Heidelminicast: Machen—The Gospel Leads Us To Love The Law

Heidelcast

on January 3, 2023

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 →

Why Do Believers Still Sin?

Heidelblog

on December 8, 2022 | 11 Comments

Sin is greatly confusing for believers. The apostle captures this in Romans 7 when he says “the things that I will not, these I do.” How could the apostle seem to speak in such a defeated manner with regard to sin a . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Man’s Ability To Do Good

Heidelblog

on November 30, 2022

CANON 18. That grace is not preceded by merit. Recompense is due to good works if they are performed; but grace, to which we have no claim, precedes them, to enable them to be done. CANON 19. That a man can be . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Those Whom God Loves

Heidelblog

on November 2, 2022

CANON 12. Of what sort we are whom God loves. God loves us for what we shall be by his gift, and not by our own deserving. Read More» —Canons And Decrees Of The Second Council Of Orange, (AD 529) Resources . . . Continue reading →

Book Notes: Hope and Holiness: How the Gospel Enables and Empowers Sexual Purity

Heidelblog

on November 1, 2022 | 1 Comment

This important book tackles what is perhaps the greatest enemy facing Christians today. Sexual sin is nothing new, but the epidemic of pornography and its consequences have devastated the church and ruined the lives and ministries of pastors from every denomination. John . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On The Work Of The Holy Spirit

Heidelblog

on September 28, 2022

CANON 4. If anyone maintains that God awaits our will to be cleansed from sin, but does not confess that even our will to be cleansed comes to us through the infusion and working of the Holy Spirit, he resists the Holy . . . Continue reading →

Audio: Suffering And Temptation (James 1:12–15)

Heidelblog

on September 23, 2022 | 2 Comments

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death (ESV). Continue reading →

Hodge On Nourishing New Life In Christ

Heidelblog

on September 17, 2022 | 3 Comments

It is natural that those who have experienced the agitations which frequently attend upon conversion, and have felt the peace which flows from a hope of acceptance with God, to imagine that the conflict is over, the victory won, and the work . . . Continue reading →

Paul’s Golgothic Doctrine of Sanctification

R. Scott Clark

on September 11, 2022 | 12 Comments

Was there a more un-sanctified and immature congregation of which we have an apostolic record than the Corinthian congregation? From a reading of Paul’s two canonical letters to them they were beset by power struggles and schisms within, tolerant of gross immorality, . . . Continue reading →

Examining The Remonstrants On Reconciliation

Heidelcast

on August 5, 2022

The Reformed disagreed with the Remonstrants on the definition of “reconciliation.” Continue reading →

Dying, Yet We Live: How Mortification Is The Way Of Life In The Spirit

Wright Draper

on August 2, 2022

Squatters are notoriously difficult to evict. They may disappear for a while, making you think they are gone, yet they always find a way back and may even bring a few friends along. Indwelling sin is not so easy to evict either, . . . Continue reading →

Murray: Because He Suffered, We Enter Glory

Heidelblog

on July 7, 2022 | 3 Comments

“If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him” is the condition upon which the attainment of the inheritance is contingent (cf. vs. 9). There is no sharing in Christ’s glory unless there is sharing . . . Continue reading →

My Pilgrimage From “Lordship” to Law/Gospel (part 3): Assurance

Mike Abendroth

on June 9, 2022 | 37 Comments

In part 2, we considered the case of the Rich Young Ruler. In this final installment, let us consider one of the most important passages in this debate: Romans 2:13. Advantage #4–Giving Assurance to Believers LS regularly calls into question a person’s . . . Continue reading →

My Pilgrimage From “Lordship” to Law/Gospel (part 2): Test Case—The Rich Young Ruler

Mike Abendroth

on June 7, 2022 | 15 Comments

In part 1 we considered the definition of Lordship Salvation and the Reformation distinction between Law and Gospel. If you read the “rich young ruler” passage in Matthew 19:16-30 as the LS folks frequently do, you will see Jesus calling people to . . . Continue reading →

Available Soon: The New Reformation Catechism On Human Sexuality

Heidelblog

on May 4, 2022 | 1 Comment

Dear PCA, There Is Another Approach To Same-Sex Attraction: Rosaria Butterfield’s

R. Scott Clark

on April 29, 2022 | 3 Comments

One of the more strange aspects of the debate over Greg Johnson’s advocacy of “Side-B” homosexuality, the so-called “Gay Christian” approach, is that it has mostly ignored Rosaria Butterfield’s analysis of the issue and her experience. As one HB commenter wrote this . . . Continue reading →

Calvin On Romans 7: Paul Writes About The Believer’s Struggle With Sin

Heidelblog

on April 29, 2022

Paul begins now to make a closer comparison between the law and the nature of man, in order that the origin of the wickedness which leads to death may be more clearly understood. He then sets before us the example of a . . . Continue reading →

Madueme And Wingard Review Johnson’s Still Time To Care

Heidelblog

on April 26, 2022 | 17 Comments

Throughout the book, Johnson denies that Christians should expect change and prefers to emphasize the stability of our sexual desires and propensities. For example, he writes, “There is no cure for corrupted nature in this life. We remainescapably children of Adam. There is . . . Continue reading →

Believer, You Are A Romans 7:25 Christian

Against The Presumption Of Perfectionism

R. Scott Clark

on April 25, 2022 | 15 Comments

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, consequently, on the one hand, I myself serve the law of God with my mind but, on the other, with the flesh I serve the law of sin.”—The Christian Testimony of the Apostle Paul. Continue reading →

Allen On The “Libertine” Question In Romans 6:1

Heidelblog

on April 23, 2022 | 6 Comments

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? (Romans 6:1) [T]he reader must assess whether their interpretation of the preceding verses would likely prompt such a query. In other words, the libertine question in Romans . . . Continue reading →