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Hummingbirds: The Movie
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Abounding Grace Radio On The Attraction Of Legal Preaching
In case you missed it here’s the audio of the re-broadcast of the Abounding Grace Radio interview with Chris Gordon. Here’s the original post: The Attraction of Legal Preaching.
Please Tell Me These Are Actors And Not Voters
Grammar Guerrilla: Impact, Impactful, And Other Monsters
Not only is impact being widely abused now I hear the verbal Frankenstein impactful. There are alternatives. An impact occurs when when two cars collide. The word that is usually wanted is influence as in, “Her writing had an influence on the recovery of good . . . Continue reading →
Heidelberg 52: When The Final Judgment Is Good News
…when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus (Rom 2:15–16.). The world gospel means good news. The verbal form of the noun (εὐαγγέλιόν) Paul uses in v. 16 in secular Greek “is always used in a . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Prudence In Politics And the Sanctity Of Human Life
In 1968 American culture was roiled by a long, increasingly unpopular war in Southeast Asia. It was rocked by massive anti-war protests, the hippie movement, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was shocked by the assassination of two leading American figures, . . . Continue reading →
Concupiscence: Sin And The Mother Of Sin
Introduction In recent years, the study of virtue has experienced a renaissance.1 While we are recovering our classical grammar of virtue, we should also to recover our vocabulary of vice as well. Concupiscence is among our choicest words to be recovered. Because . . . Continue reading →
Christ Our Wisdom Conference Live Stream
If you can’t attend this year’s conference you can watch the live stream for free online.
Grammar Guerrilla: Comfort v. Comfortability
In recent years a number of ersatz words have entered the popular vocabulary (particularly in sports broadcasting). One of the chief offenders is “comfortability.” Comfortability, as in, “He shows great comfortability moving the pocket” is a classic example of the practice of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelberg Catechism In Audio
Peter wrote to ask about the Heidelberg Catechism as an audio book. Here it is: ©R. Scott Clark. All Rights Reserved. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering . . . Continue reading →
Is Efficiency A Virtue In The Church?
My Papa (Grandpa) was a great handyman. It seemed as if he could fix just about anything. He always brought his tools when he visited and we often had work for him to do. I remember the first time he said to . . . Continue reading →
It is Not Heroic To Be A Celibate Homosexual
Perhaps most important of all from a pastoral perspective, rehabilitating the category of friendship will help us avoid the temptation of privileging the celibacy of one section of the single Christian population over another. The underlying values of Christian hero-worship have often . . . Continue reading →
The Year That Was On The HB
Thanks for reading the Heidelblog this year. You were one of more than 200,000 people who visited the HB in 2014, where there were 690,000 downloads (hits). Most readers come to the HB from Twitter. Readers also found the HB via various Facebook . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: The Wisdom Of Moses
Moses is one of the most important figures in the history of salvation. Scripture refers to an entire epoch of redemptive history as “Moses.” Through him the Lord redeemed his people from Egypt, through the Red Sea, on dry ground. Through him . . . Continue reading →
Clouds
Office Hours: Abraham As A Pattern Of Foolishness And Wisdom
Abraham is a central figure not only a Genesis and the Old Testament (defined broadly) but in the New Testament as well. God called him from Ur of the Chaldeans, gave him new life, faith in Christ, and through faith alone, imputed . . . Continue reading →
The Very Model Of A Biblical Philologist (With Apologies To Gilbert and Sullivan)
Heidelberg 48: Two Natures Inconfusedly, Indivisibly, United In One Person
Early in post-apostolic Christian history confused believers and heretics alike sought either to conflate the two natures of Christ, with the result that Christ was made, as it were, to have only one nature (the monophysite heresy) or to separate the two . . . Continue reading →
Cheetah Run
