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Top Five Posts For The Week Of January 5–11, 2026
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Images Of Christ Diminish His Humanity
Mrs. Smith: “But Jesus truly came in the flesh. Doesn’t forbidding images make Him seem less human?” Dr. Perkins: Not at all. For the disciples, seeing Jesus wasn’t sinful—it was God’s gift in history. But for us to recreate Him is presumption. . . . Continue reading →
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What Is Reformed Theology? (Part 11)
Under the types and shadows of the Old Testament, before the death of Christ, circumcision was the sign of God’s covenant promise to be a God to believers and to their children. That bloody sign and seal has been replaced by a . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelcast For January 11, 2026: Best of… God’s Holy Law (2)
In this “Best of” episode, Dr. Clark discusses God’s holy law. Continue reading →
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Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Theological Significance of Pets
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about pets. Continue reading →
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The Road of No Good Versus the Path of Godliness: The Cosmic Struggle Between Transgression And The Servant Of The Lord In Psalm 36 (Part 1)
Even though our scientific instruments cannot detect them, there are unseen realities in the cosmos. Angels and demons lurk and roam, but we do not hear them. God’s throne room in the heavenly dimension does not register on any radar or sonar. . . . Continue reading →
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Bavinck: The Ground Of The Free Offer Is Not A (Hypothetical) Universal Atonement
For the universal offer of grace we need no other ground than this clearly revealed will of God. We no more need to know specifically for whom Christ died than we need to know specifically who has been ordained to eternal life. . . . Continue reading →
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How Should We View the Warning Passages? (Part 2)
Having looked in part one at how the Reformed church has recognized Scripture’s distinction between the law and the gospel, we will look in this article at how this distinction plays out in warning passages. A Look at Some Warning Passages There . . . Continue reading →
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Justification And Eastern Orthodoxy
Justification has never received much attention in Eastern Orthodox theology. The orthodox view of salvation is largely shaped by the idea of theosis based on such texts as 2 Peter 1:. The word theosis is translated “deification” in English, and the concept . . . Continue reading →
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Video: How Disney Facilitated And Monetized Perpetual Adolescence And Created A New Religion Along The Way
In 2025, a woman spent $35,000 on a Disney vacation. She isn’t a billionaire—she is a “Disney Adult.” This video investigates how Disney spent forty years engineering a generation of adults to treat a children’s brand like a religion. In this business . . . Continue reading →
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Review: Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity By John Fonville
Sex is a recurring issue of interest. I imagine readers are already engaged more fully in this article just because of the topic it flags. We understand why the world retains interest: As the axiom goes, “sex sells.” This axiom’s lamentable counterpart . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: The Abrahamic Covenant Unifies Redemptive History (3)
In this episode Dr. Clark continues his series on the Abrahamic Covenant. Continue reading →
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Bavinck: Hypothetical Universalism Leaves Something For Us To Do
The conclusion of universal atonement is that “Christ only secured for God the possibility of entering into a covenant of grace with us… if we believe. The most significant part of the work of salvation, that which really effects salvation, is still . . . Continue reading →
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Martyrs, Raisins, And Raids: Rethinking The Origins Of Islam
Many Muslim men throughout history have aspired to martyrdom because of the qur’anic promise of ḥūrīs in heaven. Traditionally this word has been understood as “beautiful virgin women” who will await them upon their martyr’s death. But what if the term does . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: The Abrahamic Covenant Unifies Redemptive History (2)
In this episode Dr. Clark continues his series on the Abrahamic Covenant. Continue reading →
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The Evangelical Journey From Fog Machines and Praise Bands To Smells And Bells
We can indeed sympathize with those who are exhausted by the irreverent and shallow approach to worship in evangelicalism, often untethered from any historical ties to the ancient church. Yet deeply embedded in the worship of Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism (amid . . . Continue reading →
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The PCA’s “Essgate”—Yes, Office & Ordination Are Muddled in the PCA, but a Social Media Conflagration Is Not Helping
“I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it.” This is an old saw often deployed against the Reformed by revivalist evangelicals to imply that the Reformed do not “do” evangelism at all (not true), and . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelminicast: The Abrahamic Covenant Unifies Redemptive History (1)
In this episode Dr. Clark begins a new series on the Abrahamic Covenant. Continue reading →
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In Memoriam Paul Helm (1940–2025)
Paul Helm, who died on December 29 at home in Gloucestershire aged 85, was the leading philosophical defender of Calvinism in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years. Helm was the best kind of Calvinist: His steely intellect was concealed by . . . Continue reading →
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What Is Reformed Theology? (Part 10)
“Word and sacrament piety” is perhaps an expression with which you are unfamiliar. It is a shorthand way of saying that the way God has ordained to work in the lives of his people is through the ministry of the Word, chiefly . . . Continue reading →