Thanks to the brothers and sisters at Christ United Reformed Church, Santee, California for doing such a terrific job hosting their first ever Reformation Day conference last Saturday. The audio for the entire conference is available online. Here’s my talk on “By Grace Alone, . . . Continue reading →
The Plains are not exactly a hotbed of confessional Reformed theology, piety, and practice. Nebraska is predominantly Romanist (28%). Lutherans make up 16% of the population followed by Methodists (11%), Baptists (9%), and (mainline) Presbyterians (4%). The Platte Valley Presbytery (PCA) has 9 . . . Continue reading →
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That’s right kiddos. CRT himself will be in concert, uh, in conference at the Southern California Reformed Baptist Pastor’s Conference at Trinity Reformed Church (14407 Rosecrans Ave, La Mirada, CA 90638) November 3–4, 2014. Cost $75.00 (students $30.00). Here’s the info. Here . . . 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 →
You can follow the Heideltweets here. The video feed is here. The #protfuture tweets are here. All my tweets appear on the HB home page (bottom right). You can keep up with them by refreshing the page. My original post replying to . . . Continue reading →
Editor’s Note: A couple of years ago Kim wrote a series of brief essays introducing the Reformed faith. John Hendyrx at Monergism.com has gathered them into an e-book (available for Kindle and iBooks). Kim writes a brief introduction. It is free, electronic, . . . Continue reading →
What if I told you that it’s possible to sing the very songs that Jesus sang in worship? What if I told you that a man recently discovered those very songs? It’s true. Joe Holland, Pastor of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) . . . Continue reading →
So the “reformed” and the “revived” make two different kinds of determination when they look for Reformation and revival. Proponents of revival make claims that should be reserved for God, that is, whether a soul has truly come to new life in . . . Continue reading →
From time to time students ask what books must they have in their libraries before they leave seminary. This list contains my suggestions. This could be much longer, but it would be less useful. Since I teach historical theology, this list is weighted with those sorts of texts. 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 →
Shocking as it may be, courses in medieval history and theology do not always have immediate relevance to late modern society. There is a theme in medieval history and theology, however, that does illumine what is happening to the global economy. Since . . . Continue reading →
In a post on the First Things blog today, Peter Leithart declares the “End of Protestantism.” It’s not at all clear, however, that he understands what he wants to end. He begins with a sociological observation about contemporary English non-conformists and uses . . . Continue reading →
Presbiteriano Reformado La Necessidad de Reforma la Iglesia Literatura Reformada Fundacion Editorial de Literatura Reformada Recursos de Mateo Leighton Confraternidad Latinoamericanade Iglesias Reformadas Reformando la Educación Cristiana para el Tercer Milenio Documentos y Declaraciones Confraternidad Latinoamericanade Iglesias Reformadas Reformando la Educación Cristiana . . . Continue reading →
Part 2. On 18 April 1521 Martin Luther stood before civil and ecclesiastical authorities at the Diet (Riechstag) of Worms. Heiko Oberman translated Luther’s famous speech thus: “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason—for I . . . Continue reading →
“And in a world where evangelical comment is increasingly censored from within by the humourless and the Top Men, a samizdat operation is unlikely to lose its purpose in the near future.”* —Carl Trueman, “On Mortification and Narnia” — * Samizdat = . . . Continue reading →
There is an old saw, “Now you’ve quit preaching and gone to meddling.” The “preaching” is telling the story. The “meddling” is applying the story. Folk will tolerate it when historians tell stories about the past. They might be entertaining or interesting . . . Continue reading →
I see that Tony Jones has posted something critical of small/cell groups (I don’t know where and I can’t find it now. You’re welcome to post a link in the comments). Perhaps now that a leader in the Emergent Village has suggested . . . Continue reading →
Articulus iustificationis dicitur articulus stantis et cadentis ecclesiae (the article of justification is said to be the article of the standing or falling of the church)” —J. H. Alsted (1588–1638), Theologia scholastica didactica (Hanover, 1618), 711. For the sense and origins of . . . Continue reading →
A correspondent to the HB writes: About 7 years ago during a study of Romans in BSF, God rocked my theological world! My thinking was turned upside down as I embraced the doctrines of grace and began to see God and myself . . . Continue reading →