Next we must consider the general organization of Israel that originated in this berith. This is usually designated as ‘the theocracy’. This name for it is not found in the Scriptures, although it admirably describes what the Biblical account represents Israel’s constitution to . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of August 18–24, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of August 18–24. Continue reading →
What Is Reformed Theology? (Part 1)
Reformed theology has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts for about thirty years. A renaissance is literally a rebirth or, more broadly, a renewal. In order for there to be a renewal, however, there had to be a classical, defining period of Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 24, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (15): The Teaching Of John Calvin On The Lord’s Supper From His Institutes (1559), Part 7
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →
From Glory To Glory: The Story Of Christ In Psalms 15–24 (Part 5)—Psalm 17 And Satisfaction With The Sight Of God
“Keep your eye on the prize.” “Don’t take your eye off the ball.” We say these sorts of things for situations when we know that focus is extremely important. We miss hitting the ball when we are looking elsewhere than the pitch . . . Continue reading →
Maybe Churches Are Consulting The Wrong Expert?
In recent years it has become increasingly popular for churches of differing sizes, locations, and denominational traditions to make use of consultant services to find new ministers and staff for Christian institutions. If you browse the denominational job boards of the PCA, . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is It OK To Call Pastors “Priest” And ” Father” | Do We Freely Choose To Sin?
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Video: Apologetics In A Woke Culture (Part 2)
Dr Peter Sanlon shows how Wokeism’s fusion of Christian compassion with Marxist ideology has produced a compelling worldview that leverages our instinct for justice. Continue reading →
Vos On The Sabbath
The universal Sabbath law received a modified significance under the Covenant of Grace. The work which issues into the rest can now no longer be man’s own work. It becomes the work of Christ. This the Old Testament and the New Testament . . . Continue reading →
What Happens When You Don’t Have A Category For Wisdom Or Nature (Part 2)
Last time we looked through the lens of nature to help us settle the case of whether it is wrong for a boy to wrestle a girl. This time we will look through the lens of wisdom, beginning with an examination of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (8): A Pronoun Primer
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
God’s Justice Is Not Arbitrary
God cannot let sin go unpunished (Rom 3:25). The penalty for sin… is not a matter of God’s feelings, as if He is simply angry about being wronged…. death is the legal and just consequence for sin, ‘the curse of the law’ that . . . Continue reading →
New Translation In Print: Rollock On Romans
Robert Rollock (1555–98) did not live very long but he was a hard-working Scotsman who left his mark on Reformed theology and especially in biblical commentary and the development of Reformed covenant theology. In his introduction to Rollock’s commentary on Ephesians, Casey . . . Continue reading →
Ryle: They See The Bait But Not The Hook
It is truly lamentable to observe how many young men and women, of whom better things might have been expected, fall away into semi-Romanism in the present day, under the attraction of a highly ornamental and sensuous ceremonial. Flowers, crucifixes, processions, banners, . . . Continue reading →
The Reformation, The Regulative Principle, And The Modern Church: Examining John Calvin’s Dedication To Purity In Worship (Part 4)
I tried to imagine what John Calvin’s reaction would be if he walked into your run-of-the-mill worship service today, complete with a full band and contemporary worship songs. The image was ruined by the fact that the only facial expression I can imagine on the great theologian is what I have seen in paintings of him. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (7): It’s Ok To Punctuate
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (6): Lose The “Of”
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
The Tender Love A Father Has: The Christian’s Comfort, Even In Death (Part 2)
In our previous article in this series, we observed that our culture is not one that likes to think about death. Culturally, as others have pointed out, we have done away with the traditional churchyard. No longer are we forced to walk . . . Continue reading →
Women Are More Than Baby Machines
But I did feel the swell of hormones that flooded my system for the next three months, bringing me to lows I didn’t know existed, sweeping me through endless forests of my own fatigued emotions. I felt the fraying of my mind . . . Continue reading →
Can Baptists Be Catholic? (Part 3)
My Baptist friends give two replies to the claim that they are not truly catholic. First, they appeal to their intent to be catholic. For example, in the introduction to the Second London Confession (1689) they say: “This we did the more abundantly to manifest our consent with both in all the fundamental articles of the Christian religion, as also with many others whose orthodox Confessions have been published to the world on the behalf of the Protestant in diverse nations and cities.” Continue reading →