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Top Five Posts For the Week of March 13–19, 2023
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Tertullian Acknowledged The Existence Of Infant Baptism
God’s approbation sends sure premonitory tokens before it; every “petition”4 may both deceive and be deceived. And so, according to the circumstances and disposition, and even age, of each individual, the delay of baptism is preferable; principally, however, in the case of . . . Continue reading →
100 Westmont Students Walk Out On Pro-Life Speaker
On Feb. 6, Lila Rose, founder of Live Action and one of the most articulate pro-life advocates in the public square, spoke in chapel at Westmont College, an evangelical liberal arts university in Santa Barbara, Calif. Surprisingly, out of the roughly 1200 . . . Continue reading →
Patience Needed In The PCA
There are grave theological and practical deviations from our Standards disturbing the purity and peace of this faith communion. For quite some time, the PCA has been troubled by those who not merely disagree with our Church constitution (the Book of Church Order and . . . Continue reading →
The Downside Of A “Band of Brothers” Mentality
The imagery of the band of brothers has been used for wartime propaganda. In popular culture it’s most recognizable by Stephen Ambrose’s record of Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in World . . . Continue reading →
Christianity and Liberalism Turned 100 in February
One hundred years ago this month, in February of 1923, J. Gresham Machen published Christianity and Liberalism. Dedicated to his mother, J. Gresham would, with the charm of a gentleman and the power of a knight, dismantle the liberal theology that slowly infected . . . Continue reading →
Christopher Yuan Stands Up For Creational Sexuality
Christians are realizing the urgent need to be better equipped on biblical sexuality and gender. Christopher speaks all over the world to young people on issues of human sexuality. Last year, Christopher spoke in-person to 75,000 people in 22 states (often multiples . . . Continue reading →
Top 5 HB Posts For The Week Of March 6—12, 2023
These were the most popular posts for the week beginning January 16, 2023: R. Scott Clark, Nature, Grace, Sex, And Analogies Carl R. Trueman, Trueman: What “Big Eva” Is And Why It Matters To Reformed Churches R. Scott Clark, Pilgrims Not Transformers . . . Continue reading →
Do You Know What The “Hardison Standard” Is And How It Affects Your Religious Liberties?
Jewish groups have come to the defense of an Evangelical Christian postal worker who claims he was forced out of his job for refusing to work Sundays, the Christian day of the sabbath. A joint amicus brief filed last Tuesday by the . . . Continue reading →
Why You Should Be Listening To This Series (And Stay Tuned For Part 6 Tomorrow)
I want to contend that we can have earnest and vigorous disagreement and yet have earnest and vigorous disagreement in a manner that honors Christ and that is eager to maintain the unity that we have in the Spirit. I know that . . . Continue reading →
Catholic Bookstore Defends Its Religious Rights From City Law
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Catholic bookstore in Jacksonville filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a city law that requires Queen of Angels Catholic Bookstore to speak against its beliefs and to silence its religious views to remain business. Queen of Angels is . . . Continue reading →
Are You As Bold As J.K. Rowling?
The time for evangelical leaders and institutions to speak is now. The moment to use the platforms we have to protect women and children has come. If J.K. Rowling has the courage to stand for the truth and to call for the . . . Continue reading →
Baugh On The Inauguration Of The Kingdom of God
Theologians today often talk about the kingdom of God being “already and not yet.” This is an attempt to express the New Testament’s teaching that the Son of God came to inaugurate the kingdom of God in this world at his incarnation . . . Continue reading →
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U. S. District Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Religious Schools
Plaintiffs are students who have attended religious colleges and universities nationwide. Plaintiffs bring this putative class action against the United States Department of Education (“the Department”) and Suzanne Goldberg in her official capacity as Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Civil . . . Continue reading →
Sinclair Ferguson To Deliver Den Dulk Lectures March 17, 2023
Sinclair Ferguson will be delivering the annual Den Dulk Lectures This Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, 2023 in the chapel at Westminster Seminary California. If you are unable to be present the lectures will be available via livestream on the . . . Continue reading →
End Of Life Options Act Clashes With Religious Rights Of Doctors
“Hospice philosophy seeks neither to shorten someone’s life nor to prolong it, but to treat and recognize the dignity of each person,” Cochrane told National Review. “The goal of the physician should be to heal, not to harm.” When California’s End of Life . . . Continue reading →
Saturday Psalm Series: 115 As Sung In The Early Church, The Medieval Church, and The Reformation-Era Reformed Churches
Source 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 Resources . . . Continue reading →
When A Conservative Presbyterian Runs For Office
There’s all sorts of interesting stuff going on here. Note that Scotland has gone, in the space of just over 40 years, from a country where male homosexual acts were illegal to one where failure to believe personally in same-sex marriage – . . . Continue reading →
Strong Meat from the Stacks: Augustine on Rightly Ordered Love
And thus beauty, which is indeed God’s handiwork, but only a temporal, carnal, and lower kind of good, is not fitly loved in preference to God, the eternal, spiritual, and unchangeable good. When the miser prefers his gold to justice, it is . . . Continue reading →