Baptism has often been controversial. Having biblically sound thinking on it isn’t easy, but as one of the sacraments, it is important. In this blog post, I want to focus on the negative side, what baptism doesn’t mean. There are a couple . . . Continue reading →
Author Archives: Heidelblog
Claims Of Revival In The UK Called Into Question
The reputation of the world’s oldest Bible Society and one of the leading international polling organizations has been tarnished in the fallout from a survey that was said to rewrite understanding of Christianity in Britain — and has now been junked for . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of April 20–26, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of April 20–26, 2026. Continue reading →
Trump, The Pope, And Christ’s Twofold Kingdom
On April 5, for Easter 2026, the current Bishop of Rome (in the Roman Catholic Church) published an “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and to the world) address which he delivered from from his balcony (the loggia) in St. Peter’s Basilica . . . Continue reading →
Why Your Neighbor Has Become A Conspiracy Theorist
They were “kidnapping our loved ones and replac[ing] them with a bitter hollow shell of what they once were.” This sounds like a line from the campy 1978 sci-fi horror flick Invasion of the Body Snatchers, about aliens from a dying planet . . . Continue reading →
SPLC Indicted For Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week that it has secured an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. According to the . . . Continue reading →
Three Things You Must Understand
For convincing a man of sin, righteousness, and judgment, by the gospel. As for convincing a man of sin, and righteousness, and judgment, by the gospel, or covenant of grace, he must understand three things: 1. That not believing in Jesus Christ, . . . Continue reading →
Heidelvideo #14—Gambling (Part 2)
Dr. R. Scott Clark explores the neurobiological “dopamine effect” that fuels addictions to gambling, porn, and social media. He discusses the severe consequences of compulsive gambling and highlights historical theological warnings against “wasteful gaming.” Continue reading →
The Sum Of The Gospel Or The Covenant Of Grace
The sum of the gospel, or covenant of grace and reconciliation, is this: “If thou flee from deserved wrath to the true Redeemer Jesus Christ, (who is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God through him,) thou shalt . . . Continue reading →
The Sum Of Saving Knowledge: The Substance Of The Covenant Of Grace Is One
The covenant of grace, set down in the Old Testament before Christ came, and in the New since he came, is one and the same in substance, albeit different in outward administration: For the covenant in the Old Testament, being sealed with . . . Continue reading →
J. Dwight Pentecost: The Rabbis Used The Right Method But Reached The Wrong Conclusions
This same literal interpretation was a marked feature of Old Testament interpretation. Jerome, in rejecting the strict literal method of interpretation, “calls the literal interpretation ‘Jewish,’ implies that it may easily become heretical and repeatedly says it is inferior to the ‘spiritual.’”1 . . . Continue reading →
New In Print: “Social Trinitarianism Is Not A Bonanza For Catholic Christians”
Dr Clark’s latest essay, “Social Trinitarianism Is Not A Bonanza For Catholic Christians” in James P. Butler et al. ed. A Faithful Steward: Essays in Honor of Richard C. Barcellos (Broken Wharfe, 2026) appears in a new collection of essays in honor . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of April 13–19, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of April 13–19, 2026. Continue reading →
Pelikan: It Was The Heretics Who Hellenized The Faith
It is even more a distortion when the dogma formulated by the catholic tradition is described as “in its conception and development a work of the Greek spirit on the soil of the gospel.” Indeed, in some ways it is more accurate . . . Continue reading →
Heidelvideo #13—Gambling (Part 1)
Dr. R. Scott Clark discusses the growing crisis of gambling addiction among young men and explains why it is a serious concern for the Christian community. He explores psychological triggers, cultural influences, and the spiritual implications for those who fall prey to it. Continue reading →
Brakel’s Answers To Arguments For Gambling
It is thus also evident that the abuse of the lot in games, entertainment, and gambling is a dreadful abuse of the providence of God. There are games which are played solely with one’s skill or strength, and there are games played . . . Continue reading →
Luther: Gambling Is A Gross Sin Abandoned By Christians
Therefore St. John rejects a false and feigned faith; he demands a genuine faith which will openly confess before the world the two things it has learned, namely, that Christ is the Son of God and of Mary and that He became . . . Continue reading →
Luther Condemned Gambling
Besides such necessary concerns of the church, there are countless temporal matters that need reform. There is discord among princes and political estates. Usury and avarice have burst in like a deluge and have taken on the color of legality. Wantonness, lewdness, . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of April 6–12, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of April 6–12, 2026. Continue reading →
Westminster Divines: Gambling Is Theft
What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment? The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving anything that is stolen; fraudulent dealing, false weights and measures, removing landmarks, injustice . . . Continue reading →