Heidelcast For May 31, 2026: Heidelcast: Rome, Constantinople, or Geneva (Part 2): American Evangelical Christianity is in Crisis

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on May 31, 2026 | Comment

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 →

A New Defense Of The Sufficiency Of Scripture

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on May 30, 2026 | 1 Comment

The church today finds itself amidst a revived trend of advocating for hearing God speaking to his people apart from his word. While there are new figures in this movement, the content of their message is hardly original. One can think of . . . Continue reading →

Lilies And Love Songs: The Wedding Of A King In Psalm 45 (Part 2)

Zach Keele

on May 30, 2026 | Comment

Thus far in Psalm 45, our knees have gone weak with the handsome splendor of the king, standing heroic in righteousness at the head of the wedding hall. A wedding, though, involves many others besides the groom. Who else occupies this grand . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What Exactly Was Adam and Eve’s Sin?

Heidelcast

on May 30, 2026 | Comment

In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss, “What Exactly Was Adam and Eve’s Sin?” Continue reading →

Halyburton On The “Evil Of Legal Preaching”

Donald John MacLean

on May 29, 2026 | 1 Comment

I saw the evil of legal preaching, which lies in one of two things, or in both. 1. In laying too much stress upon the works of the law, our duties and strength: Or, 2. In pressing evangelical doctrines without an eye . . . Continue reading →

Heidelvideo #18—Shroud of Turin & Federal Vision

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on May 29, 2026 | Comment

Dr. R. Scott Clark answers two listener questions: why the Shroud of Turin is an unreliable basis for faith, and how believers should understand the covenant pledge of Joshua 24:24 in light of grace. Both answers point back to the sufficiency of Scripture, the sacraments, and salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: After the Resurrection—Two Responses

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on May 28, 2026 | Comment

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about after the Resurrection. Continue reading →

Review: To Change The World: The Irony, Tragedy, And Possibility Of Christianity In The Late Modern World By James Davison Hunter

Shane Lems

on May 28, 2026 | 4 Comments

It’s all about politics. This statement is a generalization, but it is not an incorrect description of the United States cultural scene. Everything in our culture is politicized, from fast-food joints to wedding cakes to running shoes. I cannot even avoid politics . . . Continue reading →

John Brown of Wamphray: Once Justified, Always Justified

Donald John MacLean

on May 28, 2026 | Comment

This new state of Justification is continuing and permanent; not in this sense, that God renews and frequently reiterates the enstating of them into this new relative state; but in this sense, that once justified always justified; they are fixed and preserved . . . Continue reading →

Ben Sasse On Indoor Childhood

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on May 27, 2026 | Comment

The digital revolution is remaking nearly every aspect of modern life. A top concern of parents, educators and sociologists is screen time. How much is too much? The question points to a larger problem: American children are weirdly held hostage indoors. In . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Trump, the Pope, and Christ’s Two-Fold Kingdom

Heidelcast

on May 27, 2026 | 1 Comment

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Trump, the Pope, and Christ’s Two-Fold Kingdom. Continue reading →

Church Planting Update: Christ Reformed Church Of Northern Kentucky

Brandon Burks

on May 27, 2026 | Comment

Christ Reformed Church of Northern Kentucky is a church plant overseen by Ascension Reformed Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Launched in 2024, Christ Reformed began her pilgrim journey in Florence, Kentucky, renting space from a Wisconsin Evangelical Synod Lutheran church for Sunday evening . . . Continue reading →

Bilkes: The Church Needs Clarity On Law And Gospel

Donald John MacLean

on May 26, 2026 | 3 Comments

The church in our day suffers greatly from a lack of clarity on many things, but not least issues of law and gospel. Many mix law and gospel or swing too far, thereby discounting one while thinking they are doing justice to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Canons of Dort: Preface

Heidelcast

on May 26, 2026 | Comment

In this episode Dr. Clark talks about the Canons of Dort. Continue reading →

The Cost Of Affectional Justification: The Turn To The Subjective

Tony Arsenal

on May 26, 2026 | 11 Comments

In the previous articles, we observed the structural parallels between John Piper’s affectional model, what I have termed justification sola feels, and the errors of John MacArthur’s Lordship Salvation, as well as the historic Roman Catholic doctrine of faith formed by love. In . . . Continue reading →

Don’t Mistake Verbal Fluency For Education

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on May 25, 2026 | Comment

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 →

What’s Wrong With Boys?

R. Scott Clark

on May 25, 2026 | 22 Comments

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

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on May 24, 2026 | 3 Comments

Lilies And Love Songs: The Wedding Of A King In Psalm 45 (Part 1)

Zach Keele

on May 23, 2026 | Comment

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 →

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