Heidelcast 150: I AM That I AM (16): The Divine Decree

by Heidelcast on April 30, 2020

Congratulations to the Rev Mr Keith Giles of Belfast, NI, Rev. Mr. Richie Cronin of Cork, ROI, Miriam from Lancaster, PA, and Randy Bachman from Houston, TX. Their calls were featured episode 149 and for appearing on the Heidelcast they are each receiving a free copy of Baptism, Election, and the Covenant of Grace in the mail from the Heidelcast. Leave your question at (760) 618-1563 or send us a voice memo from your phone for our May call-in show. This is the 16th and last episode of the series on the doctrine of God, I AM that I AM and today we come to the biblical, Christian, and confessional Reformed doctrine of the divine decree. Earlier today, the Rev Dr Liam Golligher, Senior minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, PCA, in Phila, PA wrote: Continue reading →

Heidelcast 147: I AM That I AM (15): God’s Sovereign Arrangement Of All Things (part 2)

by Heidelcast on April 10, 2020

We are continuing our series on the doctrine of God, I Am That I Am. This is part 15 of the series, which begins with Heidelcast episode 123. This episode is the second part of our discussion of the doctrine of divine . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 146: I AM That I AM (14): God’s Sovereign Arrangement Of All Things

by Heidelcast on April 4, 2020 | 2 Comments

We are continuing our series on the doctrine of God, I Am That I Am. This is part 14 of the series, which begins with Heidelcast episode 123. We could not be addressing a more timely topic: providence. Heidelberg Catechism 27 asks: . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 145: I AM That I AM (13): Some Implications Of The Divine Attributes

by Heidelcast on March 26, 2020

With this episode we return to our series on the doctrine of God, I Am That I Am. We are thinking today a little bit more about some of the implications of the attributes of God. Remember we distinguish between God’s incommunicable . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 140: I Am That I Am (12): The Attributes Of God

by Heidelcast on February 13, 2020 | 1 Comment

The foundational truth for this series is the categorical distinction, the Creator/creature distinction. We can and must apprehend God as he reveals himself to us. He is knowable. We can say true things about him, but we can never know God in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 136: I Am That I Am (11): The Attributes Of God

by Heidelcast on January 11, 2020 | 1 Comment

With this episode we return to the series on the doctrine of God, I AM that I AM. This is episode 11. The series begins at episode 123. We are talking today about the divine attributes. We begin with the doctrine of . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 133: I Am That I Am (10): The Attributes Of God

by Heidelcast on December 6, 2019

In this episode we continue our consideration of the divine attributes, particularly divine immensity and immutablity. By immensity we mean that attribute whereby God fills all that can be filled with all of himself all of the time, yet so that the Creator . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 132: I Am That I Am (9): The Attributes Of God

by Heidelcast on November 30, 2019

In this episode we turn our attention from the doctrine of the Trinity to the divine attributes. Of course, in God, there are not attributes since God is what he is. Francis Turretin called the attributes “the essential properties by which [God] makes . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 130: I Am That I Am (8)—Against Social Trinitarianism

by Heidelcast on December 31, 2017 | 5 Comments

In the last few episodes we have been considering the biblical, ecumenical (or creedal) doctrine of the Trinity. The God who is, is one in three persons. The historic doctrine of the Trinity is very clear. It is also great mystery but . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 129: I Am That I Am (7)—The Trinity In The New Testament

by Heidelcast on December 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Augustine of Hippo used to say that what was concealed in the Old Testament is revealed in the New Testament and that is certainly true in case of the biblical doctrine of the Trinity. As we have discussed so far in the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 128: I Am That I Am (6)—The Trinity And The Covenant Of Redemption

by Heidelcast on December 4, 2017 | 1 Comment

I am excited to back behind the Heidelmic again and judging from the discussions I am seeing in print and online it looks like it is none too soon. James Dolezal has published an important new book, All That Is In God: . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 127: I Am That I Am (5)—The Trinity

by Heidelcast on May 7, 2017 | 1 Comment

There strong indications in the Hebrew Scriptures that the God of the Bible is not only personal, but that he is multi-personal. In Genesis 1:1, Scripture says that Elohim (God) created the heavens and the earth. In the very next verse, however, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 126: I Am That I Am (4)—The Trinity

by Heidelcast on April 12, 2017

Traditionally, at this place in theology, we should address the divine attributes in relation to the divine being/essence. Otto Weber (1902–66) challenged this approach by arguing that because Scripture reveals God first of all as Triune and his attributes in the light . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 125: I Am That I Am (3)—More On The Categorical Distinction

by Heidelcast on March 27, 2017

So far in this series we have been talking about what I call the categorical distinction, i.e., the Creator/creature distinction. At the 1518 Heidelberg Disputation Martin Luther unveiled what he called his theology of the cross, (theologia crucis) against what he described . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 124: I Am That I Am (2)—The Categorical Distinction

by Heidelcast on February 27, 2017 | 2 Comments

The Creator/creature distinction is fundamental to Christian theology. The Ancient Christian church defended it against the pagan doctrine of the eternality of matter. Scripture is very clear: “In the beginning God…”. On this point, the classical, confessional Reformed theologians built their distinction . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 123: I Am That I Am (1)—The Categorical Distinction

by Heidelcast on February 13, 2017 | 4 Comments

This is the 1st episode of our series on the doctrine of God, ““I AM That I AM.” In older histories of theology it used to be said of the Reformed that they started with the divine decree and deduced (i.e., drew . . . Continue reading →

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