Video: A Commencement Address You Should Hear

Heidelblog

on June 9, 2023 | 1 Comment

Commencement addresses are typically forgettable—not this one. David Hall is married to Ann, and they are parents of three grown children and grandparents of eight grandchildren. He has served as the Senior Pastor of Midway Presbyterian Church (PCA) since 2003. Previously, he . . . Continue reading →

Laboring Among the Cornfields: Pastoring Rural America

Alex Eppstein

on June 2, 2023 | 4 Comments

When I tell people that I pastor a church in Illinois, they invariably assume that I mean Chicago. And when I tell them that the church is actually in southern Illinois, in a city of just 4,000, they generally do not know . . . Continue reading →

“Did God Leave Me When I Enrolled In Seminary?”

R. Scott Clark

on May 18, 2023 | 1 Comment

A former student of mine many years ago at Westminster Seminary California once mentioned that he was feeling concerned about his devotional life since beginning seminary—a thought many first-semester seminary students have. He said that before attending seminary, he had an active . . . Continue reading →

So You Are About to Begin a Pastoral Search

R. Scott Clark

on May 12, 2023 | 4 Comments

This is a sensitive topic. People do not always think rationally, biblically, and confessionally about the office of pastor. Many do not understand what ministers do, and most people who are involved in the pastoral search process are well-meaning but inexperienced. And . . . Continue reading →

Carl Trueman On Preaching On Sexual Ethics

Heidelblog

on March 21, 2023

According to new research by the Barna organization, nowhere are pastors feeling the pressure on this point more than on matters surrounding the ethics of sexuality and of reproduction… Yet more worrying than the specific examples cited by Barna is the more . . . Continue reading →

Give Me the Hills and Hollers, Or I Die!

Sean Morris

on March 20, 2023 | 9 Comments

So, in general, there is some awareness in the wider church of this reality in underserved America’s small-town and rural regions. There is still, however, a greater need to raise up an explicitly Reformed and Presbyterian witness to serve these areas.
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Roman Roads And Paul’s Call To “Imitate Me”

Heidelblog

on March 20, 2023 | 2 Comments

Last week in Romania a 2000 year old, fully intact, Roman road was discovered. It was well-built and intact. Many Roman era roads are still used today. This road was built in 106AD. For generations, Roman road engineering was passed down from . . . Continue reading →

The Downside Of A “Band of Brothers” Mentality

Heidelblog

on March 15, 2023

The imagery of the band of brothers has been used for wartime propaganda. In popular culture it’s most recognizable by Stephen Ambrose’s record of Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in World . . . Continue reading →

Is the PCA Doomed?

R. Scott Clark

on March 12, 2023 | 13 Comments

While our Constitution does not require the candidate’s affirmation of every statement and/or proposition of doctrine in our Confession of Faith and Catechisms, it is the right and responsibility of the Presbytery to determine if the candidate is out of accord with . . . Continue reading →

How Not To Train Pastors (Part 3)

R. Scott Clark

on January 27, 2023 | 9 Comments

I wrote this and “How Not To Train Pastors (Part 1)” and “How Not To Train Pastors (Part 2)” near the very beginning of the Heidelblog in 2007. This portion of the essay began as a response to a correspondent on the . . . Continue reading →

How Not To Train Pastors (Part 2)

R. Scott Clark

on January 25, 2023 | 13 Comments

I wrote this and How Not To Train Pastors (Part 1) near the very beginning of the Heidelblog in 2007. As high-speed internet service was becoming more widespread, online education was beginning to catch on and many seminaries were beginning to adopt it. . . . Continue reading →

How Not to Train Pastors (Part 1)

R. Scott Clark

on January 23, 2023 | 2 Comments

I wrote this near the very beginning of the Heidelblog in 2007. As high-speed internet service was becoming more widespread, online education was beginning to catch on and many seminaries were beginning to adopt it. The world has changed since then. The . . . Continue reading →

A Resource For Churches Dealing With Abuse

Heidelblog

on January 17, 2023 | 3 Comments

I hate talking about abuse. I hate writing about it. However, as long as it’s happening, we must continue to face up to it. The church that puts its head in the sand is doing irreparable damage to its members. This book is about the particular problem of . . . Continue reading →

Review: Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church by Michael J. Kruger

Harrison Perkins

on January 12, 2023

Michael Kruger has written a gem of a book, addressing one of the most prominent issues troubling the church today. Increasingly, we are faced with stories about pastors who misuse their position of authority to achieve their own selfish ends to the . . . Continue reading →

Settling In And Standing Firm

Keith Giles

on December 6, 2022 | 3 Comments

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 →

Abuse, Burnout, and the Pastoral Remit

Harrison Perkins

on November 16, 2022 | 2 Comments

Pastoral character, responsibility, accountability, and confessionalism have weighed heavily on my mind and heart for the past several years. We must by now be tired of the proliferation of scandals about pastoral abuse even in Reformed churches. I realize that some of . . . Continue reading →

So You Say You Want A Revolution?

Addressing The Impatience Of Our Age

R. Scott Clark

on November 9, 2022 | 4 Comments

In the wake of the disaster that was World War I, in which about 8.5 million military personnel died and an even greater number of civilians died, there developed in this country and in Europe a desire not only for a future . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Ed Clowney—Perhaps It Is Time To Focus On The “What” Rather Than The “How”?

Heidelcast

on November 5, 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 →

Denunciation, Declaration, And Doxology (1 Tim 1:12–17)

Heidelblog

on October 28, 2022 | 2 Comments

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen Continue reading →

We Are Not Professionals But Ought To Be True Confessionals

Harrison Perkins

on October 11, 2022 | 1 Comment

I recently wrote a book review about a volume by an author whose works usually prompt me to significant disagreement, but, in this case, whether because of a change of his mind or coincidence of the material, I found that I generally . . . Continue reading →

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