Heidelminicast: Venema Contra Postmillennialism (4)

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on November 23, 2022

This episode of the Heidelcast is brought to you by Westminster Seminary California, which is offering a course to the public in person and online January 10–13, 2023 (1:15PM– 4:30PM) by Dr Steve Baugh, The Millennium in Revelation (NT518). This course may . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Christian Courage

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on November 23, 2022

CANON 17. Concerning Christian courage. The courage of the Gentiles is produced by simple greed, but the courage of Christians by the love of God which “has been poured into our hearts” not by freedom of will from our own side but . . . Continue reading →

Christopher Yuan on Holy Sexuality and the Gospel

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on November 22, 2022

In September of this year HRA board member Chris Gordon, host of Abounding Grace Radio, sat down to talk to Christopher Yuan about the crisis precipitated in the West by the latest phase of the sexual revolution. Here are those discussions harvested for . . . Continue reading →

On Being Reformed 55% Off Through Nov 30, 2022

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on November 21, 2022 | 1 Comment

The hardcopy is only $19.40. The e-book is less. The book is normally $59.99. It is discounted automatically right now to $27.00 and with the discount code (CYB22) the price drops to $19.40, which is about as inexpensive as it has ever . . . Continue reading →

Religious Freedom, The Right To Worship, And Premodern Thinking

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on November 21, 2022 | 2 Comments

To be honest, writing a critical review of Phillip Muñoz’s American Liberty and the American Founding was a painful task. It was painful in part because I sincerely admire Muñoz and his scholarship, and in part because within the prescribed word limits (which I . . . Continue reading →

PCA News: Memorial Pres Leaves The PCA. Pastor To Follow

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on November 19, 2022 | 23 Comments

Friday evening 92% of the most controversial congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America, Memorial Presbyterian Church, voted to leave the PCA. In their statement the congregation cited the criticism they have received since they first hosted the Revoice Conference in 2018, in . . . Continue reading →

Berkhof On Legal And Spiritual Unity With Christ

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on November 19, 2022 | 2 Comments

The mystical union in the sense in which we are now speaking of it is not the judicial ground, on the basis of which we become partakers of the riches that are in Christ. It is sometimes said that the merits of . . . Continue reading →

“Tribulation” And The Lord’s Return

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on November 18, 2022 | 3 Comments

I am often asked whether or not the “tribulation” is a seven year period which immediately precedes the second coming of Jesus Christ, or is it the entire period of time between Christ’s first and second advent, the so-called “great tribulation?” This . . . Continue reading →

Religious Liberty Watch: Senate Bill On Same-Sex Marriage Advances

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on November 17, 2022 | 5 Comments

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly advanced legislation to protect same-sex marriage, sending it on to near-certain passage. In a 62-37 vote, 12 Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the bill, after negotiators reached a bipartisan deal to include protections . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Adam And Christ

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on November 16, 2022

CANON 15. Adam was changed, but for the worse, through his own iniquity from what God made him. Through the grace of God the believer is changed, but for the better, from what his iniquity has done for him. The one, therefore, . . . Continue reading →

Please Excuse our Dust

by Heidelblog on November 15, 2022 7 Comments

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When Our Bodies Belong To God

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on November 15, 2022

A fetus in a woman’s body is not like a kidney or other organ that has always been part of her. Her well-being does not depend on the fetus. She can live with the fetus or without it. The fetus is something . . . Continue reading →

Biblical Hell And God’s Everlasting Wrath

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on November 14, 2022 | 1 Comment

What, then, does the Bible mean when it speaks of hell? That is, what does God mean by hell? He means the punishments for sin in the life to come. He doesn’t mean the punishments for sin in this life, the miseries . . . Continue reading →

Augustine On Words And Meanings

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on November 12, 2022

While Augustine argues that ‘there are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning and the mode of making known the meaning when it is ascertained,’ it should be evident that the first step . . . Continue reading →

Why Wisdom Is More Difficult Than Law

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on November 11, 2022 | 5 Comments

It is lawful, but is it wise? Is God’s wisdom simply a form of law? What are the differences between law and wisdom in the Bible, and what is their relationship to each other? These are some of the questions to ponder . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Man’s Free Will

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on November 9, 2022 | 1 Comment

CANON 13. Concerning the restoration of free will. The freedom of will that was destroyed in the first man can be restored only by the grace of baptism, for what is lost can be returned only by the one who was able . . . Continue reading →

Rome Believes In A Two-Part Justification

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on November 8, 2022 | 3 Comments

Before justification the sinner enters into a state of preparation whereby he, by his own free-will and in co-operation with the Holy Spirit, is prepared for future justification. During this preparation the sinner comes to accept a general knowledge of God and . . . Continue reading →

Calvin On Justification Without The Aid Of Love Or Works

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on November 5, 2022

John Calvin insists on the importance of adhering to the exclusive particle. Continue reading →

Aquinas On Creation Days

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on November 4, 2022 | 1 Comment

…That three things are recorded as created, namely, the heaven, the water, and the earth; and these three received their form from the three days’ work of distinction, so that heaven was formed on the first day; on the second day the . . . Continue reading →

“Oppressor” Narrative Plays A Role In Growing Number of Teen-Related Gender Identity Issues

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on November 3, 2022

Patricia (a pseudonym) is the mother of a teenage girl who in recent years has come to identify as transgender. She lives in California, considers herself progressive, votes Democrat, and leads a group for parents of children with rapid onset gender dysphoria . . . Continue reading →

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