These were the top five posts for the week of December 1–7. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of December 1–7, 2025
Author: Heidelblog
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.
Only Blood Can Do It
Every sin leaves a stain. Hasty words, undone duties, secret thoughts that rot in the corners of conscience. Water cannot reach them. Resolve’s solvent cannot lift them. Only one blood has power to cleanse what lies beneath the surface of the soul. . . . Continue reading →
Video: Reformed Poli-Sci Guys on the Young (and New?) Right
Listen as Brad Isbell from the Presbycast and some Reformed Poli-Sci Guys talk about the Young (and New?) Right Continue reading →
Bavinck: The English Delegates To Dort Agreed In Substance With Amyraut And So Did Baxter
At the Synod of Dort, the foreign delegates spoke as broadly as possible about the worth and sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice. The English theologians even stated that Christ, in a sense, had died for all: “Christ so died for all that all . . . Continue reading →
Berkhof: Hypothetical Universalism Is Universalism
The Compromise of the School of Saumur. The School of Saumur represents an attempt to tone down the rigorous Calvinism of the Synod of Dort, and to avoid at the same time the error of Arminianism. This is seen especially in the . . . Continue reading →
John Owen Versus John Davenant On Hypothetical Universalism
Since not only the complete finishing of this treatise under my hand, which is now about five months ago, but also the printing of some part of it, the two dissertations of Dr Davenant, of the Death of Christ, and of Predestination . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of November 24–30, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of November 24–30. Continue reading →
Presbyterian Polity Does Not Assume The Normative Principle
To begin with, the most popular argument I have heard for non-ordained commissioned deaconesses is that the constitution of the PCA BCO does not forbid it. This statement is correct, but I also believe it is not helpful. Liberals use this argument to express that Jesus . . . Continue reading →
The Allure Of The Hidden And The So-Called Lost Gospels
Two years ago—in fall 2023—the internet was abuzz over the publication of an ancient manuscript that seemed to contain material from one of the most famous gospels outside our New Testament: the Gospel of Thomas. The online chatter was immense, which was . . . Continue reading →
Video: The Heidelberg Catechism: Theology, Piety & Practice with Dr. R. Scott Clark
Rev. Chris Gordon welcomes his dear friend, Dr. R. Scott Clark, to the studio to discuss Dr. Clark’s new book, The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, Pastoral Commentary. The book reflects on the catechism’s theology, piety, and practice and offers commentary on . . . Continue reading →
Sometimes A Table Is Just A Table
Psalm 23 is so well-loved and so familiar. We might think we know what it means. But then someone might come along and bring something new from it that we didn’t see before. In 1970, Phillip Keller published his book A Shepherd . . . Continue reading →
Rufo: Fuentes Is An Attention-Seeking Fraud
The racialist influencer Nick Fuentes has caused an uproar with his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast. Fuentes, a 27-year-old live-streamer, has built a reputation as the most controversial voice on the right. He’s embraced seemingly every taboo: praising Hitler, disputing the Holocaust’s . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of November 17–23, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of November 17–23. Continue reading →
Revelation 3:20 May Not Mean What You Were Told It Does
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 There’s a saying that “a text without context is . . . Continue reading →
A Word Or A Weight?
There are seasons when sin is only a word, and others when it is a weight. Not the light sting of conscience either, but the slow crush of truth. David knew it, the feeling that one’s own soul has become its own . . . Continue reading →
Video: Is Mary Co-Mediator With Jesus?
In the statement, Mater Populi Fidelis, the Roman Catholic Church clarifies and modifies some of its language about Mary. As a Protestant, Pastor Adriel Sanchez shares what he appreciates, and where he still pushes back, on Marian Catholic teaching. RESOURCES Subscribe To . . . Continue reading →
Hook: I Judged Socialism By Its Intent
I cannot absolve myself from the guilt of failure to exercise critical responsibility toward my own radical ideals. I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: Luther And Newman Together (Contra Leo)
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of the obvious one: the 1700th year since the first ecumenical council set in motion the creedal discussions that culminated in the Nicene Creed of 381. . . . Continue reading →
Why The Nicene Creed And Why One God?
This year, the Nicene Creed is 1700 years old, and here we are still paying attention to it. By any measure, that is an impressive achievement. The number of historical and cultural artifacts to which we still pay attention and which we . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of November 10–16, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of November 10–16. Continue reading →