A pastor is a human being who has been redeemed by God’s grace and called to serve the Lord as an ordained minister. As a human, he will need and want friends. It is a highly unrealistic expectation to think that pastors . . . Continue reading →
From Glory To Glory: The Story Of Christ In Psalms 15–24 (Part 4)—Psalm 16 And Christ’s Resurrection
Building a fire requires balancing. Specifically, you have to balance the use of kindling with the use of longer burning fuel. Kindling gets hot and bright fast, but it also fizzles quickly and fades. Fire has to be fed by sustaining fuel. . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Protestant Christianity And Spiritual Legitimacy With the Church Fathers | Second Commandment Violations and Church Discipline
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
What Happens When You Don’t Have A Category For Wisdom Or Nature (Part 1)
When Andy Kaufman wrestled women in the late 70s and early 80s it was a gag; it was outrageous because, until he did it, it was unthinkable. Why? Because there is such a thing as nature (i.e., the way things are) and Kaufman was being provocative by doing something contrary to the nature of things. Continue reading →
Video: Apologetics in a Woke Culture (Part 1)
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: The Law Given To Israel Was A Reflection Of The Covenant Of Works
There is still another area in which the Reformed view of the law is influenced by the idea of the covenant. Even after the fall, the law retains something of its covenantal form. The law was not included in the federal relationship . . . Continue reading →
Flavel To Cary: Abraham Is Not Moses
Secondly, You affirm with like confidence, That the covenant of circumcision is also the same; viz. the covenant of works made with Adam in paradise. This I utterly deny; and will try whether you have any better success in the proof of your second, . . . Continue reading →
Coming Soon: Heidelvideo!
Coming soon! Continue reading →
Book Review: Young, Restless, And No Longer Reformed By Austin Fischer
Young, Restless, and No Longer Reformed is about Austin Fischer. No matter what the author’s intent was, it is hardly a book about theology and is very much a work arising from Fischer’s feeling that he has far more to say and . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (5): “Quasi” is not “Pseudo”
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (4): Him, Her, Whom, He, She…It Really Matters
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
Hodge On Romans 3:25 Against The Limbus Patrum
The word πάρεσις, remission, more strictly means pretermission, a passing by, or overlooking. Paul repeatedly uses the proper term for remission (ἄφεσις,) as in Eph. 1:7, Heb. 9:22, &c.; but the word here used occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Many, therefore, consider the selection of this . . . Continue reading →
The Reformation, The Regulative Principle, And The Modern Church: Examining John Calvin’s Dedication To Purity In Worship (Part 3)
During the summer before my freshman year of high school, I volunteered at my church’s Vacation Bible School program to lead games for the preschoolers. Something I noticed was that the students were more likely to listen to directions to do something than directions not to do something. I remember telling a girl to please refrain from putting her hands into the water bucket. And what do you think she did? She put her hands in the water bucket. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Grammar Guerrilla (3): “Imply” is not “Infer”
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
Five Reasons To Be Amillennial
Why should Christians—especially those in the Reformed camp—embrace amillennialism over premillennialism or dispensationalism? In this post, I’ll share five compelling reasons that won me over, and I believe they can convince you too. First off, the Old Testament doesn’t breathe a word . . . Continue reading →
Bringing Your Denomination With You: Radiant OPC Church Plant in Peoria, Illinois
When you are planning to move across the state to start a new job or to be closer to family, you will undoubtedly consider the churches in the area you will be moving to. For some, the lack of confessional churches in the area may halt the moving process altogether. Not being able to worship in a solid, confessional church is too significant. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of August 4–10, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of August 4–10. Continue reading →
Can Baptists Be Catholic? (Part 2)
When the ancient church began to use the adjective catholic (universal) to describe her theology, piety, and practice, and to distinguish herself from the Gnostic, Marcionite, and Montanist cults of the second century, the best evidence is that they did not read . . . Continue reading →
Brakel Vs. The Limbus Patrum
Objection #6: “And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance” . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For August 10, 2025: Nourish and Sustain (13): The Teaching of John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper from His Institutes (1559), Part 5
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →