Man is endowed with reason, and the human reason cannot rest satisfied with a mere collection of separate truths, but wants to see them in their mutual relationship, in order that it may have a clearer understanding of them… There seems to . . . Continue reading →
Review: The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host By David Gibson
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Thus begins Psalm 23 in the old King James Version. In an age of ever-decreasing biblical literacy, Psalm 23 remains one of the most well-known passages in Scripture. One gets the sense that, besides being . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Is Sanctification Synergistic?
Dr Clark answers a question about whether sanctification is monergistic or synergistic. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: What About Lutherans Considering The Reformed Confession?
Dr Clark answers a letter asking about converts from Lutheranism to Reformed theology, piety, and practice. Continue reading →
Bavinck: We Learn Spiritual Realities Through The Material World
Fully adequate [exhaustive] knowledge is something of which we possess very little. Everywhere and in every area of life we finally run into mystery. The inner being of things, the thing as such, escapes our perception. We observe phenomena and from them . . . Continue reading →
Sub-Christian Nationalism? (Part 15)
Between 1513 and 1519, as he lectured through the Psalms, Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, and the Psalms again at the University in Wittenberg, Martin Luther (1483–1546) not only became an Augustinian anti-Pelagian in soteriology (sola gratia); in that same period he also recovered . . . Continue reading →
Vos On Divine Simplicity
What is God’s simplicity? That attribute of God whereby He is free of all composition and distinction. God is free: a) Of logical composition; in Him there is no distinction between genus and species. b) Of natural composition; in Him there is . . . Continue reading →
Flannelgraph Preaching (Part 1)
Flannelgraphs, alternatively named flannel boards, are sturdy panels covered with flannel. Displayed on an easel, they facilitate the telling of stories, usually in the small nooks and crannies of basements (called “classrooms”) in many Christian church buildings. While most basements reek of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 18
This is part 18 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Another Way To Respond To Satanists And Other Pagans (Part 1)
In a brief episode of the Heidelcast, I offered five or six points about the controversy over the placement of a Satanist altar in the Iowa state capitol, its destruction, and how Christians ought to think about the controversy.1 In the ensuing . . . Continue reading →
Allen: Systematic Theology Helps Us To Keep Our Eyes On God
Scholastic and systematic theology has been much maligned in recent decades, often for putting God in a box and distorting the dramatic character of more occasional or narratival modes of thought. Yet the best historical studies of scholastic theology in its medieval . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of December 25–31, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning December 25–31, 2023. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For Dec, 31 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (47)
In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 14:13–23, where Paul teaches us how to put our brothers above ourselves and how to preserve the peace of the church without sacrificing the purity of the church. Continue reading →
This Year’s Top Podcast Episode: Chad Vegas On Covenant And Baptism (1)
This year’s top podcast episode was part one of a six-part Heidelcast series by Chad Vegas on covenant theology and baptism. This Heidelcast series was followed by a series of articles on Recovering the Reformed Confession, which you can find here. . . . Continue reading →
Kapic: God Knows Himself Fully
Archetypal knowledge of God is that knowledge by which God perfectly knows himself. Neither finitude nor sin limits him. He knows all things. Most centrally, God fully knows himself. Ectypal knowledge is that understanding we have of God by means of his . . . Continue reading →
Top Ten Posts Of 2023—Happy New Year From The Heidelblog!
Happy New Year from the HRA! This is the sixteenth year of the Heidelblog. You downloaded posts and pages more than 1.4 million times this year. The number of visitors grew by 9%, which means that more visitors came to the Heidelblog . . . Continue reading →
What Can We Know And How?
During the Watergate hearings, Senator Howard Baker asked, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?” However important that question was in the politics of 1973, it remains an important question in theology today. A friend writes to ask . . . Continue reading →
Distinguo!
Among the Reformed, distinctions were a vital tool for proper theology. Johannes Maccovius (1588–1644), Reformed scholastic theologian and delegate to the Synod of Dordt (1618–19), wrote an entire work dedicated to distinctions: A Hundredfold Most General Distinctions. Maccovius stood on the shoulders . . . Continue reading →
Video: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Chris Gordon and Dr. Robert Godfrey discuss Reformed worship. Continue reading →
Review: Expository Preaching By David Strain (Blessings Of The Faith Series)
Upon first glance (and given the title), readers might assume this little book is yet another how-to manual on homiletics and expository preaching. But while this volume is a brief treatment on the subject of expository preaching, it is not written primarily . . . Continue reading →