Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 88—What Is Repentance?

Heidelcast

on May 18, 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 →

“Edwards Injects Into Faith” In The Act Of Justification The Virtues Of The Christian Life

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on May 18, 2022 | 7 Comments

Edwards is very clear that faith does not justify a believer as a virtue or as forming any part of the righteousness which is the basis or ground of God’s judicial verdict. In this, he clearly stands with the Reformed tradition over . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things: There Is A Right Way And A Wrong Way To Do Biblical Word Studies (Part 1)

S. M. Baugh

on May 18, 2022 | 11 Comments

Word studies dominate the resources available for Christians. Some are good and some, well, not so good. With all the word pictures, Strong’s numbers, footnotes in translations, study Bibles and more, you would think that there’s nothing more that can be said . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 87—Will The Impenitent Be Saved?

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on May 17, 2022

The Synod Of Dort Required Ministers To Subscribe The Catechism, The Confession, And The Acts Of Synod (Including The Canons) As A Standard Of Orthodoxy

Heidelcast

on May 17, 2022

The practice of subscribing the confessions of the church is not new. Continue reading →

A Tour Of The Reformed World In Uganda

Jeremiah Pitts

on May 17, 2022 | 3 Comments

After my lecture in Covenant Theology class, a student, John,1 came up to speak with me. He shared that he was having trouble paying his fees, which is a common struggle post COVID. But he was having trouble for a more particular . . . Continue reading →

The Forgotten Gift Of Evening Worship

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on May 17, 2022 | 2 Comments

When I was a boy, my parents gave my siblings and me a big, round trampoline. That gift brought us and countless hours of fun, laughter, and exercise. So, when our children were old enough, Jordan and I decided to surprise them . . . Continue reading →

A Sunday Evening Bible Study Is Good But A Second Worship Service Is Better

Romans 10 On The Centrality Of The Official Preaching Of The Gospel

R. Scott Clark

on May 16, 2022 | 4 Comments

When I first began to become Reformed (c. 1980) I was familiar with the second service because my Southern Baptist congregation had an evening service. Indeed, we had a Wednesday evening service in addition to the Sunday morning service. Oddly, much to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 86—Why Should Believers Do Good Works?

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on May 16, 2022 | 9 Comments

The Idea Of Reverent, Orderly Worship Did Not Begin In The Reformation

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on May 16, 2022 | 5 Comments

A reverent restraint in worship did not begin with the Reformation. Clement of Alexandria in the second century A.D. decried all sorts of revelry in the church, which he called “an inebriating pipe” serving only to arouse the sensuous passions. “For,” he . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 225: From Every Tribe, Tongue, And Nation (3)—Introduction To The Canons Of Dort (3)

Heidelcast

on May 15, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues the series on the Canons of Dort (1619). The Remonstrant (Arminian) narrative has long been that they are victims of Reformed ecclesiastical aggression. The facts, however, tell a different story. The Arminians had powerful ecclesiastical, political, . . . Continue reading →

Jesus In Gethsemene

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on May 14, 2022

The Catechism Was Meant To Be Heard More Than Read

R. Scott Clark

on May 14, 2022 | 3 Comments

This year on the Heidelcast the HRA has been releasing an audio version of one question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism daily 6 days a week. The first reason that we are doing this is to get the catechism into peoples ears, heads, and . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 85—How Is The Kingdom Of Heaven Open And Shut By Church Discipline?

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on May 14, 2022

Repentance Comes From Faith

Believers Repent, Unbelievers Do Not

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on May 14, 2022 | 2 Comments

The Westminster Shorter Catechism has a helpful, biblically-based definition of repentance: Q. 87. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 84—How Is The Kingdom Of Heaven Opened And Shut By Church Discipline?

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on May 13, 2022

The Mainline Is Dying

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on May 13, 2022 | 2 Comments

If you aren’t a baby boomer or a student of religious history, it can be hard to fathom the cultural influence and social cohesion that once resided in mainline Protestantism. At its height in 1965, mainline Protestant churches counted 31 million members . . . Continue reading →

Against Berenson: Why Abortion Should Not Be Legal

R. Scott Clark

on May 13, 2022 | 3 Comments

The classic Reformed theologians distinguished between three uses of the moral law (e.g., the Ten Commandments): 1) the pedagogical use, whereby sinners come to know the greatness of their sin and misery; 2) the civil use, whereby the moral law—traditionally both tables . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 83—What Is The Office Of The Keys?

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on May 12, 2022

Trueman: Expressive Individualism LGBTQ Style Comes To Baylor

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on May 12, 2022

The news that Baylor University has officially chartered Prism, an LGBT student organization on campus, marks an important moment in Christian higher education in the USA. …The charter itself is interesting. It contains no reference to Christ or Christianity, an odd lacuna . . . Continue reading →