With Presbycast And D. G. Hart: Re-Framing Machen’s Warrior Children

Heidelblog

on April 15, 2022 | 5 Comments

Last night was 2/3 of a full-Rogan (who hosts really long podcasts) with Darryl Hart, Wresbyterian, Brad (“Chortles Weakly”) Isbell, and Dr Clark as they discussed and dissected the recent re-publication, on the website of the National Partnership (the formerly secret organization . . . Continue reading →

The Integralist Abandonment Of Classical Liberalism: The Quiet Revolution

Heidelblog

on April 15, 2022 | 7 Comments

As much as the debates in Commonweal and the Times revealed that Roman Catholics were not of the same mind about the church’s relationship to modern society, those disputes were mild compared to a revival of antiliberalism from Roman Catholic intellectuals. In . . . Continue reading →

Postmodern Confessionalism?

Harrison Perkins

on April 14, 2022

The relationship between biblical authority and ecclesiology has always been interesting. The Reformed commitment to sola Scriptura was never biblicism, as if it were solo Scriptura.1 The Reformed tradition from its outset was at the same time devoted to the Bible’s ultimate . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 60—How Are You Right With God?

Heidelcast

on April 14, 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 →

Calvin Contra The Star Trek Christology

Heidelblog

on April 14, 2022 | 1 Comment

And while the doors were shut. This circumstance was expressly added, because it contains a manifest proof the Divine power of Christ; but this is utterly at variance with the meaning of the Evangelist. We ought, therefore, to believe that Christ did . . . Continue reading →

Roman And Protestant Integralists Together

Or Why An Established Religion Is A Really Bad Idea

R. Scott Clark

on April 13, 2022 | 21 Comments

Integralism and Protestant theocracy are twin movements of which our readers should be aware. The first is a Romanist movement. The second is a movement among a small but visible band Protestants who seek a similar outcome. Roman Integralism Romanist “integralists” like . . . Continue reading →

Cyril: We Gather On The Eighth Day With Christ And Receive His Body Sacramentally

Heidelblog

on April 13, 2022 | 4 Comments

With good reason, then, are we accustomed to have sacred meetings in churches on the eighth day. And, to adopt the language of allegory, as the idea necessarily demands, we indeed close the doors, but yet Christ visits us and appears unto . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 59—What Does It Help You Now That You Believe All This?

Heidelcast

on April 13, 2022

Natalie Greenfield’s Email Exchange With The Pastor Who Defends Her Rapist

R. Scott Clark

on April 12, 2022

The following is preserved for historical purposes. The original post has been removed. This version is preserved at archive.org. MY EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH THE PASTOR WHO DEFENDS MY RAPIST Last September, I wrote this blog post in response to a resurgence of . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 58—What Is The Comfort Of “Life Everlasting”?

Heidelcast

on April 12, 2022

Available Online: Warfield On The Emotional Life Of Christ

by Heidelblog on April 12, 2022

Thanks to Kim Riddlebarger for pointing us to this valuable resource. B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) was an outstanding scholar of the New Testament Continue reading →

How Thomas Reid Saved My Sanity

The World Was Made To Be Known And You Were Made To Know It

Jacob Aitken

on April 12, 2022 | 5 Comments

In 2007, I returned home after a few years at seminary thinking I knew the basics of apologetics and theology, so I decided to put my knowledge to use. What I soon found out, however, was that I had bought into the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 57—What Is The Comfort Of The Resurrection?

Heidelcast

on April 11, 2022

Muller: Rethinking The Relation Between Kuyper, Bavinck, And Scholasticism

Heidelblog

on April 11, 2022

One writer notes that “Kuyper reflected critically on what he perceived as an increasing emphasis on natural theology through the early centuries of the Reformed tradition,” while another indicates that Kuyper’s views on common grace opened up a place for natural theology. . . . Continue reading →

Romans 5:9–10: You Were Justified And You Shall Be Saved Sola Gratia, Sola Fide

R. Scott Clark

on April 11, 2022 | 9 Comments

For many evangelicals and for some ostensibly Reformed folk it has been fashionable for the last several years to teach that we are justified now by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide), on the basis of Christ’s righteousness imputed . . . Continue reading →

Fascinating Comments From John Owen

by Heidelblog on April 11, 2022

Paul Helm is always worth reading, in part, because he is always reading and doing so well. The other day he posted Continue reading →

Heidelcast 220: Our Father (10): “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” (Plus Dr Clark Answers Heidelmail And Heideltexts)

Heidelcast

on April 10, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark answers Heidelmail from Jackson about whether the American Revolution was just, from Coral about whether it is just social-justice warriors who are self-righteous, from Andrew about whether Augustine gave us both the Roman communion, the Reformed churches, . . . Continue reading →

What Churches Can Do To Reconcile With Those Who Left

How The Church Can Model The Covenant Of Grace

R. Scott Clark

on April 9, 2022 | 33 Comments

A few days ago I made an appeal to those who left their congregations over disagreements with church leadership about how the visible church responded to Covid. I asked for understanding and forgiveness. I also argued that, in most cases, those who . . . Continue reading →

Christian Grad Student Issued “No Contact Order” By Administration

Heidelblog

on April 9, 2022 | 1 Comment

Maggie DeJong, in her third year of a master’s program for art therapy counseling at Southern Illinois University (SIU), was shocked recently to receive official emails from the school’s administration ordering her to have “no contact” with three other graduate students in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 56—What Do You Believe About The “Forgiveness Of Sins”?

Heidelcast

on April 9, 2022