Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (9): Is Amyraldianism Compatible with the Westminster Confession of Faith?

Heidelcast

on July 17, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →

Yes, It Is Really Happening

Heidelblog

on July 16, 2025 | 13 Comments

“I hope everyone is enjoying the podcast that no one is allowed to admit they listen to.” When temptation arrives, it rarely announces itself. Instead, it speaks like a familiar friend. It preys on our vanity, arrogance, and curiosity—buttons it knows how . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (8): What Did Wilhelmus à Brakel Say About Amyraut?

Heidelcast

on July 16, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →

New Church Plant In Orange County: Central Presbyterian

Cliff Foster

on July 16, 2025 | Comment

Central Presbyterian began with a small group of believers praying for a Christ-centered, gospel-proclaiming church in the heart of Orange County. What started as informal gatherings has grown into a worshipping community rooted in the Word and reaching into the city. Continue reading →

When Community Isn’t

R. Scott Clark

on July 16, 2025 | 5 Comments

The contemporary use of the word community has troubled me for some time. I could not put my finger on it until today. It came to me during a drive across the vast wasteland that is Nevada. People routinely speak about the . . . Continue reading →

Truth Without Love Is Brutality, Love Without Truth Is Hypocrisy

Heidelblog

on July 15, 2025 | Comment

“Jesus, why are you being so insensitive? Why don’t you care more about the people? Don’t you realize that the people you just chased out of the Temple are good guys?” In our day, we wouldn’t be surprised if this was in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (7): What Happened to Amyraldianism?

Heidelcast

on July 15, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues a series on the good news of definite atonement, and why some have struggled with it, and how we should respond. Continue reading →

John Knox On The Lord’s Supper, Part 2: Treatise On The Sacrament

Sean Morris

on July 15, 2025 | Comment

In our previous installment, we noted the possibility of a trend among modern-day Protestants in adopting a softer stance toward the Roman Mass than would have been held among previous generations. Though not as prolific in his theological writings as men like . . . Continue reading →

Luther On Bound Choice: Celebrating The Recovery Of The Doctrine Of Sola Gratia (Part 2)—Erasmus Of Rotterdam

R. Scott Clark

on July 14, 2025 | Comment

When Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was born, the printing press was about fifteen years old. Paul II was Pope. Frederick III was Holy Roman Emperor. What we think of today as the Netherlands was ruled by the House of Burgundy. Luther would not . . . Continue reading →

Vos On Adam’s Probation Before The Fall

Inwoo Lee

on July 14, 2025 | 2 Comments

Now, it is true that our moral goodness and our righteousness can be in the closest relationship, that someone good and holy is righteous per se. But still one must be careful to note that righteousness only stems from moral goodness by means of . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For July 13, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (9): The Teaching of John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper from the Institutes (1559)

Heidelcast

on July 13, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Created For Communion With God: The Promise of Genesis 1 And 2

Heidelcast

on July 12, 2025 | Comment

It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →

The Literacy Crisis In America: English Majors Can’t Read

Heidelblog

on July 12, 2025 | 4 Comments

English professors often assume that students can read the novels and poetry assigned for their courses. However, like many of our colleagues, we have come to question that assumption. To gain some insight, we conducted a reading test from January to April . . . Continue reading →

The Psalm of Yahweh’s Seven Thunders: Psalm 29 (Part 2)

Zach Keele

on July 12, 2025 | Comment

Psalm 29 has lifted up our eyes to the heavens to behold not weather but the glory of God in the storm and the ear-bleeding thunders of Yahweh’s voice. But you cannot really have thunder without lightning. The one necessarily comes with . . . Continue reading →

Video: Assurance In Luke 7

Heidelblog

on July 11, 2025 | Comment

In this episode Pastor Mike Abendroth looks at Luke chapter 7 and what it teaches us about the assurance of faith. Continue reading →

How Recovering Traditional Reformed Categories Helps Us Understand What Civil Law Is

Harrison Perkins

on July 11, 2025 | Comment

Few Christians today doubt that our relationship to our civil governments has gotten at least more complicated, if not outright harder, in recent years. Still, we often do not know how to navigate that challenge very effectively. We can be left thinking . . . Continue reading →

Interpreting Providence

R. Scott Clark

on July 11, 2025 | 68 Comments

Apparently a bizarre and unforeseen tornado struck Minneapolis. According to this post by John Piper, it hit an ELCA (mainline) Lutheran Church just as they were about to consider ecclesiastical policy regarding homosexuality. Continue reading →

Review: The God Who Judges and Saves: A Theology of 2 Peter and Jude By Matthew S. Harmon

Harrison Perkins

on July 10, 2025 | Comment

the god who judges and saves a theology of 2 peter and jude

Books on New Testament theology are often stale and lack depth of real theological analysis. I have regularly felt that when biblical studies attempt to do theology, the fruit is either obvious or seriously off track. Against this backdrop, Matthew Harmon’s exploration . . . Continue reading →

Turretin On Not Mixing Water In Communion Wine

Heidelblog

on July 10, 2025 | Comment

Common “wine” is instituted, of indifferent color, undiluted with water because it is called simply the “fruit of the vine” (Mt. 26:29; Mk. 14:25). Thus the Romanists here without reason urge the mixture of water with the wine, which although according to . . . Continue reading →

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Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (9): Is Amyraldianism Compatible with the Westminster Confession of Faith?

Yes, It Is Really Happening

Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (8): What Did Wilhelmus à Brakel Say About Amyraut?

New Church Plant In Orange County: Central Presbyterian

When Community Isn’t

Truth Without Love Is Brutality, Love Without Truth Is Hypocrisy

Heidelminicast: All Those and Only Those (7): What Happened to Amyraldianism?

John Knox On The Lord’s Supper, Part 2: Treatise On The Sacrament

Luther On Bound Choice: Celebrating The Recovery Of The Doctrine Of Sola Gratia (Part 2)—Erasmus Of Rotterdam

Vos On Adam’s Probation Before The Fall

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Heidelcast For July 13, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (9): The Teaching of John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper from the Institutes (1559)

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Created For Communion With God: The Promise of Genesis 1 And 2

The Literacy Crisis In America: English Majors Can’t Read

The Psalm of Yahweh’s Seven Thunders: Psalm 29 (Part 2)

Video: Assurance In Luke 7

How Recovering Traditional Reformed Categories Helps Us Understand What Civil Law Is

Interpreting Providence

Review: The God Who Judges and Saves: A Theology of 2 Peter and Jude By Matthew S. Harmon

Turretin On Not Mixing Water In Communion Wine