Author Archives: Heidelblog

Video: The Psalm for the Sabbath: Psalm 92 | Dr. W. Robert Godfrey

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• Heidelblog

on March 21, 2025

Even though our praise cannot actually make God greater or higher than He is, the Lord is pleased for our praise to exalt Him in our minds and hearts. Continue reading →

Meet Baby Olivia

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• Heidelblog

on March 20, 2025

“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well” (Ps 139:14; ESV) Continue reading →

Evidence Mounts

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• Heidelblog

on March 20, 2025

Illinois public school administrators tried to force a 13-year-old girl to change clothes in front of a biological male, in accordance with the district’s “inclusive” bathroom policy that allows transgender students to use whichever locker room corresponds with their chosen gender, the . . . Continue reading →

The Morally Corrupt Underbelly Of Christian Nationalism

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• Heidelblog

on March 19, 2025

In some circles, Christian nationalism has become a vehicle for race obsession. It is often tied to rhetoric that seeks to reframe Christianity as a predominately European religion, rejecting its deeply Jewish roots, North African developments, and universal call to all nations. . . . Continue reading →

Top Five Posts For The Week Of March 10–16, 2025

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• Heidelblog

on March 17, 2025 | 3 Comments

These were the top five posts for the week of March 10–16. Continue reading →

New Items In The Heidelshop!

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• Heidelblog

on March 15, 2025

These are just a few of the new additions to the Heidelshop (with more to come!). Continue reading →

SCOTUS Takes Up Important Case With Far Reaching Consequences For Free Speech And Religious Freedom

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• Heidelblog

on March 15, 2025

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. That announcement came as part of a list of orders released on Monday . . . Continue reading →

Review: Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States By Walter R. Strickland

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• DeMyron Haynes

on March 13, 2025 | 1 Comment

The earliest church experience I remember was in my hometown of Shreveport, LA. My mother made sure my brothers and I were dressed in our “Sunday best,” then loaded us into the car and drove us to a small white church building that could not have held more than sixty people. Continue reading →

DOJ Sides With Church In Zoning Dispute

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• Heidelblog

on March 12, 2025 | 1 Comment

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has intervened in a case involving a city’s use of zoning ordinances to stop the expansion of a church congregation. On March 3, the Justice Department section for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed a statement . . . Continue reading →

Top Five Posts For The Week Of March 3–9, 2025

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• Heidelblog

on March 10, 2025

These were the top five posts for the week of March 3–9. Continue reading →

Calvin: Those Who Reject Infant Baptism Are “Fanatics”

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• Heidelblog

on March 8, 2025 | 2 Comments

Moreover, we believe, that since baptism is a treasure which God has placed in his Church, all the members ought to partake of it. Now we doubt not that little children born of Christians are of this number, since God has adopted . . . Continue reading →

Bavinck: All Heretics Quote Scripture

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• Heidelblog

on March 7, 2025 | 2 Comments

Every sectarian and heretical school of thought initially begins with an appeal to Scripture against the confession and would have us believe that its deviation from the doctrine of the church is required by Scripture. But in most cases further investigation leads . . . Continue reading →

Why Adriel Sanchez Changed His Mind About Infant Baptism

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• Heidelblog

on March 7, 2025 | 1 Comment

Pastor Adriel Sanchez shares his journey from credobaptist to paedobaptist. While our Baptist brothers and sisters disagree, Pastor Adriel shares how the more he studied the Bible, the more he came to believe that the scriptures don’t just allow for infant baptism, but necessitate it. Continue reading →

In Person Is Best

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• Heidelblog

on March 4, 2025

But before one decides to avoid the alleged “ivory tower” of seminary, before one decides not to fight the battle of uprooting one’s self or family, we should count the costs. One of the benefits of in-person seminary education is that it . . . Continue reading →

Top Five Posts For The Week Of February 24–March 2, 2025

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• Heidelblog

on March 3, 2025

These were the top five posts for the week of February 24–March 2. Continue reading →

The Polish Reformed (1570) Rebuke The Anabaptists For Denying Infant Baptism

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• Heidelblog

on March 2, 2025

We also rebuke and reject all Anabaptists, who repeat their baptism and do not allow little children among God’s people to be baptized. James T. Dennison Jr. ed., Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation: 1523–1693, vol. 3 . . . Continue reading →

Hungarian Synod (1567) Lumps The Anabaptists With Servetus And The Socinians For Denying Infant Baptism

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• Heidelblog

on March 1, 2025

We have decided, in accordance with the Word of God, that despite the howls of Servetus and the new Anabaptists, infants must be baptized together with adults, for the following reasons: 1. The matter of the sacrament, the covenant itself, righteousness, life, . . . Continue reading →

Antwerp Confession (1566): “I Reject The Error Of The Anabaptists” Who Detest The Baptism Of The Children Of Believers

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• Heidelblog

on February 28, 2025

I believe that baptism is the sign of the covenant of God with the seed of Abraham, ought to be given to those who belong to the covenant of grace, and, as a consequence, to the infants of believers. Thus I reject . . . Continue reading →

Chad Vegas, Chris Gordon, And R. Scott Clark: Why Are The Reformed So Weird?

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• Chad Vegas
• Chris Gordon
• R. Scott Clark

on February 28, 2025 | 1 Comment

We’re talking about practice; not a game, not a game, not a game. We’re talking about practice. Continue reading →

Second Helvetic Confession (1566): We Condemn The Anabaptists Who Deny Baptism To The Children Of Believers

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• Heidelblog

on February 27, 2025 | 1 Comment

We teach that baptism should not be ministered in the church by women or midwives. For Paul excludes women from ecclesiastical callings: but baptism belongs to ecclesiastical offices. We condemn the Anabaptists, who deny that young infants, born of faithful parents, are . . . Continue reading →