Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 5

Heidelcast

on February 12, 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 →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 4

Heidelcast

on February 11, 2022

“Who Do You Say That I Am?” (Mark 8:27–30)

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on February 11, 2022 | 2 Comments

The Open And Hidden Costs Of Sexual Abuse

Heidelblog

on February 10, 2022 | 3 Comments

Today was a tough day for us as we passed through another ramification of sexual betrayal and sin. Today Eric pled guilty in a federal court to “having sex with Ugandan female minors as young as age 14 that were under his . . . Continue reading →

Bob Godfrey: What’s Going On Right Now? Sex, Race, Politics, And Power (10)—The Darwin Effect

Heidelblog

on February 10, 2022 | 1 Comment

In this session, Bob Godfrey turns his attention to the effect of Darwin’s theory. You might think of it chiefly as a scientific theory but it did not remain confined to science (e.g., origin of the species etc). Darwin’s theory occurred in . . . Continue reading →

Perkins On “The Exclusive Particle”

Heidelblog

on February 10, 2022

Throughout his works Perkins objected to the idea that one was justified by a mixed faith. On the contrary, faith was to be regarded as an instrument “to apprehend and apply that which justifies, namely, Christ and His obedience.” Perkins saw justifying . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 3

Heidelcast

on February 10, 2022

On Being Reformed Reduced To A Slightly Less Outrageous Price Through February

R. Scott Clark

on February 9, 2022 | 1 Comment

The publisher’s approach is to charge an institutional price, i.e., the price that libraries and institutions pay, for volumes and then offer various levels of discounts through the year. Right now they are discounting the volume 40%. For Americans it brings the . . . Continue reading →

Christianity Is A Public Faith Grounded In Fact Claims About History

Heidelblog

on February 9, 2022

Is Christianity private or public? Does the truth about Christ Jesus, who is the object of my faith, depend on my own private beliefs, or is there something verifiable that can be “fact-checked”? The reason I pose these questions is because we . . . Continue reading →

Bob Godfrey: What’s Going On Right Now? Sex, Race, Politics, And Power (9) With Bonus Audio

Heidelblog

on February 9, 2022 | 1 Comment

In his next session, Bob Godfrey resumes his talks on what happened to Christendom and how the church should adapt to a post-Christian world. In this series Bob seeks to understand why this contemporary world seems so strange. In this session he . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 2

Heidelcast

on February 9, 2022

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 1

Heidelcast

on February 8, 2022

NoCo Radio Is Reading Beza

R. Scott Clark

on February 8, 2022

Theodore Beza (1519–1605) was a remarkably long-lived and significant theologian in the Reformed tradition. He is best known as a theologian but he was an advisor to Calvin and the Reformed churches across Europe and the British Isles. He was more than . . . Continue reading →

All Over-Realized Eschatologies Are Attempts To Change The Rules Of The Game

by R. Scott Clark on February 7, 2022 9 Comments

Some years ago, while explaining Heidelberg Catechism 114, on the moral law, I wrote, “Paul was not a Gnostic, a Valentinian, an Anabaptist, a Familist, nor an Antinomian. Continue reading →

The Reformation Was Not As Radical As You Think: Calvin And Virtue Ethics

Heidelblog

on February 7, 2022

There is a widely held perception today—shared by ethicists, historians of ethics, and theologians—that the Reformation inaugurated a sharp break from earlier forms of eudaimonist virtue ethics prevalent in the medieval period (Rehnman 2012, 473–75, 490; Herms 1982). The assumption that the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 211: Our Father (2): Since God Is Sovereign, Why Pray?

Heidelcast

on February 5, 2022 | 5 Comments

This is part two in our series on prayer, Our Father. In part 1 we considered what prayer is. In this episode we are answering the question why pray? Heidelblog readers, students, and others regularly ask “Since God is sovereign why pray?” . . . Continue reading →

Of Wickedness And Narratives

Heidelblog

on February 5, 2022

Narratives are funny things, but there’s a certain consistency to them from decade to decade, even from century to century. In the organizational world (including the visible church), those persons, departments, coalitions, or factions perceived as narrow, precise, and conservative are usually . . . Continue reading →

Is It “Fundamentalist” To Forbid The Teaching Of Exceptions To The Standards?

by R. Scott Clark on February 4, 2022 12 Comments

David Cassidy says it is:
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What Is Figurative And What Is Literal In The Promise To Abraham In Genesis 17?

R. Scott Clark

on February 4, 2022 | 2 Comments

Jackson writes to ask, “As it relates to continuity with the Abrahamic covenant, for example, Abraham and his children get circumcised, therfore in the new administration, Jesus and his children (spiritual) get baptized. Do you think that someone can retain their Reformed . . . Continue reading →

A Review Of Boot: Were “The Puritans” Theonomists?

Heidelblog

on February 3, 2022

The book under review attempts to engage culture effectively using the past, especially the puritans. In what follows I will evaluate whether The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society, is successful in its appropriation of puritanism as an antidote . . . Continue reading →