I just renewed the contract with the web hosting company. This reminds me of three things: 1) Thank you to those of you who support the HB faithfully. I realize that it’s been a while since I’ve produced an episode of the Heidelcast. . . . Continue reading →
Recently I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Abendroth, Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Bible Church (West Boylston, MA) and the host of No Compromise Radio. We talked about the importance of the biblical doctrine of the imputation to the believer of . . . Continue reading →
Central California is a beautiful place and that’s where I’ll be Friday evening January 23 and Saturday morning January 24, 2015. I’m giving three talks (and holding a Q &A session) on Sola Scriptura: “The Backbone of the Reformation,” “Its Unique Authority in Knowing . . . Continue reading →
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 →
It’s Autumn and that means it’s Reformation season in Reformed congregations all across North America. Christ United Reformed Church, Santee, California is holding a free, one-day Reformation conference on Saturday November 1, 2014 featuring Mike Horton on “Scripture Alone” (sola scriptura), Bob . . . Continue reading →
Thanks to HB reader Frank Aderholdt for letting us know that, for the moment anyway, the publisher is selling the Kindle version of Recovering the Reformed Confession for the paltry sum of $1.99. It is available in paper. The regular Kindle price . . . Continue reading →
Quick update. Heidelreaders are essential to the HB. So, comments are welcome and important to the HB. Civil, patient discussion is an important way to learn and grow. As a reader, writer, and teacher I’m in almost constant discussion with someone (via . . . Continue reading →
I learn something new every day from the Heidelblog and it makes me a better teacher — Tara (@tcarrrr) May 20, 2014
The wonderful wizard of web is planning an overhaul of the HB. What features would you like to see? Yesterday someone suggested connecting the internal search function to google site search. What else would help you to use the HB? Thanks for . . . Continue reading →
Today the HB 2.0 just crossed a million downloads. Over a 1000 people a day visit the HB to find resources toward exploring and recovering the Reformed confession. Thank you for using the HB and a special thanks to those of you . . . Continue reading →
Thanks to Scott Oakland for inviting me to do episode 145 of the ReformedCast. We talked about the distinction between law and gospel. Scott asked good questions and we were able to cover a lot of what is currently being discussed now: . . . Continue reading →
Since the revival of the HB 2.0 in September 2012 there have been nearly a million views. This year alone there have been almost 200,000 thousand readers (and listeners) from 185 countries (including Togo and Mauritania). There have been nearly 8,000 comments. . . . Continue reading →
Thanks to Kim Riddlebarger, for the heads up. John Hendryx runs a great website, Monergism.com. He’s a friend of the Heidelblog and has been very helpful about letting readers know what’s happening at the HB. He’s given Monergism.com a makeover. It’s an . . . Continue reading →
But it still exists. It’s still possible to support the Heidelblog—the coffer continues!—but now, when your cursor strays over the coffer and your sound is turned up, you won’t be scared out of your chair. It hasn’t gone away entirely, the sound . . . Continue reading →
There are six years of resources on the HB and several ways to access those resources. One is the categories. Another is to use the search function (or google site search—site:heidelblog.net search term). Another way to use the HB is to access the archives, which shows the HB by years, months, and categories. Thanks for your support.
I’ve added a way to follow the Twitter feed. It’s on the bottom right of the HB home page. Why? Because you have nothing else to do? I don’t know. Because it’s there. I do post links there that appear on the . . . Continue reading →
Richard Muller recently celebrated his 65th birthday to mark that occasion and as part the 20th anniversary of the PhD program at Calvin Seminary, he was presented with a Festschrift (celebration book) in his honor. Jordan Ballor has the details on Opuscula . . . Continue reading →
Earlier this summer (Summer ends 21 September 2013) the good folks of the Associated Presbyterian Church invited me to contribute an essay on worship to the denominational magazine, APC News. It appeared as “Worship Matters” in APC News, 160 (July/August 2013), 5–9. It’s . . . Continue reading →
What follows is a guide aimed particularly at church webmasters and others who are just beginning to create blogs and websites. I get questions about this from time to time and I occasionally see things that suggest the need for this post. . . . Continue reading →