In Book IV of Paradise Lost, John Milton introduces “our first father” and “our general mother,” ancestors of the human race: “Adam, the goodliest man of men since born / His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve” (Milton 2000, 86, 83). Together . . . Continue reading →
The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 14)—I Believe in the Holy Spirit
I lived in New Zealand for a few months during college for a mission trip. We went to help a church start outreach efforts on the nearby university campus. One day, we attended an event where various organizations set up tables to . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (1)
In this episode Dr Clark begins a series on Calvin’s Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of April 28–May 4, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of April 28–May 4. Continue reading →
The Rise of Moralism in Seventeenth-Century Anglican Preaching: A Case Study
The twenty-first century is not the first to witness English-speaking theologians in the Reformed tradition expressing dissatisfaction with the Reformation’s doctrine of justification through faith alone on the ground of Christ’s righteousness and sacrifice alone. Continue reading →
Paul Wooley And Meredith Kline On The Spiritual Mission Of The Visible Church
The undersigned dissent from the decisions of the Committee on Foreign Missions to appoint medical specialists as members of the staff of the Eritrean Mission and from its decision to establish a hospital as part of that Mission. Our dissent is necessitated by the following convictions: 1. There is no . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 4, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (35): Articles of the Last Things
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
The Red Scarf Girl And The Natural Rights Of Parents
In her celebrated book “Red Scarf Girl,” author Ji-li Jiang recounts growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China. She and millions of others had to choose between obeying the country’s communist government or obeying her parents. “’Now, you have to choose . . . Continue reading →
Does “Sing To Him A New Song” Justify Praise Songs?
We must read the injunctions to “sing a new song” in light of what the New Testament teaches us about types, (fore)shadows, and copies. Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Person and Natures of Jesus Christ | Electronic Devices During The Worship Service
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
The Canons Of Dork #39 For May 3, 2025
No goodies, no glory. Continue reading →
Harrison Perkins—The Non-Insistent Pastor: Conscience And Submission In History, Theology, And Churchmanship (2)
This talk is part two of Westminster Seminary California’s Student Association 2025 Spring Convocation. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! Download the HeidelApp on Apple App Store or Google Play Browse the Heidelshop! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The . . . Continue reading →
Regensburg And Regensburg II: Trying To Reconcile Irreconcilable Differences On Justification
Introduction When in 1618 the Reformed theologian J. H. Alsted (1588–1638) declared that the Protestant doctrine of justification is that “article of faith by which the church stands or falls” (articulus stantis et candentis ecclesiae), he was only repeating what all Protestants . . . Continue reading →
NW Georgia Overtures PCA GA to Create Committee to Revise Directory For Worship For Authoritative Use
Whereas even prior to the establishment of constitutional documents in American Presbyterianism, American Presbyterians utilized the Westminster Form of Government and Directory for Public Worship, as adopted by the Synod of Philadelphia in 1729, thereby affirming the historic practice of ordering worship according . . . Continue reading →
Religious Freedom Watch: U.S. District Court Rules In Favor Of Church In Zoning Dispute
In November 2023, Defendant Santa Ana City Council adopted a resolution denying the application of Plaintiff Anchor Stone Christian Church for permission to use its property, located at 2398 Daimler Street, Santa Ana, California (the “Property”), for religious assembly. Following the denial . . . Continue reading →
Review: To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice By Samuel G. Parkison
Eschatology is one of those perennially discussed (and often debated) topics in Christian theology that, in my estimation, can often miss the main point by getting caught in the details. Usually, the first question it prompts is about what someone’s view of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Can Dispensationalists be Reformed? (Part Two)
In this episode Dr Clark continues to answer the question, “Can Dispensationalists be Reformed?” Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Can Dispensationalists be Reformed? (Part One)
In this episode Dr Clark answers the question, “Can Dispensationalists be Reformed?” Continue reading →
To Obey Or Not To Obey, That Is The Question: An Examination Of Anthony Burgess’s Theology Of Law And Gospel In Vindiciae Legis: Part 2
Burgess used the similarities between the old and new covenants to refute Antinomian errors, but perhaps the most surprising facet of his broad distinction was that the gospel contains “commands.” The command for repentance, in a sense, belongs to the gospel, not . . . Continue reading →
Machen Opposed Fosdick’s Christian Nationalism
Harry Emerson Fosdick’s provocative sermon, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?,” delivered on May 21, 1922, is as good a date as any to locate the start of the controversy between conservatives and liberals in the Presbyterian Church. It did prompt conservative reactions and . . . Continue reading →