Dear PCA, There Is Another Approach To Same-Sex Attraction: Rosaria Butterfield’s

R. Scott Clark

on April 29, 2022 | 3 Comments

One of the more strange aspects of the debate over Greg Johnson’s advocacy of “Side-B” homosexuality, the so-called “Gay Christian” approach, is that it has mostly ignored Rosaria Butterfield’s analysis of the issue and her experience. As one HB commenter wrote this . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 72—Does The Application Of Baptismal Water Regenerate And Cleanse Us?

Heidelcast

on April 29, 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 On Romans 7: Paul Writes About The Believer’s Struggle With Sin

Heidelblog

on April 29, 2022

Paul begins now to make a closer comparison between the law and the nature of man, in order that the origin of the wickedness which leads to death may be more clearly understood. He then sets before us the example of a . . . Continue reading →

Review: Estelle, The Primary Mission Of The Church (Mentor, 2022)

Harrison Perkins

on April 28, 2022

Western culture is ripping apart, to varying degrees depending on the country, over issues of social justice and cultural welfare. That increasing pressure has also often included the advocates of various social causes demanding assent from everyone else. This no exception approach to ideological uniformity has also often affected the church, as proponents of cultural issues impose their views upon us as another institution that must get in line with secular orthodoxy. Continue reading →

Fedya Says: Please Continue Praying

Heidelblog

on April 28, 2022

In the meantime, he grieves his separation from his family, mourns his country’s suffering, and hopes in the gospel. “I believe the Lord is using this terrible situation to advance his gospel,” he said. “That’s the only hope for the world.” Minakov . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 71—Where Has Jesus Promised That Believers Are As Certainly Clean Before God As They Are Washed With Baptismal Water?

Heidelcast

on April 27, 2022

Sobre el papel de la mujer en la Iglesia

Entre el patriarcalismo y el igualitarismo

S. M. Baugh

on April 27, 2022 | 4 Comments

La ordenación de las mujeres, y, de forma más general, la participación de éstas en la iglesia, es un tema moderno que continúa produciendo numerosos libros, artículos e incluso apoyando sociedades. Lo peor que podemos hacer en las comunidades reformadas es ignorarlo . . . Continue reading →

The PCUSA Continues Its Slide Into Oblivion

R. Scott Clark

on April 27, 2022 | 9 Comments

Jeffrey Walton reports that the membership Presbyterian Church (USA), the mainline liberal denomination, declined by 51, 584 in 2021. That is a loss of about 4%.

Hart Reviews Noll—America’s Book: The Rise And Decline Of A Bible Civilization, 1794–1911

Heidelblog

on April 27, 2022 | 1 Comment

Many Americans born after 1960 have trouble imagining that for much of the country’s history the Bible was a chief source of national identity. Older Hollywood directors sometimes get it right. Take “Liberty Heights” (1999), written and directed by Barry Levinson (born . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 70—What Does It Mean To Be Washed With Christ’s Blood And Spirit?

Heidelcast

on April 27, 2022

Sola Scriptura Means Never Looking For Continuing Special Revelation

Heidelcast

on April 27, 2022 | 3 Comments

Sola Scriptura means the Scriptures are enough for the Christian faith and the Christian life. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 69—How Does Baptism Signify That I Have Part In Christ’s One Sacrifice?

Heidelcast

on April 26, 2022

Madison Reformed: Bringing Reformed Theology, Piety, And Practice To Southern Indiana

Collin Welch

on April 26, 2022 | 3 Comments

In 1850, a former slave named William J. Anderson built a church building in downtown Madison, Indiana. Anderson had escaped the clutches of slavery and made it just across the Ohio River into Madison. He became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and, . . . Continue reading →

Madueme And Wingard Review Johnson’s Still Time To Care

Heidelblog

on April 26, 2022 | 17 Comments

Throughout the book, Johnson denies that Christians should expect change and prefers to emphasize the stability of our sexual desires and propensities. For example, he writes, “There is no cure for corrupted nature in this life. We remainescapably children of Adam. There is . . . Continue reading →

Coming In December, 2022: Beza, Polanus, And Turretin On Justification

R. Scott Clark

on April 26, 2022 | 1 Comment

From its inception, the goal of the Classic Reformed Theology Series from Reformation Heritage Books (sponsor of the Heidelcast) has been to present, in English, primary source texts in Reformed theology. This new volume is the sixth in the series, which began . . . Continue reading →

Believer, You Are A Romans 7:25 Christian

Against The Presumption Of Perfectionism

R. Scott Clark

on April 25, 2022 | 15 Comments

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, consequently, on the one hand, I myself serve the law of God with my mind but, on the other, with the flesh I serve the law of sin.”—The Christian Testimony of the Apostle Paul. Continue reading →

The Two Sexes As God Created Them Enables A Deeper Union

Heidelblog

on April 25, 2022 | 1 Comment

The noblest of God’s binaries, though, is found in humanity. God crowned us with the honor of bearing his image, uniting a physical body and a rational soul (Genesis 1:26, 2:7). Then he split the man into “male and female” (1:27, 2:22), . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 222: A Question & Answer Cornucopia

Heidelcast

on April 24, 2022 | 5 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark answers Heidelcalls, texts, and mails with questions, questions, and more questions from 1) Aaron about “covenant renewal worship” (is this a “federal vision” thing or may orthodox Reformed Christians talk this way?); 2) Ritchie (from Ireland) about . . . Continue reading →

Allen On The “Libertine” Question In Romans 6:1

Heidelblog

on April 23, 2022 | 6 Comments

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? (Romans 6:1) [T]he reader must assess whether their interpretation of the preceding verses would likely prompt such a query. In other words, the libertine question in Romans . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Heidelberg Catechism 68—How Many Sacraments Are There?

Heidelcast

on April 23, 2022