The Heidelblog has been in publication since 2007. It is devoted to recovering the Reformed confession and to helping others discover Reformed theology, piety, and practice.
Adam Kaloostian, a URCNA pastor turned church planter, joins Chris Gordon in reflecting on why the Reformed believe what they believe and why it matters. Continue reading →
The doctrine of the spirituality of the church holds that God has ordained distinct spheres in the Christian life. The family is one sphere of authority and administration. Secular life, i.e., that life that is common to believers and non-believers alike, is . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of October 7–13, 2024. Continue reading →
A Los Angeles area government policy directly bans renting any city-owned facility for “religious worship,” while allowing numerous other uses, in direct violation of the First Amendment. …When reaching out to city officials to reserve the building, our client clearly expressed he . . . Continue reading →
It was clear in the aftermath of the fall of Roe v. Wade that the pro-life movement had no real strategy for addressing the way forward from that point. It was caught off guard by the comprehensive nature of the backlash so that in . . . Continue reading →
As to the point of justification; no man is, nor can be justified by the law. It is true, the Neonomians or Baxterians, to wind in a righteousness of our own into the case of justification, do turn the gospel into a . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of September 30–October 6, 2024. Continue reading →
43. Yet the civil power and the ecclesiastical ought not by any means to be confounded and mixed together: both powers are indeed from God, and ordained for his glory and both to be guided by his word, and both are comprehended . . . Continue reading →
What role do Christians play in advancing the Kingdom? How Many Kingdoms Are There? And how are believers of the Lord Jesus Christ to conduct themselves in this present evil age? Continue reading →
Those who seek to be justified through the works of the Law not only fail to crucify their flesh but even increase its lusts—so far are they from being able to be justified. For the Law is the strength of sin (1 . . . Continue reading →
It teaches that in a Christian nation, that is, in a nation not without God, government as a servant of God is duty-bound to glorify his name and accordingly ought to (a) remove from administration and legislation anything that impedes the free . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of September 23–29, 2024. Continue reading →
Before we proceed to the more particular consideration of the words, it is very much worthy of our notice, to observe the apostle’s order and method of doctrine, and how he knits the believer’s privilege and duty together. He would have the . . . Continue reading →
A lecture from W. Robert Godfrey recorded during the Suffering & The Hope of Christ’s Return conference. Continue reading →
Behold, this is the doctrine and the power of the Gospel and the treasure by which we are saved, which brings us to the point that we also begin to fulfill the Law. For where the great unfathomable love and favor of . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week beginning September 16–22, 2024. Continue reading →
Judging from the attention given to Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian Nationalism, one could be excused for thinking it is a significant work of scholarship. But Wolfe’s book matters more for the stir it has created than for any weight it carries. One . . . Continue reading →
Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty series on the Psalms with a devotional from Psalm 2. Continue reading →
This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people on all sides of the debate to support their viewpoint. The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes . . . Continue reading →
But, to insist still more stoutly upon this point, they add that baptism is a sacrament of repentance and of faith. Accordingly, since neither of these can come about in tender infancy, we must guard against admitting infants into the fellowship of . . . Continue reading →