Heidelcast 169: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (15): Living Among The Pagans

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2021 | 1 Comment

The chapter divisions we see in our Bibles were not present originally. Stephen Langton (c. 1150–1228), a Paris theologian and, later, Archbishop of Canterbury, is usually credited with introducing the divisions that we know. This is one place where we see the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 168: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (14): Peter’s Theology Of Suffering

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on December 22, 2020

There is a thread running through the book of Isaiah, which some have called the Gospel of Isaiah. It is that of the servant. The prophet himself is described as the servant (עבד) of Yahweh (Isa 20:3). David is also Yahweh’s servant . . . Continue reading →

The Dispensational Playbook Again? There Is A More Biblical, Historic Way

R. Scott Clark

on December 15, 2020 | 7 Comments

“Now we are a global world. And that is a setup that we’ve been waiting for through redemptive history since the Lord promised that there would come, in the future, an Antichrist…who would have a global government.” He told the crowd this . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 167: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (13): Submitting To Nero

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on December 13, 2020 | 7 Comments

Those who study such things tell us that, across the globe, no religious group is more persecuted than Christians. Those who profess the Christian faith have been all but driven out of Iraq. Christians in China suffer in untold ways. Christian in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 166: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (12): The Israel Of God

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on December 6, 2020

It is the Dispensational-premillennial belief that God made a promise to Abraham (Genesis chapters 15 and 17) that he would give to him an earthly, national people with the result that, in the Dispensational view, it has always been God’s intention to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 165: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (11): The Elect Stone And Elect Stones

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on November 29, 2020

There is a strain of modern evangelical theology that looks forward to the literal rebuilding of the Israelite temple and to the re-institution of sacrifices, albeit, in that case, memorial sacrifices. This passage should help us see one of the important reasons . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 164: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (10): Living Graciously In Light Of Grace

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on November 24, 2020 | 2 Comments

Travel broadens our horizons. It helps us to see that this is a great big world filled with an amazing variety of people, cultures, and wonders. In that way, traveling can even be transformative. When we return home we we are not . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 163: Taking Calls On Choosing A College, Warfield’s Eschatology, Jesus’ Return, When the Roman Catholic Church Began, Sacraments, Rubicon Moments, Evening Services, And Church Discipline

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on November 16, 2020 | 6 Comments

It is a little overdue but it is finally here: our latest call-in episode in which we take Heidelcalls from Arizona on choosing a college, on B. B. Warfield’s eschatology (was he really postmillennial?), from Chicago on what must happen before Jesus . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 162: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (9): Living As Holy Exiles And Pilgrims

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on November 9, 2020

As Garrison Keillor used to say, it has been an interesting week in Lake Wobegon and our passage for this episode, 1 Peter 1:13–21, has never been so relevant. The Apostle Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote this epistle . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 161: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (8): The Good News Of Salvation Was Announced In One Covenant Of Grace

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on October 25, 2020

In this series we are considering the eschatology in 1 & 2 Peter, i.e., the relations between heaven and earth, between the end of all things and now, and life between the ascension of Christ and his visible, noisy, bodily return. Peter . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 160: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (7): Christ’s Abounding Graces

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on October 19, 2020 | 1 Comment

One of the principal reasons I became an amillennialist in eschatology was my study of 1 and 2 Peter. One of the reasons that, after study, investigation, and prayer, I rejected the claims of the Pentecostal moment is the triumphalism of the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 159: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (6): To Elect Exiles, Sojourners, And Aliens

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on September 27, 2020

Thus far we have been looking at eschatology generally. I have been making the case for an amillennial reading of Scripture. We have been using our Lord’s words, “As It Was In The Days of Noah” (Matt 24:37; Luke 17:26) as our . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 158: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (5): The Revelation

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on September 5, 2020 | 1 Comment

These episodes were meant to be an introduction to Christian eschatology so that we can consider 1 and 2 Peter but it has turned into a mini-series of its own and in this episode we’re looking that the Revelation given to the . . . Continue reading →

Singing The Songs Of Zion In Babylon

R. Scott Clark

on August 25, 2020 | 4 Comments

Several weeks ago my pastor, Chris Gordon, reflected briefly in his morning sermon on Psalm 137. I have been meditating on it since. The theme of the believer’s exile in this world is frequently sounded in Scripture. Abraham was a pilgrim, who . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 156: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (4)

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on June 23, 2020 | 1 Comment

If we are to understand how we’re to think about eschatology, about end times, about the relations between heaven and earth, and about life between the ascension of Christ and his return, we have to get to grips with our Lord’s Olivet . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 155: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (3)

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on June 15, 2020

“Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually…But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh. Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 154: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (2)

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on June 9, 2020 | 1 Comment

We begin this episode with a classic public service announcement by Vincent Price from 1950, warning about the dangers of bigotry and prejudice in American life. You shall have to hear it for yourself. It is apropos of our renewed social concern . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 153: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (1)

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on May 29, 2020 | 1 Comment

What is God doing in the history of redemption and how to does that inform us about what he will do in the future? What were the Old Testament believers expecting? Has God promised to establish a literal 1,000 year kingdom on . . . Continue reading →

Undoing The Curse In This Life?

R. Scott Clark

on May 24, 2020 | 6 Comments

Over the last week, on social media, there has been some discussion of an essay entitled “The Second Eve: How Christian Women Undo The Curse.” This expression, “undo the curse,” is a provocative way to speak and is used in modern authors . . . Continue reading →

New Resource Page: On Dispensationalism

R. Scott Clark

on April 8, 2020 | 5 Comments

Dispensationalism describes a way of reading the Bible and a system of theology the nearest roots of which are in the 19th century. There have been premillennial (traditionally known as “chiliastic) movements, including some Reformed theologians, since the early church but most . . . Continue reading →