Two years ago—in fall 2023—the internet was abuzz over the publication of an ancient manuscript that seemed to contain material from one of the most famous gospels outside our New Testament: the Gospel of Thomas. The online chatter was immense, which was . . . Continue reading →
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Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Term Limits for Elders and Deacons | What Should the Balance be Between Preaching Law and Gospel?
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about elders & deacons, and law & gospel. Continue reading →
Thanksgiving, George Washington, Constitutions and Presbyterians
Over four-hundred years after the Pilgrims celebrated God’s preservation of their lives through a difficult winter and his gracious gift of an abundant harvest in the spring of 1621, the United States will once again have its annual holiday of Thanksgiving on . . . Continue reading →
Rufo: Fuentes Is An Attention-Seeking Fraud
The racialist influencer Nick Fuentes has caused an uproar with his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast. Fuentes, a 27-year-old live-streamer, has built a reputation as the most controversial voice on the right. He’s embraced seemingly every taboo: praising Hitler, disputing the Holocaust’s . . . Continue reading →
The Quest For Illegitimate Religious Gnosis: How “Fringe” Theology Deforms Christology
Recently a theological controversy that had been simmering in podcasts and blog articles for many months finally reached a painful, public climax. In the first week of November, ministries that had been respected pillars of the online Particular Baptist world fractured. Justin . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Demonic Possession
In this episode of the Heidelcast, Dr. R. Scott Clark talks about demonic possession. Continue reading →
A Word Or A Weight?
There are seasons when sin is only a word, and others when it is a weight. Not the light sting of conscience either, but the slow crush of truth. David knew it, the feeling that one’s own soul has become its own . . . Continue reading →
Hook: I Judged Socialism By Its Intent
I cannot absolve myself from the guilt of failure to exercise critical responsibility toward my own radical ideals. I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: Luther And Newman Together (Contra Leo)
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of the obvious one: the 1700th year since the first ecumenical council set in motion the creedal discussions that culminated in the Nicene Creed of 381. . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Raising Boys to Bear the Fruit of the Spirit | Are There Differences in Substance Between the Levitical and Melchizedekian Priesthoods?
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I’m Sure It Will Be Fine
What was once a vice relegated to the shadows has, with stunning speed, become the wallpaper of American life. We are told this new era of legalized sports gambling is merely a form of “fan engagement.” Turn on a broadcast, and you . . . Continue reading →
New Book Release: A Penitent People By Harrison Perkins
Harrison Perkins has released a new book, A Penitent People: The Doctrine of Repentance (Christian Focus, 2025). Drawing from Scripture and Reformed tradition, A Penitent People illuminates repentance as both personal posture and communal practice. Through thoughtful examinations of key biblical passages, . . . Continue reading →
A Partial Explanation of Psalm One By Girolamo Zanchi
Zanchi’s explanation of the psalm provides an excellent introduction to his orations and to his thinking about theological education. In it he reckoned that the psalmist’s main message was simply that “we should devote ourselves, with our whole soul, to the pursuit of God’s law and piety and [that] we should meditate upon that law day and night.” As simple as is this plain reading of the text, it is a keynote to which Zanchi returned over and over. Continue reading →
Trueman: It’s Not Big Eva Now But Gig Eva
Many years ago, I coined the term “Big Eva.” While today the term is used as a quick and lazy smear for any well-known figures of a previous generation that a particular X-man happens to dislike, at the time I intended it . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Are Youth Groups Beneficial?
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The Sweet Exchange
We exist in a vacuous epoch of lies where the most hardened hearts are eclipsed by reality due to their sin. The ability to press objective truth with a subjective lens has taken over and caused a stir on true morality from . . . Continue reading →
The Root Of Wokeness: Feminization
In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. The author, writing under the pseudonym “J. Stone,” argued that the day Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard University marked a turning point . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: The British Government Was Making A Point
Back in the U.K., the arrest of Linehan for his tweets was another shocking escalation of the culture war. To those unfamiliar with his work, he was the writer of Father Ted, a cleverly absurd Irish comedy that brought the tradition of dark Gaelic humor, . . . Continue reading →
Our Greatest Affinity Is Not Blood And Soil But Grace And Truth
Not only is the Church the catholic (meaning universal) communion of saints, but we are called specifically a distinct race and kingdom. Peter writes to the churches in the diaspora: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: “The Heidelberg Catechism A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Commentary” An Interview With Dr. R. Scott Clark
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