Theology is the study of God, and nothing can be known with certainty about God without a special revelation from God Himself… And if Theology is viewed insofar as it is the knowledge that God either has communicated to created beings endowed . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Amandus Polanus On The Free Justification Of The Sinner
Amandus Polanus on the justification of the sinner before God. Continue reading →
Review: Zwingli, God’s Armed Prophet By Bruce Gordon
Zwingli, God’s Armed Prophet is Bruce Gordon’s most recent contribution to Reformation history. Gordon is the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University and formerly headed up the Saint Andrews Reformation Study Institute in Scotland. Professor Gordon is also affiliated . . . Continue reading →
Luther On What It Means To Be Indwelled By The Spirit
We shouldn’t doubt that the Holy Spirit lives in us, but we should certainly recognize that we are temples of the Holy Spirit, as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:19. If someone feels a love for God’s Word and gladly hears, speaks, . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 17
This is part 17 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Serious Wisdom From Steve Baugh
How does a modern wife submit while retaining her God-given integrity as a fellow heir of life and fellow citizen with the saints? I think Paul answers that in 5:15: She submits with wisdom and careful reflection on biblical truths that bear . . . Continue reading →
Of Wheels, Spokes, And Ruling Elders (Part 2)
Previously, we looked at the office of Ruling Elder (RE) in P&R churches. Today, we continue that conversation. Truing The Spokes When a bloc of REs, however, becomes less a counter-weight to progressive tendencies and more an anchor to prevent Reformation according . . . Continue reading →
Baxter’s “Hot Peppercorn” Of Justification And Salvation Through Good Works
Touching the latter, how far he will extol the peppercorn of our own works, and righteousness to justification and salvation he does not here (though afterward, he does) in express words signify. But that he means to extol them, he does enough . . . Continue reading →
Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy Part 2: On First Principles
The great conundrum faced by philosophers since time immemorial is the question “how do we know what we know?” This question falls under the subcategory of philosophy known as epistemology. Those who contend that all human knowledge arises through our senses are . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 16
This is part 16 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Perkins: That Christ Was Cursed For Us Demonstrates Our Sinfulness
That Christ became a curse for us, it shows the greatness and horribleness of our sins; it shows the grievous hardness of our hearts that never almost mourn for them. It shows the unspeakable love and mercy of God, for which we . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of November 6–12, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning November 6–12, 2023. Continue reading →
Dr. Clark on The Crusades: The Pilgrim Radio Interview
R. Scott Clark joined Pilgrim Radio Network to talk about the Crusades. Note: This audio was originally recorded in 2012. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Resources On . . . Continue reading →
Of Wheels, Spokes, And Ruling Elders (Part 1)
In his epistle (3:1) to the Trallians (c. AD 114), written to one of the congregations that visited him on the way to Rome to be martyred, Ignatius, the senior pastor (ἐπίσκοπος) of Antioch mentioned three offices in the church: Similarly, let . . . Continue reading →
Wilhelmus à Brakel On Justification
He who errs in this doctrine errs to his eternal destruction. The devil is therefore continually engaged in denying, perverting, and obscuring the truth expressed in this chapter and, if he does not accomplish this, to prevent exercise concerning this truth. When . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For Nov 12, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (42)
In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 12:3–8 and considers how grace makes us gracious. He answers a question from Kevin about those Dispensationalists who agree with the Reformed on Matthew 24 and being “left behind.” He answers a text from . . . Continue reading →
Johnson: Seeing Christ In All Of Scripture Requires Good Exegesis
To understand how any Old Testament event (or office or officer or institution) preaches Christ and finds its fulfillment in him, we first must grasp its symbolic depth in its own place in redemptive history … The Passover lamb’s blood declared that . . . Continue reading →
Las Iglesias Reformadas Confiesan El Bautismo De Infantes
Hace algunos años publiqué la reseña de un libro en las páginas de la revista Modern Reformation. Algunos respondieron con una carta al editor quejándose de que yo había distinguido entre las iglesias reformadas y las iglesias bautistas. Mi respuesta revisada figura . . . Continue reading →
The Stains of Guilt: A Guide for Confession in Psalm 51 (Part 2)
In the first section of this survey of Psalm 51, we were rocked by the foul stains of our sin. As sinners, conceived and born iniquity, sin corrodes and tarnishes every last fiber of the inner person. Our hearts are rotten with . . . Continue reading →
With Presbycast On Cancel Culture And Calvinist Pirates
As always we had a good time on the old Presbycast Hayride, Jamboree, and Barn Dance. Chortles told us the story of the Huguenot Pirates—real pirates, not “piratical” pretenders hitting defense flower vases with baseball bats or setting harmless grass alight—and the . . . Continue reading →