For good or for ill, I have a taste for shows about comic book heroes and science-fiction stories. The nature of the stories, character development, and plotlines necessarily invites the question: “What is this about?” What seems like relatively normal story development . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark begins a series on POPLL (Pray, Organize, Persuade, Legislate, Litigate). Continue reading →
The law as a rule of life is also of great use to believers. … Now in this point of view, it serves in the following ways, under the illuminating influences of the Holy Spirit: …To show them how far they are . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of January 27–February 2, 2025. Continue reading →
No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States (Constitution of the United States, Art. VI). In recent weeks at least three people have contacted me to notify me that Secretary . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
The ordo amoris isn’t a justification for cruelty, nor does it exempt us from loving strangers, enemies, etc. Loving your own is natural and necessary, but even tax collectors and sinners do that. Grace doesn’t destroy nature, and natural affection must be . . . Continue reading →
My friend—a younger minister—sat down with me at the end of a conference in his church and said: “Before we retire tonight, just take me through the steps that are involved in helping someone mortify sin.” We sat talking about this for . . . Continue reading →
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, God save the King? Many of us think of some BBC show or a period piece on the British monarchy, as we know this cry entirely from history, literature, or entertainment. Indeed, it . . . Continue reading →
It seems like far too many people treat relationships of all sorts as being disposable. As soon as they hit a rough patch of any sort they decide to pull up stakes, move on, and find a new relationship. This is especially . . . Continue reading →
In this episode, Dan Borvan and Chris Gordon return to the mic to reflect on the physical and emotional toll of the devastation, analyze what may have gone wrong, and examine the belief some have that these fires are a manifestation of divine judgment. Continue reading →
Clair MacMillan, National Director of the Church of the Nazarene in Canada, published a characterization of what it is to be evangelical in Canada: Evangelical Christianity begins with the biblical assumption that God loves all people equally and throughout history has been . . . Continue reading →
Preaching must be of Christ. Some may question, “But must nothing be preached but Christ?” Yes, nothing but Christ, or that which tends to Christ. Whatever is done in preaching to humble men, it is to raise them up again Christ. When . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on the Augsburg Confession. Continue reading →
Christopher Ash has published a slew of material on the Psalms in his career.1 That trajectory has culminated in his massive four-volume commentary on the whole Psalter. This work is a tremendous contribution, not in the cliché sense, but in every way . . . Continue reading →
I was baptized as an infant. I was an adult when I wrestled with whether I should have been. Baptism has been a fairly controversial Christian issue for two thousand years if some are to be believed—or five hundred if others have . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on the parable of the mustard seed and postmillennialism. Continue reading →
We too are in the habit of praying for trivial and insignificant things. When we pray, we don’t take into account the great majesty of God. If God wanted to give us only petty and superficial things, he wouldn’t have given us . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on the free grace movement. Continue reading →