If awakened sinners are ignorant of the leading points of difference between the law and the gospel, this will discourage them much from attempting to come to Christ for salvation. If they cannot distinguish aright between the law and the gospel, they . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 15, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (4)—Understanding Caspar Olevianus’ Covenant Theology
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How To Read The Bible (1)
Dr Clark begins the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →
L’importanza di una pluralità di anziani nella chiesa locale
Vivendo in provincia di Milano, mi piace passeggiare lungo il perimetro del Castello Sforzesco. Costruito nel XV secolo, questa struttura è stata per centinaia di anni una delle cittadelle più grandi d’Europa. Le sue massicce mura, alte più di trenta metri, incombono . . . Continue reading →
What Should We Think About At The Table?
At my church, the Lord’s Supper elements are distributed (the bread then the wine), held, and then the congregants partake in unison to demonstrate the communal nature of the meal. I like this way of doing it though it’s certainly not the only way. . . . Continue reading →
Psalm 10—Where Is The Lord? (Part 2): Lessons For Prayer
As we saw in part one of this series, Psalm 10 is a lament about how God seems to be standing far off from his people even as the wicked succeed in their evil. While the psalm recounts how the wicked conduct . . . Continue reading →
A Heidelblog Historian And A Husker Herald On The Halcyon Days
Many readers of these pages know only a sliver of the interests of the Heidel-Head. Not only is Dr. Clark an elite Oxford historian, but he is also a Nebraska football nerd. He grew up in Nebraska during the heyday of Cornhusker . . . Continue reading →
Careerist Mediocrities
Sitting atop these troubled institutions, we have too many “leaders” of extraordinary mediocrity and conventional thinking, like the three hapless presidents blinking and stammering in the glare of the television lights. Assaulted by the angry, noisy proponents of an absurdist worldview, and . . . Continue reading →
Video: Bob Godfrey on the Challenges of Being Reformed in America
Chris Gordon speaks with W. Robert Godfrey about Reformed theology and the challenges of being Reformed in America. Continue reading →
Review: Concise Systematic Theology: An Introduction To Christian Belief. A Revised and Enhanced Edition of Salvation Belongs To The Lord By John M. Frame (Part 1)
This volume was originally published under another title in 2006. It began as a series of lectures given in 2004, and it carries a number of strong endorsements from Reformed and evangelical luminaries, not the least of which is the foreword by . . . Continue reading →
How We Got Spoiled, Self-Satisfied Graduates
But to study English literature is to open yourself to the literature of other nations, because English authors were never reading only English. You cannot have Chaucer without the three great Florentines: Dante, Petrarch, and, especially, Boccaccio. You cannot have the English . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
In this episode Dr Clark answers questions on baptism and the Lord’s Supper Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Choosing a Denomination
In this episode Dr Clark answers a question on choosing a denomination. Continue reading →
Christian Tribalism And Loyalties In A Super-Heated Culture War
The noun tribe has no fewer than six senses in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).1 The first is the literal sense of a biological lineage—that is, a “group of people forming a community and claiming descent from a common ancestor; spec. each of . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: Upholding The Spirituality Of The Church Is Not Pietism
The most famous example is that of the Barmen Declaration of 1934, signed by, among others, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. What is disappointing about that document in retrospect is its failure to address the Nazis’ anti-Semitism, something Barth later regretted. But . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Evangelism at Pride Parades?
In this episode Dr Clark answers a question on evangelism at pride parades. Continue reading →
Dead Idols In The Temple Of The Living God: A Biblical Analysis Of The Modern Idea Of Idols Of The Heart (Part 4)
In our previous three articles, we have seen the historical, theological, biblical, and pastoral dangers in the modern idea of idols of the heart. The great error of well-intentioned writers such as David Powlison and Tim Keller is to indict even genuine and repentant Christians of idolatry. Continue reading →
A Failed Project
Following up on his 2021 work The Failure of Natural Theology, which served as a clarion call to abandon the retrieval movement and return to a more biblical view of natural theology and Christian theism, Jeffrey Johnson has published another work towards this . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 2–8, 2024
These were the top five posts for the week beginning September 2–8, 2024. Continue reading →
Celebrating 5 Years Of Ministry In South Africa
Editor’s Note: The following is an update from Rev. Antonio Coppola on his work and ministry in South Africa. He has written several articles for the Heidelblog and we have published several of his church-planting updates from Covenant Waterfall Presbyterian Church, which . . . Continue reading →