The Scriptures give us a robust revelation about all that Jesus accomplished on the cross. As we go about seeking to categorize all of the various dimensions of the cross, we discover that there are both vertical and horizontal dimensions to Jesus’ work. The verticaldimensions are foundational; . . . Continue reading →
Author Archives: Heidelblog
Pot Is Not What You Think It Is
Rescheduling marijuana would open the door for Big Weed to go mainstream. Businesses now operating in a legal grey area could licitly deduct business expenses, access capital, and advertise openly. National brands could arise, running spots during football games, offering intro deals via . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 22–28, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of September 22–28. Continue reading →
DeYoung On The “Soft Establishment” Of The American Revisions
Since publishing my article in 2024, several responses have argued that the difference between the two versions of WCF 23:3 is only a matter of emphasis and not an actual contradiction. Other ministerial colleagues in the PCA have argued that although the . . . Continue reading →
Harrison Perkins And Matt Barrett Discussing John 17 And The Covenant Of Redemption
You know Dr Harrison Perkins as one of the co-hosts of the Heidelcast Superfriends podcast on Saturdays. He is the author of a recent and important book on Reformed Covenant Theology and a widely published authority on the history of Reformed theology. . . . Continue reading →
Those Who Have Received Grace Ought To Be Most Gracious
I recently received a letter from a couple in our congregation who have been laboring for the sake of the gospel in the Congo for the better part of their lives. As I read, one line in particular stood out to me. . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 15–21, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of September 15–21. Continue reading →
Video: The Nicene Creed
Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty Series on the Nicene Creed. Continue reading →
New From Hywel Jones—Isaiah’s Oratorio: An Appreciation of Isaiah Chapters 24–27
Dr Hywel Jones was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1963 and ministered in several pastorates in Wales and England over 25 years. During those years, he was a member of the executive committee of the British Evangelical Council of . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 8–14, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of September 8–14. Continue reading →
Video: Reformed Pastors Discuss Why We Should Be Singing the Psalter
Join Pastor Chris Gordon and Pastor Peter Holtvlüwer in a discussion about Peter’s new Book series “Christ’s Psalms, Our Psalms” which shows how each psalm reveals the Saviour Jesus Christ, demonstrating the importance of the Psalter in our worship. They explore the . . . Continue reading →
Three AI Challenges
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is rapidly developing. It’s hard to keep up with some of the new ethical challenges Christians are facing. Especially our young people are being bombarded with all kinds of tempting new possibilities for distraction, entrapment, deceit, and apostasy. . . . Continue reading →
Turretin On What Is And Isn’t New About The New Covenant (Part 7): In The Accomplishment Of Eternal Life
In eternal life, which belongs to the New Testament: (a) as to actual aquisition obtained by the blood of Christ (which in the Old Testament was only moral); (b) as to the actual entrance of Christ as man into heaven, as the . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 1–7, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of September 1–7. Continue reading →
Turretin On What Is And Isn’t New About The New Covenant (Part 6): In Sanctification
In sanctification, which is greater in the New Testament as to higher illumination of the intellect (as to mode), which is not external and ceremonial (which even a hypocrite may have), but internal (as to efficacy), which is greater on account of . . . Continue reading →
Turretin On What Is And Isn’t New About The New Covenant (Part 5): In Liberty From Ceremonies
In liberty, not only spiritual (which also existed in the Old Testament), but also external, by which we are free from the legal ceremonies (Col. 2:20–22) and besides are become the servants of Christ alone and not of men (Gal. 5:1). Francis . . . Continue reading →
Video: Michael Horton On The Forgotten Person In The Trinity
In this keynote from the Sola and Credo Trinity Conference, Michael Horton demonstrates how Nicaea 2 defends the biblical teaching that the person of the Holy Spirit, along with the Father and the Son, is to be worshipped and glorified as “the . . . Continue reading →
Turretin On What Is And Isn’t New About The New Covenant (Part 4): In Adoption Without Servitude
In adoption, which in the New Testament not only as to the thing is such as it was in the Old, but also as to mode, condition and effects because: (a) in the New Testament it is proposed as having been acquired . . . Continue reading →
Review: Created For Communion With God: The Promise Of Genesis 1–2 By Harrison Perkins
As a Presbyterian minister, I have attended many Presbytery meetings where candidates for licensure or ordination are asked various questions touching on the Bible, theology, church government, and their commitment to the church’s confessional teaching. Inevitably, one question that is almost always . . . Continue reading →
Turretin On What Is And Isn’t New About The New Covenant (Part 3): The Calling Of The Nations
In the calling of all nations, which is peculiar to the New Testament as to the full knowledge of circumstance and of mode. This was not attended to by the ancients who thought that the Gentiles would be brought into the old . . . Continue reading →