If Google is a reliable search engine, the anniversary of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church on June 11 passed without any mention by the press. The reasons are not hard to fathom. The OPC is small, and it lacks a celebrity. In an . . . Continue reading →
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Top Five Posts For the Week of May 22–28, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 22–28, 2023. Continue reading →
Video: With Chris Gordon On Christ And Culture And Ministry In An Anti-Christian Age
RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering the Reformed Confession (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian What Must A Christian Believe? Heidelblog Contributors Support Heidelmedia: . . . Continue reading →
Saturday Psalm Series: Singing With Good King David—Calvin On The Psalms
But the peculiar gift of man is to sing knowing what he says. Further, the understanding ought to accompany the heart and affections, which cannot be unless we have the song imprinted in our memory, that we may be ever singing it. Continue reading →
Hostility Against Churches On The Rise In The USA
On March 27, 2023, three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian school and a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. The assailant shot through glass side doors to access areas . . . Continue reading →
10 Ways Churches Should Respond To Sexual Abuse
After a few decades of publicity surrounding the issue of sexual abuse in the broader culture, one might think that churches have developed better ways of handling it. However, there are regularly reports that indicate otherwise. Especially churches without a Safe Church . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Dan Borvan On The Perseverance Of The French Reformed Church
Recently, the Rev Dr Dan Borvan (DPhil) gave a talk at Providence Christian College (Pasadena, CA) on the history of the French Reformed Church. As he says, the French Reformed are an important part of our history and they are, for a . . . Continue reading →
Southwest Reformed Youth Camp Jul 31–Aug 3, 2023
The 2023 Southwest Reformed Youth Camp is happening this year from July 31–August 3 at Palomar Christian Conference Center in Palomar Mountain, California. This Reformed Christian Youth Camp is for junior high and high school students and is the only youth camp . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of May 15–21, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 15–21, 2023. Continue reading →
A New Aspect Of The Sexual Revolution: Castration
. . . Sidhbh Gallagher, a Miami surgeon who aggressively uses social media to promote the hundreds of “gender-affirming” surgeries she does each year, some on children, recently posted a video about castrating men who identify as eunuchs. As she explains, eunuchs . . . Continue reading →
Preview: Christians, It Starts With Us
This is a sneak peek of new content coming soon to Abounding Grace Radio featuring R. Scott Clark and Pastor Chris Gordon. Continue reading →
Court Fines Church $1.2 Million Over Covid Violations
A California judge ordered a San Jose church Wednesday night to pay $1.2 million for violating mask and social distancing mandates during COVID-19. . . .“We believe Judge Pennypacker’s decision to enforce $1.2 million in fines violates the United States Constitution,” said Mariah . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (14)
The same multiplication of relics has prevailed in the case of Anthony. By pretending that he is passionate and mischievous, and inflames those who may have given him offence, they have made him an object of dread; from this dread has arisen . . . Continue reading →
Now An Audiobook: Recovering The Reformed Confession
You loved it as a print volume and as an e-book but you have been wishing that someone would record an audio version so that you could listen to it while you drive to and from work or on that long vacation drive this . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (13)
I had almost determined to be silent concerning the Innocents, as they call them; for although I could muster something like an army of them, it might always be alleged that there is nothing in this contradictory to history, because their exact . . . Continue reading →
John Muether On The Most Neglected Chapter In Machen’s Christianity And Liberalism
John Muether is Professor of Church History and Director of Libraries at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has written histories of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and on Cornelius Van Til. He’s a ruling elder in the OPC and has been the denominational historian . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (11)
Now let the Apostles come forward in order. Their number, however, may beget confusion; and, therefore, the better course will be to take Paul and Peter by themselves, and afterwards proceed to the rest. Their bodies are at Rome, half at St . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of May 8–14, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning May 8–14, 2023. Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (10)
To proceed in order, we must now consider the case of John the Baptist, who, according to the account given in the Gospel, that is, according to the truth of God, after being beheaded, was buried by his disciples. Theodoret relates that . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Time For An Inventory (9)
With regard to the Virgin Mary, as they give out that her body is not on the earth, they are of course prevented from pretending to have her bones; were it otherwise, I can well believe they would have given her a . . . Continue reading →