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A Missing Ingredient in the Recovery of Reformed Confessionalism As much as God’s frozen chosen may overdo the awkward and embarrassing features of evangelical piety, it is still true that born-again Protestantism and Reformed confessionalism have different practices that, in turn, nurture . . . Continue reading →
Readers of the Heidelblog know that R. Scott Clark has helped countless people understand the confessional Reformed tradition in new and richer ways. Scott has been laboring to this end for more than thirty years by teaching church history at Westminster Seminary . . . Continue reading →
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In this episode, the Superfriends answer the question, “Did the Holy Spirit indwell believers before Pentecost?” Considering how a person is regenerated and blessed with the benefits of the covenant of grace, even under the types and shadows found in the Old Testament. In other words, how would believers live a Christian life, even under the types and shadows, without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? Continue reading →
Book Review
The apostles died, the church went apostate almost immediately except for small remnants here and there, the Reformers rediscovered the gospel but did not go nearly far enough in their reforms, and then the Baptist movement came along and started doing the . . . Continue reading →
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Death is a difficult topic for modern Christians. We know that we will die. We confess it in our theology, see it in our families, and hear it announced in prayer meetings, hospital rooms, and funeral homes. Yet for all that, many . . . Continue reading →
Article
So far, we have considered the cultural pressure for parents not to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28), whether it comes from Malthusian theories of future scarcity, Paul Ehrlich’s theoretical “population bomb,” or Millennial and Gen Z fears about the state of . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of September 21–27, 2026. Continue reading →
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In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss the nature of Christ’s humanity. Continue reading →
Book Review
I have spent my teaching career in classical Christian schools, where the language of “worldview” is nearly impossible to escape. It appears in mission statements and curriculum guides, in faculty meetings and lesson plans, and in conversations about everything from literature and . . . Continue reading →
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Jesus says, “The kingdom of God is in the midst of you” (Luke 17:21). In his coming, living, dying, rising, and ascending, he inaugurated the kingdom in its new covenant form. By the power of his Spirit, those who are in him . . . Continue reading →
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In the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 70s, in the midst of the Vietnam War, it became a truism among young people that the world was a too polluted, too violent, and too dangerous place in which to bring . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Continue reading →
Heidelcast
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss Matthew Henry, James 2, and Neonomianism. Continue reading →
Book Review
Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987) is among the most notable apologists of the twentieth century. Much ink has been spilled over his apologetic methodology often referred to as presuppositionalism. In Letters from America: A Dutch Reformed Perspective on the Struggle for Orthodoxy in . . . Continue reading →
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The kingdom of God is one of the central themes in Scripture, essential for the Christian faith and life. Consider that Mark’s gospel account opens with the announcement that “the kingdom of God is at hand” (1:15). Indeed, this is Jesus’s own . . . Continue reading →
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When my wife and I married, she was nineteen and I was twenty-one. “Young” and “foolish” were used more than once to describe our swift romance. We did not care. We were excited about our life together and especially the prospect of . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Continue reading →
Article
So far in this series we have surveyed some significant voices in the interpretation of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), and we have considered one of the more important documents in its background, the Scots Confession. Now it remains to consider . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss churches and homeschooling “ministries” Continue reading →
News & Announcements
For those who’ve asked, Dr Clark’s book, Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant: The Double Benefit of Christ (Reformation Heritage Books, 2008) is now available exclusively via Amazon ($25.00). It is still being published by RHB but they are distributing . . . Continue reading →
