Che cos’è la teologia del patto e perché dovrebbe interessarmi? La teologia del patto non è un sistema astratto, imposto alla Bibbia dall’esterno, bensì la sua stessa struttura portante e il suo sfondo di riferimento. Chiunque abbia letto la Bibbia sa che . . . Continue reading →
Covenant Theology
The Covenant Before The Covenants
Those not well read in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Reformed theology might be forgiven their ignorance of the covenant of redemption or for concluding that it is an arcane doctrine long abandoned. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 22, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (5)—Caspar Olevianus’ Covenantal Christology
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 15, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (4)—Understanding Caspar Olevianus’ Covenant Theology
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 8, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (3)—Why Does Covenant Theology Matter?…Continued
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Review: Covenant Foundations: Understanding the Promise-Keeping God of the Bible By Alec Motyer
I am not a betting man, but if I were I would be willing to bet some serious book money that if you start talking theological shop with any Presbyterian or Reformed Christian, you will hear the word covenant within the first . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 1, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (2)—Why Does Covenant Theology Matter?
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Covenant Nomism And The Exile
At first sight, covenantal nomism may seem to be strongly supported by the analogy of a marriage relationship that the Old Testament uses to describe the relationship between the Lord and Israel. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 25, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (1)—Who Was Caspar Olevianus?
In this episode Dr Clark kicks off the new series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 18, 2024: Best of: Why We Can’t “Move On” From the Federal Vision (Pt 3)
This week we continue a three-part “Best of” mini-series, “Why We Can’t ‘Move On’ From the Federal Vision.” Continue reading →
Review: Children At The Lord’s Table? By Cornelis P. Venema (Part Three)
According to Venema, the “most important and compelling piece of New Testament evidence that bears on the question of paedocommunion is undeniably 1 Corinthians 11:17–34” (101). This is because this passage is “the most extensive and comprehensive New Testament passage on the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 11, 2024: Best of: Why We Can’t “Move On” From the Federal Vision (Pt 2)
This week we continue a three-part “Best of” mini-series, “Why We Can’t ‘Move On’ From the Federal Vision.” Continue reading →
Review: Children At The Lord’s Table? By Cornelis P. Venema (Part Two)
Venema observes that the Reformed churches are committed to the principle of sola Scriptura which means that the Scriptures are to be “regarded as the supreme standard for their faith and life,” but that principle does not mean that we read the Scriptures in isolation from the church or from church history (27). Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 4, 2024: Best of: Why We Can’t “Move On” From the Federal Vision (Pt 1)
This week we begin a three-part “Best of” mini-series, “Why We Can’t ‘Move On’ Fron the Federal Vision.” Continue reading →
Review: Children At The Lord’s Table? By Cornelis P. Venema (Part One)
In this volume Cornelis Venema tackles a serious problem in the Reformed world that needs to be addressed, and he has done so in a thoughtful, thorough, biblical, and confessionally Reformed manner. Background to the Review Before we begin the review, it . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For July 28, 2024: Best of: What’s New About the New Covenant?
In this “Best of” episode Dr Clark considers what distinguishes the old covenant from the new and the importance of understanding “administration” within the context of both covenants. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For June 23, 2024: Best Of: What Is New About The New Covenant?
In this “Best of” episode Dr Clark begins to help us understand what’s new about the New Covenant. He discusses the continuity between the Old Covenant (types and shadows) and the New Covenant, and begins to think about if there is any discontinuity between them. Continue reading →
Review: Pride: Identity and the Worship of Self By Matthew P. W. Roberts
We have been wrestling with the word Identity and what it means now for decades, especially in our modern Western contexts. We are obsessed, it seems, with identification markers and belonging. Continue reading →
Perkins Explains What Baptism Does And Does Not Do
The third point is, how baptism confers grace? Answer. It confers grace because it is a means to give and exhibit to the believing mind Christ with His benefits, and this it does by His signification. For it serves as a particular . . . Continue reading →
William Perkins On Infant Baptism
Infants of believing parents are likewise to be baptized. The grounds of their baptism are these. First, the commandment of God, “Baptize all nations” (Matt. 28:19), in which words the baptism of infants is prescribed. For the apostles by virtue of this . . . Continue reading →