Video: The Aim Of Preaching

by Heidelblog on December 20, 2024 |

Rev. Dr. Jon D. Payne and Chris Gordon look to define “preaching”, and how to do it effectively, and discuss the two broad aims of sharing the word of God. They talk about the pressures pastors face from behind the pulpit, the . . . Continue reading →

Priscilla Discovers The Reformed Confession

by Heidelblog on December 17, 2024 |

The teenage version of me would be very shocked to find me in the Reformed faith. To be fair, my teenage self didn’t really understand what it meant to be a Reformed Christian. I grew up in a Christian home with two . . . Continue reading →

What We Can Learn From 1524

by Heidelblog on December 14, 2024 |

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Half a millennium ago, as Europeans entered the year 1524, they were gazing at the heavens in trepidation, fearful of a Grand Conjunction that was set to occur. Johann Stöffler, a professor . . . Continue reading →

Video: The Suffering King: Psalm 31:1-8 | Rev. Dan Borvan

by Heidelblog on December 13, 2024 |

God hears the lament of his people and preserves them unto salvation. Continue reading →

Another Win For Religious Freedom And Freedom Of Speech

by Heidelblog on December 13, 2024 |

A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay $575,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified student. The West Point School Board reached a settlement with . . . Continue reading →

A Tale Of Two Kingdoms

by Heidelblog on December 12, 2024 |

Ranging from William Parry’s “Jerusalem” (popularized in the hit film Chariots of Fire) to the Social Gospel to Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”, modern history has witnessed a struggle to define the proper expression of the kingdom of God “on . . . Continue reading →

Swiss Evangelicals Banned From Using Lake Geneva For Baptisms

by Heidelblog on December 11, 2024 |

An evangelical church in Cologny, in the Swiss canton of Geneva, has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Federal Court’s decision against public baptisms on Lake Geneva. It has done so supported by the Swiss Evangelical Alliance (SEA-RES) and . . . Continue reading →

How the Americans Revised The Westminster Confession Regarding The Magistrate

by Heidelblog on December 10, 2024 |

The version of the Westminster Confession of Faith used by most Presbyterians in America is not identical with the version approved by the Westminster Assembly in 1646. Most of the differences between the historic text and the text used by the Orthodox . . . Continue reading →

Charlotte IHOP To Pay $40K To Christian Cook Over Refusal To Grant Him A Sabbath

by Heidelblog on December 7, 2024 |

A Charlotte IHOP franchise will pay $40,000 to settle claims of religious discrimination and retaliation. Suncakes NC, LLC, a North Carolina-based company, and Suncakes, LLC, a Texas-based company doing business as IHOP, will pay $40,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious . . . Continue reading →

Video: A Critical Conversation On Christian Nationalism

by Heidelblog on December 6, 2024 |

Rev. Gordon and Stephen Wolfe discuss Christan Nationalism. Stephen is the author of the controversial and often criticized book, The Case For Christian Nationalism. He has gained a substantial following on social media for his frank and sometimes harsh statements, and has . . . Continue reading →

Trueman On Where Reformation Christians Go From Here

by Heidelblog on December 5, 2024 |

One thing remains true about twenty-first-century America, regardless of recent election results: the USA is a post-Christian culture and that is not going to change in the near future. Indeed, all the signs are that it will only become less sympathetic to . . . Continue reading →

Love Bombing Is Not Love

by Heidelblog on December 4, 2024 |

Abusers are master manipulators. They know how to manipulate people and situations in such a way that they appear innocent. In fact, they can even turn the tables on their victims and make it appear as if they’re the ones who’ve been . . . Continue reading →

Tertullian On The Trinity

by Heidelblog on December 3, 2024 |

In the course of time, then, the Father forsooth was born, and the Father suffered,—God Himself, the Lord Almighty, whom in their preaching they declare to be Jesus Christ. We, however, as we indeed always have done (and more especially since we . . . Continue reading →

A SoCal Pastor Called To The Thumb

by Heidelblog on November 30, 2024 |

Scott, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bad Axe, and his wife Vicki decided to make the Thumb their home a few years ago when it came time for Scott to choose an assignment. The church is part of the Presbyterian Church . . . Continue reading →

Study: Biden-Harris Education Office Targeted Christian Colleges

by Heidelblog on November 29, 2024 |

This month, voters chose to turn the page on the Biden-Harris Administration and re-elect Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States. This was an enormous win for the American people. It’s clear that Trump’s vision for freedom, populism, . . . Continue reading →

Video: Out of the Depths I Cry: Psalm 130 | Dr. Bradley Bitner

by Heidelblog on November 29, 2024 |

From deep waters we cry to an attentive Lord for deliverance and forgiveness. Our watchful hope looks to his word of promise and plentiful redemption. Continue reading →

Tertullian And The Athanasian Creed

by Heidelblog on November 26, 2024 |

Bear always in mind that this is the rule of faith which I profess; by it I testify that the Father, and the Son, and the Spirit are inseparable from each other, and so will you know in what sense this is . . . Continue reading →

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