The covenant theology roundup continues with part 2. Continue reading →
Review Roundup: Covenant Theology (Part 2)
Heidelminicast: In God We Trust (Science Pays Cash): Does Science Require Faith?
In this episode Dr Clark answers the question, “does science require faith?” Continue reading →
What The Cave Of Adullam Tells Us About The Visible Church
The cave of Adullam would not be David’s last place of residence. His life would not always be on the run with “everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul.” (1 Samuel . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Giving Up Lent (4): Reformed Writings on Lent
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on “giving up lent”. Continue reading →
Pastoral Openings In The URCNA
A few years ago, the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) began regularly posting a list of pastoral openings on our website.1 This week I searched for the list to share with a young seminarian in our congregation, and I was . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Giving Up Lent (3): Good Intentions, Spiritual Disciplines, and Christian Freedom
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on “giving up lent”. Continue reading →
The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 5)—Maker Of Heaven And Earth
An old joke pokes at the irony of rejecting God by describing an atheistic scientist talking to God about why we supposedly no longer need him. He says to God, “You know, it used to be that we needed you to help . . . Continue reading →
In Person Is Best
But before one decides to avoid the alleged “ivory tower” of seminary, before one decides not to fight the battle of uprooting one’s self or family, we should count the costs. One of the benefits of in-person seminary education is that it . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of February 24–March 2, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of February 24–March 2. Continue reading →
Colquhoun: You Cannot Add Your Works To Christ’s
As this is a great error [to mingle law and gospel], so it is a very dangerous error. If a man attempts to add any works of his own to the consummate righteousness of Jesus Christ as the ground of his justification . . . Continue reading →
“Bound To The Past” And To A Living Confession
In reaction to Rick Phillips’ critique of a response by a Federal Visionist to his (then) presbytery, one of the proponents of the Federal Vision made the following argument: Surely, we all know there’s a difference between how we use terms in . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For March 2, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (26): Why the Two Natures of Christ Have to be Personally United
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
The Polish Reformed (1570) Rebuke The Anabaptists For Denying Infant Baptism
We also rebuke and reject all Anabaptists, who repeat their baptism and do not allow little children among God’s people to be baptized. James T. Dennison Jr. ed., Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation: 1523–1693, vol. 3 . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Who Can Serve The Lord’s Supper? | Paedobaptism Conviction
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Hungarian Synod (1567) Lumps The Anabaptists With Servetus And The Socinians For Denying Infant Baptism
We have decided, in accordance with the Word of God, that despite the howls of Servetus and the new Anabaptists, infants must be baptized together with adults, for the following reasons: 1. The matter of the sacrament, the covenant itself, righteousness, life, . . . Continue reading →
Psalm 92: A Psalm For The Sabbath (Part 2)
Last time, in part 1 of our study on Psalm 92, we began to consider how the Lord’s Day is an often neglected, yet crucial, component in the Christian’s arsenal. It is an essential ingredient and marvelous gift of God meant for . . . Continue reading →
The Canons Of Dork #37 For March 1, 2025
Life is a classroom. Continue reading →
Antwerp Confession (1566): “I Reject The Error Of The Anabaptists” Who Detest The Baptism Of The Children Of Believers
I believe that baptism is the sign of the covenant of God with the seed of Abraham, ought to be given to those who belong to the covenant of grace, and, as a consequence, to the infants of believers. Thus I reject . . . Continue reading →
Chad Vegas, Chris Gordon, And R. Scott Clark: Why Are The Reformed So Weird?
We’re talking about practice; not a game, not a game, not a game. We’re talking about practice. Continue reading →
Geocentrism Anyone?
It is no longer revolutionary (no pun intended) to hold that the earth revolves around the sun, but it was not always so. The observation of Nicholas Copernicus (1473–1543), that the universe is heliocentric (sun-centered) and not geocentric (earth-centered) was met with . . . Continue reading →