Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 116—Why Is Prayer Necessary For Christians?

Heidelcast

on July 22, 2022

The Heidelberg Catechism is one of the most beloved and well used catechisms to emerge from the sixteenth and seventeenth century Reformation. Published in its final form in 1563, the catechism has been used by millions of Christians to teach the faith . . . Continue reading →

Truth, Transgender, And Twitter Suspension

Heidelblog

on July 22, 2022 | 2 Comments

The other day, a friend wrote to tell me he’d been suspended from Twitter. Two of his tweets had triggered the ban on “promoting violence against, threatening, or harassing other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, . . . Continue reading →

There Is No Credo Baptist Heidelberg Catechism or Why Hercules Collins Was Not Reformed

R. Scott Clark

on July 22, 2022 | 52 Comments

For some years I have complained about Baptist squatters in the Reformed house. These are those Baptists who insist on re-defining the adjective Reformed. As it turns out, however, this habit of squatting is not new at all. Indeed, one of the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 115—Since We Cannot Keep The Law Perfectly Why Does God Insist On It?

Heidelcast

on July 21, 2022 | 1 Comment

Preaching To Soil

Heidelblog

on July 21, 2022 | 1 Comment

Pearls should not be cast before swine. This has its truth, but kingdom preaching pays no attention to this. Instead, the preaching here in this parable is undiscriminating, wild, even promiscuous. The Word is scattered randomly. There is no strategy, programming or . . . Continue reading →

Review: Vos’ Natural Theology

Christopher Smith

on July 21, 2022 | 8 Comments

No one can deny that we are living in strange times for Reformed theology. For example, we are hard-pressed to find enough professing Christians theologically astute enough to be actual Arminians. What is a Reformed person to do when there are not . . . Continue reading →

Something New To Discuss During Our Q&A Session: Rosaria Changes Her Mind About “Conversion Therapy”

R. Scott Clark

on July 20, 2022 | 3 Comments

The category “conversion therapy” (CT) was always dubious. Coined in 1991, the term was a grab-bag, a way of lumping together a variety of approaches to the treatment of same-sex attraction (SSA). As a result of the various bans on CT, when . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 114—Can Believers Keep The Law Perfectly?

Heidelcast

on July 20, 2022

Olevianus: The Kingdom And Its Benefits

Heidelblog

on July 20, 2022

Since, then, you say that the additional name “Christ” or “Anointed” implies that He came with the command of the Father to establish a royal priesthood, explain first what the kingdom of Christ is. A. A kingdom is a kind of rule . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 113—What Does The Tenth Commandment Require?

Heidelcast

on July 19, 2022

Guides, Not Spokesmen

Wendell Talley

on July 19, 2022 | 5 Comments

Indirectly, with all due concessions for logical consequences, divine providence, and human nature, I’m going to tell you why there are packs of feral children killing 73-year-old men in the streets of Philadelphia today. To do so I’ll have to tell you . . . Continue reading →

Transgender Mania Grips Pre-Teen Girls

Heidelblog

on July 19, 2022 | 3 Comments

A quarter of the girls in my daughter’s class identify as transgender. Seven out of 28. When I said that on Twitter recently, I was roundly attacked for being a TERF who makes up ridiculous stories to harm trans people. While I . . . Continue reading →

Register Now For D. G. Hart, “Roman Catholics In America” (August 2–5, 2022)

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on July 18, 2022 | 5 Comments

D. G. Hart, Distinguished Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College and visiting Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary California, will be giving a course on Roman Catholics in America (CH555), August 2–5, 2022 | 1:00pm–4:15pm (PDT). This course covers the . . . Continue reading →

Talking About Practice

Heidelblog

on July 18, 2022

The simple fact that a Reformed or Presbyterian church or missionary is engaged in the work of missions does not necessarily mean that the work is also being done in a Reformed fashion. With a view from the mission field of Germany . . . Continue reading →

Para Means “Alongside” Not “Is”

R. Scott Clark

on July 18, 2022 | 1 Comment

Is the Family Research Council a church? What about Cru, the Gideons International, Voice of the Martyrs, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), Liberty Counsel, the American Family Association, Navigators, and World Vision? The Controversy According to a recent story by Daniel Silliman, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For July 17, 2022: Every Tribe, Tongue, And Nation (8): First Head Of Doctrine (5)

Heidelcast

on July 17, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on the the Canons of Dort where we are looking at the First Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort, articles 12 and 13. The Synod was responding to the problem of assurance. . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 112—The Ninth Commandment Is About Telling The Truth

Heidelcast

on July 16, 2022

Words And Things (Part 4)

S. M. Baugh

on July 16, 2022

Last time, we looked at the difference between glosses and word meanings. A gloss is an English word substitute and is of concern primarily to translators, while meaning is a brief description of a word’s referent. I illustrated this difference with some . . . Continue reading →

The Covenant Of Works Engraven In Man’s Heart

Heidelblog

on July 16, 2022

The covenant of works, which may also be called a legal or natural covenant, is founded in nature, which by creation was pure and holy, and in the law of God, which in the first creation was engraven in man’s heart. For . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 111—The Eighth Commandment Requires Us To Love Our Neighbor

Heidelcast

on July 15, 2022