Aristotle said it with style: people who set their heart on, proving to themselves with drawn-out arguments “that some providence is,” actually deserve whips, not words; a reply from an executioner, not a philosopher (nor, I add, a theologian). And what is . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 4
This is part 4 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Dennis Johnson: Two Truths Of Apostolic Preaching
The skillful and pastoral interweaving of theological discussion and exhortation, of doctrine and application, [as demonstrated in Hebrews] illustrates two truths about apostolic preaching that are often ignored in the polarized atmosphere of contemporary preaching. On the one hand, truly apostolic preaching . . . Continue reading →
The Belief Continuum
Often, we employ a single word for many uses; even for similar uses. We employ belief (and its cognate verb) to mean at least four things, each of which can also be usefully distinguished from the others, on a continuum: prejudice, opinion, . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of August 21–27, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning August 21–27, 2023. Continue reading →
An Example Of Correction And Sanctification
Puritan concerns sometimes led to excesses. On the one hand, Thomas Watson (1620–86) urged people to press into the kingdom with little mention of faith in Jesus Christ. On one occasion, he even misstated the role of Christ’s blood as the ground . . . Continue reading →
Jesus’ Theology Of The Cross: Blessed Are The Persecuted
11Blessed are you whenever they mock you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you, lying against you. 12Rejoice and exult because your reward is great in heaven. For thus they persecuted the prophets before you. (Matt 5:11–12) During . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 27, 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (32)
In this episode Dr Clark turns to Romans 9:1–5, where Paul begins to answer the question: why aren’t Jews receiving Jesus as the Messiah? He also answers a Heideltext from Jeremy about parallels between church history and our time. The opening audio . . . Continue reading →
Descubriendo La Confesión Reformada (Parte 3): Jóvenes, Inquietos y Acts 29
No sabía qué significaba mi transición a la teología pactual y calvinista para el ministerio pastoral, pero sabía que significaba algo. Estaba buscando plantadores de iglesias similares a mí, que evitaran el modelo de ministerio programático y «sensible al buscador». Llegué a . . . Continue reading →
Free Speech And The Fifth Circuit
Whether or not the federal government and its myriad agencies will be able to coerce, cajole, encourage, threaten, and browbeat social media companies into removing views it does not like from their platforms was the question before the Fifth Circuit Court of . . . Continue reading →
Comfort in the Chaos: How Psalm 77 Helps Pilgrims on the Way (Part 1)—The Day of Trouble
“Now what?” It is the question we would rather not ask. We still find ourselves asking it in different contexts, of course. Sometimes we have acquired knowledge but do not know how to put it into practice, or we have finally obtained . . . Continue reading →
Van Asselt On Why Confessional Reformed Seminaries Matter
The Academy of Geneva was established in 1559 under politically difficult circumstances. Especially under Theodore Beza (1519–1605), who was also instrumental in the creation of two chairs of law in 1566 and a chair of medicine in 1567, the academy flourished and . . . Continue reading →
Review: The Binding of God: Calvin’s Role in the Development of Covenant Theology by Peter A. Lillback
Whether Calvin was a covenant theologian has been a matter of considerable confusion and controversy in modern Calvin studies. The answer to this question has usually been determined by whether one considers the rise of covenant theology a positive or negative development, . . . Continue reading →
Video: Lessons For Exiles On Main Street—Huguenots As A Christian Minority
Dan Borvan traces a path for Christian life in a post-Christian culture by studying the French Reformed as a suffering church. Continue reading →
Bavinck On The Old And New Man
True, we speak of an old and a new man in the believer, and so we give expression to the fact that in the new life the whole man has in principle been changed, and that nevertheless the power of sin continues . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 3
This is part 3 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →
Evening Worship In The PCA: Did It Die Of Natural Causes, Neglect, or Euthanasia?
A startling new study and article by two young churchmen in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) suggests that around 12% of churches conduct evening worship services. Pastors from the founding generation have estimated that 50–75% of PCA churches had evening worship . . . Continue reading →
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Chris Gordon explains what Jesus meant when he said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Continue reading →
Kim Riddlebarger on the Challenges of 2 Peter
…But from the moment we open this all-too often overlooked, but very important letter ascribed to the apostle Peter, it soon becomes apparent that there are a number of problems faced by anyone who attempts to exposit this letter, or treat it . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Gospel According to John (MacArthur) Pt 2
This is part 2 in our audio series on The Gospel According to John (MacArthur). Continue reading →