Heidelcast 176: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (20)—Be Not Surprised

Or Why Peter Was An Amillennialist

Heidelcast

on March 29, 2021

This series is a study of what Scripture says about eschatology, i.e., the relation of heaven to earth and last things. We began with a survey of what Scripture says generally and now we are working through 1 Peter. We have come . . . Continue reading →

Is Your Pastor Beginning To Dress Strangely At Work?

R. Scott Clark

on March 29, 2021 | 11 Comments

To this very end have the Papists brought in such a variety of mass vestments, surplices, and other special clothing for the priests, in order that thereby they would have so much the more splendor and magnificence, as in the Old Testament . . . Continue reading →

The Hungarian Reformed Church Contra Instruments In Worship

R. Scott Clark

on March 29, 2021 | 1 Comment

The musical instruments, however, adopted for the pantomime (saltatrici) Mass of Antichrist, together with images, we abhor. There is no use for them in the church, and indeed they are marks and occasions of idolatry. Hungarian Reformed Church, Articles (1567) art. 17 . . . Continue reading →

A Brief History Of The Corruption Of Worship

R. Scott Clark

on March 28, 2021 | 3 Comments

…Through these witnesses of the Holy Scriptures and a hundred more, which one may provide here, we say the pope’s Mass, which he claims to be an offering for the living and the dead, is false, and an impure sacrifice of bread . . . Continue reading →

New Resource Page: On Christian Liberty

R. Scott Clark

on March 27, 2021

The doctrine of Christian liberty was one of the principal achievements of the Protestant Reformation. The medieval church had come to think that there are two streams of authority, Scripture and an alleged unwritten apostolic tradition curated by the church. Over time . . . Continue reading →

New In Print: Survival And Resistance In Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction In The Pacific Northwest

R. Scott Clark

on March 26, 2021 | 3 Comments

The publisher’s blurb says: Over the last thirty years, conservative evangelicals have been moving to the Northwest of the United States, where they hope to resist the impact of secular modernity and to survive the breakdown of society that they anticipate. These . . . Continue reading →

How The Tide Is Shifting (And Not In A Good Way)

R. Scott Clark

on March 25, 2021 | 19 Comments

As I mentioned in the latest episode of the Heidelcast, I am not a big fan of Oral Roberts (1918–2009). Please do not misunderstand me. He is a great American success story. Born in poverty, in Oklahoma, he helped to impel a . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 175: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (19)—Living In Light Of The Coming Of Christ

Heidelcast

on March 24, 2021

A Follow Up Regarding Abuse In The Church: We Are Talking About Practice

R. Scott Clark

on March 24, 2021

Last week I wrote an introduction to spiritual abuse and how laity and officers should respond. A correspondent writes to ask what the laity are to do when when ruling elders and ministers refuse to address a situation. May a lay member . . . Continue reading →

Trans Activist Suing Jack Phillips

by R. Scott Clark on March 23, 2021 5 Comments

The poor Colorado cake-maker, Jack Phillips, Continue reading →

Grammar Guerrilla: Regardless v. Irregardless

R. Scott Clark

on March 22, 2021 | 10 Comments

Americans love to add intensifiers to words. They do it to add force to existing words. Irregardless, an adjective and an adverb, is a good example of this tendency. The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1912, but it occurs in . . . Continue reading →

New In Print: Robert Rollock On Ephesians

R. Scott Clark

on March 22, 2021 | 6 Comments

Robert Rollock (1555–99) was one of the most significant Reformed theologians in Scotland in the late sixteenth century. He was an important figure in the development of Reformed covenant theology. He received Calvin’s theology and was especially influenced by Caspar Olevianus (1536–87) . . . Continue reading →

Updated Resource Page: Grammar Guerrilla

R. Scott Clark

on March 20, 2021 | 4 Comments

I was surprised to learn that of the more than 6,000 Heidelblog posts, two of the most popular have been Grammar Guerrilla posts: Grammar Guerrilla: Comfort v Comfortability and Grammar Guerrilla: Agreement v Agreeance. Continue reading →

The Top 10 HB Posts Since 2007

R. Scott Clark

on March 19, 2021

Earlier this week I posted a new resource page listing the annual the Top 10 Posts back to 2009. In response someone asked for a list of the all-time Top 10 HB posts. Here they are. One wrinkle is that #9 and . . . Continue reading →

It Happens In The Church

R. Scott Clark

on March 19, 2021 | 3 Comments

I grew up in the church. Some of my favorite memories come from the time I spent there — Sunday school, AWANA, VBS, youth group, and fellowship meals. For hours we would play hide-and-seek, run up and down hallways, and occasionally sneak . . . Continue reading →

Swim Upstream Or Else

by R. Scott Clark on March 19, 2021 2 Comments

If you are not paddling upstream Continue reading →

Shocker: Milwaukee Judge Of Children’s Court, Who Organized “Drag Queen Story Hour,” Arrested For Child Porn

Again: They Are Coming For Your Children

by R. Scott Clark on March 18, 2021 2 Comments

The Milwaukee paper said nothing about his leadership of the DQSH. Continue reading →

Sarah Edwards’ Encounters With The Divine (Or Neglected Aspects Of The First Great Awakening)

R. Scott Clark

on March 18, 2021 | 7 Comments

The “extraordinary affairs” at at home referred to the beginnings of what was among the most revealing episodes in the whole Edwards saga. On Wednesday morning, January 20, 1742, Sarah Edwards was enraptured by a spiritual ecstasy that continued for more than . . . Continue reading →

A Beginner’s Guide To Addressing Spiritual Abuse In The Church

R. Scott Clark

on March 17, 2021 | 3 Comments

Recently I had an interesting exchange on social media regarding the extent of spiritual abuse by leaders in confessional Presbyterian and Reformed Churches. The charge is that spiritual abuse is a widespread problem in the confessional Presbyterian and Reformed world. I am . . . Continue reading →

Everything An American Constitutionalist Needs To Know About The “Equality Act” In One Sentence

by R. Scott Clark on March 17, 2021 1 Comment

“As written, the act would Continue reading →