Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 39—Why Was It So Important That Jesus Was Crucified?

Heidelcast

on March 21, 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 →

Godfrey: Sola Scriptura Is Superior To Sola Ecclesia

Heidelblog

on March 21, 2022 | 5 Comments

First, they will try to say that the phrase “Word of God” can mean more than just the Bible. I have already granted that. The question before us is whether today anything other than the Scriptures is necessary to know the truth . . . Continue reading →

Baugh: Word Studies Can Be Misleading

Heidelblog

on March 21, 2022 | 1 Comment

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 →

Bob Godfrey: What’s Going On Right Now? Sex, Race, Politics, And Power (12)—Freud

Heidelblog

on March 20, 2022 | 1 Comment

In this session, Bob Godfrey turns his attention to the effect that Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) had upon the West. Until the early 1970s the psychiatric and psychological establishment recognized homosexuality as a mental illness or a disorder. In the late 1950s, Dr . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 217: Our Father (7): “Not My Will” (Plus Dr Clark Answers Lots Of Emails)

Heidelcast

on March 19, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark answers eight emails from listeners on where the New Testament repeats the promise, “I will be their God and they will be my people;” Luther’s view of the book of James; what books to use to learn . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 38—Why Did He Suffer Under Pontius Pilate?

Heidelcast

on March 19, 2022 | 2 Comments

Godfrey’s “Reformed Dream”

Heidelblog

on March 19, 2022 | 19 Comments

In North America today we have many confessionally Reformed denominations: or example, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Free Reformed Churches, Korean-American Presbyterian Church, Netherlands Reformed Churches, Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches, Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church in America, Protestant Reformed Churches, Reformed Church of . . . Continue reading →

Isn’t The Reformed Faith Grand?

Charles Vaughn

on March 19, 2022

When I reflect back on my life as a Christian, Paul’s thoughts in this verse come to mind: “Last of all, as to one untimely born, he [Jesus] appeared also to me [Paul]” (1 Corinthians 15:8 ESV). I too was late to . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 37—What Does “Suffered” Mean?

Heidelcast

on March 18, 2022

Jerome Bolsec (2): Calvin’s Appeal For Help

Heidelblog

on March 18, 2022

To encourage that united front and confound Bolsec’s claim for support, the magistrates of Geneva sent a letter to the ministers of Switzerland, late in October, 1551, telling them of Bolsec’s actions and teaching: “He made an attempt, eight months ago, in . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 36—What Is The Benefit Of Christ’s Holy Conception?

Heidelcast

on March 17, 2022

From The Battlefield: The Peace Of Christ Is Greater Than Russkiy Mir

Fedor Minakov

on March 17, 2022 | 37 Comments

On February 24, at 5:00 AM I woke up in my Kyiv apartment. “What were those sounds? Lord, I hope it’s not missiles. Please Lord, let it be something else.” I jumped out of bed, opened a window and listened. A few . . . Continue reading →

Jerome Bolsec (1): The Primary Source Of Most Of Calvin’s Bad Press

Heidelblog

on March 17, 2022

The facts of the controversy are rather simple. Jerome Bolsec who was a Carmelite monk and doctor of theology in Paris, was drawn to the Reformation and so forced to leave France. By early 1551 he had settled in the canton of . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 35—What Is the Meaning Of Conceived By The Holy Spirit, Born Of The Virgin Mary?

Heidelcast

on March 16, 2022

Preach God’s Word, Not That Of The Silly Vassal

Dan Borvan

on March 16, 2022 | 20 Comments

Megan Basham caused a stir a few weeks ago with her article exposing the Federal Government’s use of Evangelical influencers to spread COVID talking points. In interviews with multiple Evangelical Thought Leaders, National Institute of Health Director Francis Collins called on pastors . . . Continue reading →

We Subscribe

Heidelblog

on March 16, 2022

The Reformation was above all a doctrinal reform in the life of the church. Throughout the Middle Ages, calls for reform had primarily been concerned with the moral life of the church. The Reformation certainly resulted in profound moral and spiritual renewal . . . Continue reading →

Sproul On Luther And The Reformation

R. Scott Clark

on March 15, 2022 | 5 Comments

Martin Luther (1483–1546) is one of the most important figures in Western history. He is one of the most important figures in world history but the probabilities are that most Christians, including those of us in the Reformation traditions, who trace our . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 34—Why Do You Call Him “Our Lord”?

Heidelcast

on March 15, 2022

Latitudinarianism In The PCA Is A Big Gamble

Heidelblog

on March 15, 2022 | 8 Comments

Many of us were raised in broad evangelicalism. We left that for what we thought was an intentionally confessional denomination. We love confessionalism because it both guards our fidelity to Scripture and offers a firm foundation for unity. By definition, confessions of . . . Continue reading →

Godfrey On Being Disestablished

Heidelblog

on March 15, 2022 | 1 Comment

We Reformed conservatives need to become missionaries in our mentality. Missionaries recognize that they are not established. They do not have power. They must understand a new culture and learn to communicate with it. They depend on the Spirit to persuade their . . . Continue reading →