Heidelcast Special: Chad Vegas On Covenant and Baptism (3)

by Heidelcast on March 8, 2023

This is a special episode of the Heidelcast and a special series featuring my dear friend and colleague in ministry, Chad Vegas, pastor of Sovereign Grace Bakersfield. He’s been walking his congregation from a Baptist to a Reformed understanding of covenant theology . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast Special: Chad Vegas On Covenant And Baptism (2)

by Heidelcast on March 7, 2023

Heidelcast Special: Chad Vegas On Covenant And Baptism (1)

by Heidelcast on March 6, 2023

This is a special episode of the Heidelcast and special series featuring my dear friend and colleague in ministry, Chad Vegas, pastor of Sovereign Grace Bakersfield. He’s been walking his congregation from a Baptist to a Reformed understanding of covenant theology and . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Why Liam Golligher Changed His Mind About Baptism

by Heidelcast on December 22, 2022

These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Tadaka Maruyama On Calvin’s Response To The Anabaptists

by Heidelcast on December 7, 2022

These are some of our favorite Heidelquotes. Something to think about from the Heidelcast. If you are subscribed to the Heidelcast or the Heidelblog (see below) you will receive these episodes automatically. Heidelminicast Series: Contra Postmillennialism All the Episodes of the Heidelcast How . . . Continue reading →

Settling In And Standing Firm

by Keith Giles on December 6, 2022

It is now around nine months since my wife and I moved to Grande Prairie (GP) in Alberta, Canada where I have taken a call as Minister of Word and Sacrament at Covenant Reformed URC. We are so thankful to the Lord . . . Continue reading →

Warfield: Infants Who Belong To The Lord Have A Right To Be Baptized

by B. B. Warfield on November 24, 2022

Naturally, therefore, this sign and seal belongs only to those who are the Lord’s. Or, to put it rather in the positive form, this sign and seal belongs to all those who are the Lord’s. There are no distinctions of race or . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: John Calvin Versus The Anabaptists

by Heidelcast on November 22, 2022

John Calvin refutes the Anabaptists from Genesis 9. Continue reading →

Acts 2:39: What Is The Promise And To Whom Is It Made?

by R. Scott Clark on September 21, 2022

For the promise is to you and to your children and to all those who are far away, as many as the Lord our God shall call. 1 This passage is an important text in the Reformed understanding of the continuity of . . . Continue reading →

Engaging Confessional Baptists on Covenant Theology (Part 2): Unity of Salvation in the Old and New Testaments

by Harrison Perkins on September 20, 2022

This two-part series engages recent confessional Baptist publications on the nature of covenant theology in order to help Reformed readers understand the Baptistic view better and to have some starting points for responding to it. Part one looked at new developments in . . . Continue reading →

1689 Vs. The Westminster Confession: Narrowing The Lens On Particular Baptist History

by R. Scott Clark on July 25, 2022

The discussion of the differences between Baptist and Reformed theology is a sensitive but important question. Thus, I think I should explain why I am writing this series. In my experience, some Baptists, especially those who identify with the Particular Baptist tradition, . . . Continue reading →

There Is No Credo Baptist Heidelberg Catechism or Why Hercules Collins Was Not Reformed

by R. Scott Clark on July 22, 2022

For some years I have complained about Baptist squatters in the Reformed house. These are those Baptists who insist on re-defining the adjective Reformed. As it turns out, however, this habit of squatting is not new at all. Indeed, one of the . . . Continue reading →

Witherow’s Responses To “Anabaptist Objections”

by Heidelblog on June 3, 2022

That infant baptism is the practice of all branches of the Christian church, with one solitary exception, is a well-known fact. That it has been the practice of the church of God for eighteen centuries is also beyond dispute. When one sect, . . . Continue reading →

What Is Figurative And What Is Literal In The Promise To Abraham In Genesis 17?

by R. Scott Clark on February 4, 2022

Jackson writes to ask, “As it relates to continuity with the Abrahamic covenant, for example, Abraham and his children get circumcised, therfore in the new administration, Jesus and his children (spiritual) get baptized. Do you think that someone can retain their Reformed . . . Continue reading →

Défense Du Baptême Des Enfants

by R. Scott Clark on October 27, 2021

Cet essai a d’abord été écrit sous forme de livret vers 1988 pour ma congrégation à Kansas City comme une explication simple de la doctrine réformée du baptême des enfants pour ceux qui ne sont pas familiers avec notre théologie et notre pratique. Pour des explications et des réponses plus détaillées, voir les annexes ci-dessous. Continue reading →

Video: What Is Baptism?

by R. Scott Clark on August 22, 2021

The Rev Mr Scott McDermand is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California (MA, MDiv). He is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Bad Axe, Michigan. A native of San Diego and a former baseball player, Scott served as full-time pulpit supply at Alpine . . . Continue reading →

A Defense Of Infant Baptism

by R. Scott Clark on July 15, 2021

From the point of view of the covenant of grace, every command to baptize, is a command to baptize the children of believers. Because the promise of the covenant of grace, God is a God not only to adult believers, but also to their children. That is why, in 1 Corinthians 7:14, Paul said that children of believers are “holy.” Paul deliberately used Old Covenant, ceremonial, language to teach the Corinthians that their children shouldn’t be considered outside of the visible people of God. To use old covenant language, children of believers are “clean,” and therefore have a right to share in the blessings of being a part of the visible people of God, including baptism. Continue reading →

If We Baptize Infants Why Do We Not Also Commune Them?

by R. Scott Clark on July 9, 2021

This question/objection occurs frequently in the context of the debate over infant baptism and it reveals a widely-held Baptist misunderstanding about the sacraments.

“What Is The Best Book To Read On Infant Baptism?”

by R. Scott Clark on June 10, 2021

I get this question frequently but it is not the right question. Continue reading →

Why Does It Take So Long To Explain Infant Baptism?

by R. Scott Clark on January 28, 2021

Yesterday someone commented on one of the BigSocialMedia platforms that the Heidelcast series, “I Will Be A God To You And To Your Children” helped them to understand and accept infant baptism (paedobaptism) as the biblical position. Someone else objected, in effect, . . . Continue reading →