With Presbycast Discussing Side B, Concupiscence, And The Distinction Between Nature and Grace

by Heidelblog on September 9, 2022

The Presbycast is always weird—the intro music for this episode comes from Ralph Carmichael; a blast from the CCM past—wild, and fun and this episode is no exception. HB contributor Stephen Spinnenwebber and I joined HB contributor and Presbycast co-host, Brad “Chortles” Isbell, . . . Continue reading →

OPC Response To Kentucky Flooding

by Heidelblog on September 9, 2022

Volunteers have come from all over the country. They have worked at the church building to remove ceiling tiles, as well as much of the drywall and trim. The doors have been sandbagged to keep potential future floods at bay. The two . . . Continue reading →

Berkhof On The Millennium

by Heidelblog on September 8, 2022

At the time of the Reformation the doctrine of the millennium was rejected by the Protestant Churches, but revived in some of the sects, such as that of the more fanatical Anabaptists, and that of the Fifth Monarchy Men. Luther scornfully rejected . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange On Death Through Sin

by Heidelblog on September 7, 2022

CANON 2. If anyone asserts that Adam’s sin affected him alone and not his descendants also, or at least if he declares that it is only the death of the body which is the punishment for sin, and not also that sin, . . . Continue reading →

Reinventing Pronouns Aids The Deconstruction Of Language

by Heidelblog on September 6, 2022

There is far more to pronoun usage than someone’s personal preference in how he or she wishes to have others refer to him or her. The woke tyranny affects all pronoun usage because it de-constructs our entire language. A pronoun must have . . . Continue reading →

The Sublimely Ordinary Drama Of Regular Lord’s Day Worship

by Heidelblog on September 5, 2022

The ethos of liturgical seasons and their attendant dramatic worship peculiarities — imposition of ashes, the stripping of the altar after Communion on Maunday Thursday, etc. — is centered more on a theater of the nostalgic than the sublimely ordinary drama of . . . Continue reading →

Machen: A Word To MDiv Students On Standing For Christ

by Heidelblog on September 3, 2022

You will have a battle, too, when you go forth as ministers into the church. The church is now in a period of deadly conflict. The redemptive religion known as Christianity is contending, in our own Presbyterian Church and in all the . . . Continue reading →

A Defense Of Aquinas’ Writing On “The Light Of Natural Knowledge”

by Heidelblog on September 2, 2022

The problem is most apparent in Oliphint’s highly selective use of Aquinas’ commentary on John 1:9, which leaves out the portions that undermine his argument. Aquinas indicates that human beings are enlightened by “the light of natural knowledge,” which insofar as it . . . Continue reading →

Should Pastors Leave The Culture Or Take It Captive?

by Heidelblog on September 1, 2022

The Benedict Option versus Redeemer Presbyterian Church (NYC) is a wrestling match this writer would pay to see. Which side has the greater strength either of argument or piety than the other? To leave the mainstream culture because it is hostile to . . . Continue reading →

Second Council Of Orange Contra Pelagianism

by Heidelblog on August 31, 2022

CANON 1. If anyone denies that it is the whole man, that is, both body and soul, that was “changed for the worse” through the offense of Adam’s sin, but believes that the freedom of the soul remains unimpaired and that only . . . Continue reading →

Aquinas On The Source Of Truth

by Heidelblog on August 30, 2022

Aquinas did not view truths of reason and truths of revelation as incompatible or in need of synthesis. Underlying theological project of Aquinas’ two Summas is the assumption that what is true is true whatever its immediate source, given that all truth . . . Continue reading →

Pronouns And The Destabilization Of Thought

by Heidelblog on August 29, 2022

When Vice President Kamala Harris announced her pronouns while introducing herself to pro-abortion disability rights activists, she also described what she was wearing: “I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are she and her. I am a woman sitting at this table wearing . . . Continue reading →

Orwell: Social Orthodoxy And The Silencing Of Unpopular Opinions

by Heidelblog on August 27, 2022

At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is ‘not done’ to . . . Continue reading →

Turretin: Works Justify Faith

by Heidelblog on August 26, 2022

A twofold trial can be entered into by God with man: either by the law (inasmuch as he is viewed as guilty of violating the law by sin and thus comes under the accusation and condemnation of the law); or by the . . . Continue reading →

Post-Millennialism And The Promise Of “Victory”

by Heidelblog on August 25, 2022

Nothing has been more characteristic of current post-millennialism than its emphasis on the kingship of the ascended Christ; nothing fires the Postmil vision more than that reality. Yet it is just this reality that post-millennialism affectively compromises and, in part, even denies. . . . Continue reading →

Critical Theory Is Not Critical Enough

by Heidelblog on August 24, 2022

I argue that if Christians are to respond fully and properly to Critical Theory, such a response must be rooted in a truly Christian biblical-theological framework. Such a Christian response will recognize that Critical Theory is in effect an alternative theology or . . . Continue reading →

What’s Going on Right Now? Sex, Race, Politics, & Power w/ Dr. W. Robert Godfrey (16)

by Heidelblog on August 22, 2022

Dr. Godfrey reviews and unpacks Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper’s practical approach to Christ and culture. Continue reading →

Olevianus: Lasting Reconciliation With God Through Covenant

by Heidelblog on August 20, 2022

Why is the redemption or reconciliation of humanity with God presented to us in the form of a covenant, indeed a covenant of grace? A: God compares the means of our salvation to a covenant, indeed an eternal covenant, so that we . . . Continue reading →

A Look Back At the Conference And Congratulations To The Winners

by Heidelblog on August 19, 2022

If I said that you had 22 days to help put on a conference you would probably say that it cannot be done. You would be wrong. By the grace of God the Heidelberg Reformation Association and Abounding Grace Radio together, with . . . Continue reading →

A Prison Letter From Huguenot Marie Durand

by Heidelblog on August 19, 2022

The “French Religious Wars” describes a series of eight civil wars fought out between 1562 and 1598. An estimated three million people perished, fifteen percent of the French population. Although the antagonists wore their inherited religious labels of “Protestant” or “Catholic,” social . . . Continue reading →