Heidelvideo #20—It All Starts in Genesis: Covenant Theology (Part 2)

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on June 19, 2026 | 1 Comment

Dr. R. Scott Clark walks through the first explicit covenant in Scripture (Genesis 6), the Noahic covenant of common grace (Genesis 9), and the covenant with Abram in Genesis 15 — where God himself passes between the pieces, taking the oath and the curse. This is episode 2 in the Heidelvideo covenant theology series. Continue reading →

Heidelvideo #19—Covenant Theology (Part 1): The Bible Teaches Covenant Theology

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on June 12, 2026 | 2 Comments

Dr. R. Scott Clark opens a new series on covenant theology, arguing that the Bible itself teaches covenant theology—and that this framework is ancient, not invented. He responds to the claim that covenant theology is a human construct or replacement theology, showing its deep roots in church history and Scripture. Continue reading →

Piper’s Covenant Theology Is Not Reformed

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on May 4, 2026 | 15 Comments

Keeping the covenant of God did not mean living perfectly. It meant a life of habitual devotion and trust and love to the Lord, that turned from evil and followed him in his ways. When there was a shortcoming, a covenant-keeping person . . . Continue reading →

Covenant Theology Is Basic To Your Christian Life

Harrison Perkins

on March 23, 2026 | Comment

How do you relate to God? Since the triune God is truly transcendent, what binds us to him that we might know that he is near to his people? We long for certainty and assurance to know that our God is with . . . Continue reading →

Review Roundup: Covenant Theology (Part 3)

Harrison Perkins

on March 19, 2026 | Comment

The covenant theology roundup continues with part 3. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Can Baptists Be Catholic? (Part 3)

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on October 21, 2025

In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “Can Baptists be Catholic?” Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Can Baptists Be Catholic? (Part 2)

Heidelcast

on October 16, 2025 | 3 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Can Baptists be Catholic?” Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Can Baptists Be Catholic? (Part 1)

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on October 15, 2025 | 2 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Can Baptists be Catholic?” Continue reading →

Video: Reformed Pastors Give A Primer on Covenant Theology

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on October 10, 2025

Host Rev. Chris Gordon and guest Rev. Michael Brown unpack the fundamentals of Covenant Theology. They explore how God consistently interacts with humanity through covenants, starting with the Covenant of Works with Adam. The episode meticulously traces the devastating consequences of Adam’s . . . Continue reading →

Harrison Perkins And Matt Barrett Discussing John 17 And The Covenant Of Redemption

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on September 26, 2025

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 →

Flavel To Cary: Abraham Is Not Moses

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on August 14, 2025 | 1 Comment

Secondly, You affirm with like confidence, That the covenant of circumcision is also the same; viz. the covenant of works made with Adam in paradise. This I utterly deny; and will try whether you have any better success in the proof your second, than . . . Continue reading →

On The New Covenant (Part 4)

R. Scott Clark

on August 8, 2025

My Baptist friends tend to talk about the new covenant in ways that do not actually conform to what Scripture says about the new covenant. My Baptist friends tend to make the new covenant more eschatological than it actually is. Continue reading →

On The New Covenant (Part 3)

R. Scott Clark

on August 1, 2025

There are some who understand the promises of Jeremiah 31 to be realized entirely in the future. There are reasons, however, why this is not the best way to understand Jeremiah 31. First, as we have already seen, each of these benefits was already promised under the covenant of grace to Abraham. Continue reading →

Hippolytus On Infant Baptism

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on August 1, 2025 | 6 Comments

Now at the time when the cock crows they are at the water. The water should be flowing, or at least running. It should be so if there is no necessity, but if there is continuous and sudden necessity use any water you . . . Continue reading →

Cyprian On Infant Baptism

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on July 31, 2025

2.1 As far as concerns the case of infants, you expressed your view that they ought not to be baptised within the second or third day of their birth; rather, the ancient law on circumcision ought to be respected and you therefore . . . Continue reading →

On The New Covenant (Part 2)

R. Scott Clark

on July 25, 2025

Having looked at Jeremiah 31 in the last part, we now turn to specific New Testament passages that shape our understanding of the new covenant as essentially a new administration of the Abrahamic covenant. 2 Corinthians 3 The New Testament view of . . . Continue reading →

New Online: Covenant, Justification, And Pastoral Ministry As A PDF

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on July 22, 2025 | 4 Comments

Thanks to the support of donors like you, the Heidelberg Reformation Association is pleased to be able to publish online Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry. For about the last year, we have been publishing online the chapters of the CJPM serially. Now we . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Was the Covenant of Grace Made with Christ or the Elect? | Should I Change Churches?

Heidelcast

on July 19, 2025

It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →

On The New Covenant (Part 1)

R. Scott Clark

on July 18, 2025

Arguably two of the issues that separate confessional Reformed folk from their Baptist friends are the Sabbath and baptism. For many Baptists (but not all—there are confessional Baptists who agree with the Reformed on the Sabbath) it is a given that the . . . Continue reading →

Video: What’s the Difference Between Covenant Theology And Dispensationalism?

Harrison Perkins

on June 27, 2025

What are some of the differences between Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism? Why are there so many debates over Covenant Theology? Dr. Harrison Perkins joins Pastor Adriel Sanchez to discuss some of themes in his two recent books, Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic . . . Continue reading →