Psalm 11 is an expression of trust that God is our ultimate and true source of safety.1 It shows how the place where we find our refuge plays a key role in how threatened we will feel by the potential dangers around . . . Continue reading →
Editor’s note: Since this essay was first published, the Crystal Cathedral really isn’t what it used to be. In 2019 it became Christ Cathedral, the seat of the bishop of Orange. § Christianity Today reports that the Crystal Cathedral is experiencing a . . . Continue reading →
Suppose some persons laugh. You weep on the other hand for their transgression! Many also once laughed at Noah while he was preparing the ark; but when the flood came, he laughed at them; or rather, the righteous man never laughed at . . . Continue reading →
Is orthodox doctrine simply an oppressive monopoly? Did early Christianity include gnosticism? Renowned scholar Elaine Pagels has made this case for many years. In this episode, theologian Michael Horton responds to Pagels’s claims as she appears on the Within Reason Podcast with . . . Continue reading →
In the responses to Part 1 of this review, many comments pointed out that I had not engaged much with the negative aspects of Shepherds for Sale. In this second part, I will include reflections on the less precise and more unhelpful . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question “Is Assurance of the Essence of Faith?” Continue reading →
The wonderful Preface to the Presbyterian Church in America’s Book of Church Order is an overlooked masterpiece of piety and practice—an especially helpful resource: Christ, as King, has given to His Church officers, oracles and ordinances; and especially has He ordained therein His system of doctrine, government, . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question “What’s the Difference Between Ascent and Trust?” Continue reading →
On this date, on the old calendar, Augustine of Hippo was born. Hippo is not his last name. It is the city where he served as bishop. The name of the town is funny in English, but it makes sense in Greek. . . . Continue reading →
Today is St Augustine’s birthday (354 AD). In honor of his birthday, today’s Heidelquote is by St Augustine. 3. Therefore let the Church of Christ, the city of the great King, full of grace, prolific of offspring, let her say what the . . . Continue reading →
“This is the record,” says the apostle John, “that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 5:11). That God has given to us an offer of eternal life in and with His Son . . . Continue reading →
The Scripture citations in this confession are provided only when a Scripture passage is directly quoted or is clearly alluded to—so there is only one direct reference to our passage. It is highly significant, however. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question “What’s the Difference Between Ascent and Trust?” Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of November 4–10, 2024. Continue reading →
The principal, and indeed the whole, contention lies in the point of number: whether two Gods may be admitted, by poetic license (if they must be), or pictorial fancy, or by the third process, as we must now add, of heretical depravity. . . . Continue reading →
Who counts as a Puritan and what does that adjective mean? These are important questions that need to be investigated. Like the adjective evangelical it is widely used both in academic and popular literature but there is no consensus as to what it means or who belongs to that category. Continue reading →
Dr Clark invites Rev. Dr. Harrison Perkins to the Heidelcast to discuss his new book, “Righteous by Design: Covenantal Merit and Adam’s Original Integrity,” part of the Reformed Exegetical Doctrinal Studies series published by Mentor. Continue reading →
These are “the doctrines” of men and “of demons” produced for itching ears of the spirit of this world’s wisdom: this the Lord called “foolishness,” and “chose the foolish things of the world” to confound even philosophy itself. For (philosophy) it is . . . Continue reading →
Las buenas historias de misterio mantienen el suspenso hasta la gran revelación. Sin embargo, al leerlo por segunda vez, todas las pistas necesarias para deducir la gran revelación deberían ser evidentes. Los apóstoles descubrieron esto una vez que Cristo resucitó de la . . . Continue reading →
Dr Clark continues the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →