In an era when AI can write anything, authentic education must go beyond the mere production of words. “The end then of Learning,” wrote John Milton in 1644, “is to repair the ruines of our first Parents.” The image is hard to . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of May 18–24, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of May 18–24, 2026. Continue reading →
What’s Wrong With Boys?
The attack perpetrated by two teen-agers upon a San Diego mosque, on May 18 of this year, is just the latest in a string of violent acts that include the assault on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (April 25, 2026), the murder . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 24, 2026: Rome, Constantinople, or Geneva (Part 1): Introduction
American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. Continue reading →
Lilies And Love Songs: The Wedding Of A King In Psalm 45 (Part 1)
There is nothing quite like a good, old-fashioned wedding. And nowadays, we have to emphasize “old-fashioned”—not to be nostalgic per se, as if the weddings of yesteryear were always better— but because so many odd things can be done in a modern . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: A Follow-Up on Advice for Couples Who are From Different Christian Traditions | Are Elder and Deacon Meetings on the Lord’s Day a Violation of the Fourth Commandment?
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about Christian traditions and more. Continue reading →
Why The Reformation Distinguished Law And Gospel
“Are you getting in the Word?” “You gotta get in the Word.” Christians hear phrases like this constantly. They sound deeply spiritual and unquestionably biblical. But when you stop and think about them, they are often so broad and undefined that they . . . Continue reading →
Heidelvideo #17—Heidelmail: Celebrating Man-made Holidays, Inspired Hymnody, and Infant Baptism
Dr. R. Scott Clark tackles questions from Heidelmail breaking down whether Jesus’ presence at the Feast of Dedication in John 10 justifies the celebration of Christmas and other non-commanded holidays. He contrasts the Regulative and Normative principles of worship while exploring historical Reformed perspectives on church holidays. Finally, he addresses questions on inspired hymnody and infant baptism, providing insights from Reformed theology and church history. Continue reading →
San Diego Mosque Shooters: Atomized, Nihilistic, And Angry “Victims”
If these are supremacists, they have absorbed a large dose of victim culture to go with it, which is why they see themselves neither on the right nor the left, and sound like both and neither. That’s the heart of it, for . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Other Resurrection
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about the other resurrection. Continue reading →
Review: Church Membership By Jonathan Landry Cruse (Blessings Of The Faith Series)
In today’s age and culture, which eschews accountability in favor of the independent spirit, people often view the notion of church membership as constricting and constraining, an old-fashioned and passé practice of a more heavily institutional age. We often hear in contemporary . . . Continue reading →
Ben Sasse: Not Just Filling Time
Kevin Nelson and his family once received a print of Gustave Dore’s “Adam and Eve Driven Out of Eden” as a gift from a congregant. In the work, Adam and Eve stagger toward the viewer surrounded by thorns and thistles, while a . . . Continue reading →
A Consequence Of The Appropriation Of The Therapeutic Culture
Another well-known minister has resigned from his pastoral office due to a previously undisclosed inappropriate relationship. The twist in this grimly familiar tale is that he had largely built his ministry around his struggle with homosexual temptation and his advocacy for celibacy. . . . Continue reading →
The Cambridge Declaration
Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. This is the article by which the church stands or falls. Today this article is often ignored, distorted or sometimes even denied by leaders, scholars and pastors who claim to be evangelical. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: What Not To Do When Visiting the Dying
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about what not to do when visiting the dying. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: What is Reformed Theology? (Part 14): Reformed Christians Pray
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Reformed Theology. Continue reading →
SCOTUS Defends First Amendment Liberties Of Donors
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a collection of five faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey, may challenge in federal court an unconstitutional, coercive subpoena issued by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. Alliance Defending . . . Continue reading →
Strange Bedfellows: MacArthur’s Gold
In the previous article, I established that in his 2022 volume What Is Saving Faith?, John Piper is not merely interested in the fruits of faith. He is interested in the nature of faith. By insisting that affections like “treasuring” and “relishing” Christ are not . . . Continue reading →
ARP Report Condemns Kinism
Simply put, any idea that posits racial superiority as a basis for church or civil social order is to be seen as out of bounds with Christianity as a religion and as a source of truth, and is sin. The Synod is . . . Continue reading →
2026 PCA Overtures: A Simplified Preview
As the fifty-third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America prepares to gather in June for the third time in Louisville, Kentucky, a record number of overtures have been tendered. Of the ninety (adding one holdover from last year), many of . . . Continue reading →