World’s Newest Faiths By Derek Cooper

Erik Warren O’Dell

on January 29, 2026

Just a few minutes away from my place is one of the largest Sikh worship centers in the country. It was built in 2003 on a multimillion-dollar budget, and today it is a beautiful piece of architecture that houses a school, priest . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Theocracy’s Time Has Come and Gone

Heidelcast

on January 29, 2026 | 9 Comments

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about theocracy. Continue reading →

Luther: Of Course Error And False Teaching Springs Up In The Church

Tony Phelps

on January 29, 2026

We should not marvel nor be terrified if there spring up among us many different false teachings and false faiths. Satan is constantly among the children of God. These words teach us how we should conduct ourselves toward these heretics and false . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Natural Law in the Reformed Confessions

Heidelcast

on January 28, 2026

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about natural law. Continue reading →

A Letter To Recovering Pharisees: An Exposition Of Galatians (Part 2)

Tony Phelps

on January 28, 2026 | 3 Comments

As we continue in our exposition of Galatians 1:1–5, we are reminded of the key issues driving this epistle: Do Gentiles need to become Jews in order to be justified? Or is Christ all sufficient as our righteousness? Thankfully, we have the . . . Continue reading →

RPCNA Removes Samuel Ketcham From The Ministry And Excommunicates Him

Heidelblog

on January 28, 2026 | 7 Comments

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America’s Presbytery of the Alleghenies on Saturday excommunicated Rev. Samuel Ketcham for his advocacy of kinism, the belief that insurmountable differences between races exist and justify some type of discrimination. After a trial, a church court . . . Continue reading →

Becoming Barnabas: The Example Of Encouragement (Part 2): What’s In A Name?

Harrison Perkins

on January 27, 2026

Think of your most trusted confidant and ask yourself why you welcome his input. What causes you to trust his advice and be open to whatever he might say? What about that person makes you feel like even his hard feedback will . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Yes! We Forgive Our Enemies

Heidelcast

on January 27, 2026 | 4 Comments

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about forgiving our enemies. Continue reading →

Bavinck: A Universal Atonement Sacrifices Quality For Quantity

Heidelblog

on January 27, 2026

The universalists tend, therefore, to diminish the value and power of Christ’s work. What they gain in quantity—and then only seemingly–they lose in quality. Herman Bavinck | Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ, trans. John Bolt and John Vriend . . . Continue reading →

Luther On Law, Gospel, And Conscience

Tony Phelps

on January 26, 2026

Give no more to the Law than it has coming, and say to it: “Law, you want to ascend into the realm of conscience and rule there. You want to denounce its sin and take away the joy of my heart, which . . . Continue reading →

Can Fudging And Provoking Produce Unity?

Brad Isbell

on January 26, 2026 | 1 Comment

At the end of the first paragraph of Christianity and Liberalism, the quotable Machen spun out a sentence for the ages, a statement striking rightness: In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt . . . Continue reading →

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