These are just a few of the new additions to the Heidelshop (with more to come!). Continue reading →
New Items In The Heidelshop!
SCOTUS Takes Up Important Case With Far Reaching Consequences For Free Speech And Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. That announcement came as part of a list of orders released on Monday . . . Continue reading →
Psalm 92: A Psalm For The Sabbath (Part 4)
This fourth part concludes our study on Psalm 92, which has considered how the Lord’s Day is an often neglected, yet crucial, component in the Christian’s arsenal. The superscription of Psalm 92, “for the Sabbath,” indicates that this psalm, broadly speaking, is . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is a Husband the Prophet, Priest, and King of His Family | The Gospel as Sacramental
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
Video: Pastoring in DC, Planting Differently
URCNA minister Rev. Brian Lee joins us to talk about pastoring in the challenging city of Washington DC (very near Capitol Hill) and his denomination’s new church planting manual. Continue reading →
Thoughts On Bible Translations
We live in an uncertain age. One German sociologist characterizes our time as defined by liquidity. This is a term we might associate with financial matters, but it applies to vocation and to virtually every other sphere of life. There was a . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: Through Faith Two Apparently Inconsistent Things Are Reconciled
Then these two things, though apparently inconsistent, do yet perfectly harmonize when we speak of faith; for the Spirit of God shows to us hidden things, the knowledge of which cannot reach our senses: Promised to us is eternal life, but it . . . Continue reading →
Review: Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States By Walter R. Strickland
The earliest church experience I remember was in my hometown of Shreveport, LA. My mother made sure my brothers and I were dressed in our “Sunday best,” then loaded us into the car and drove us to a small white church building that could not have held more than sixty people. Continue reading →
Owen: A Little Faith Gives The Whole Christ
True faith in the least degree, gives the soul a share in the first resurrection. It is of the vital principle which we receive when we are quickened. Now, be it never so weak a life we have, yet it is a . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Featley, The Sweet Dipper (3): Who Was Daniel Featley?
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on Featley, The Sweet Dipper. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Featley, The Sweet Dipper (2): Who Was William Kiffin?
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on Featley, The Sweet Dipper. Continue reading →
Sexual Liberation, Natural Law, And The Modern Resistance To Fixed Moral Norms
In the 1960s it was common to hear American civil rights leaders appeal to natural justice and natural law in defense of the extension of civil rights to oppressed peoples, namely African Americans. Those arguments were compelling to Americans because they are . . . Continue reading →
DOJ Sides With Church In Zoning Dispute
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has intervened in a case involving a city’s use of zoning ordinances to stop the expansion of a church congregation. On March 3, the Justice Department section for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed a statement . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Featley, The Sweet Dipper (1): Early Reformed Reaction to the Particular Baptists
In this episode Dr Clark begins a series on Featley, The Sweet Dipper. Continue reading →
Nothing New Under The Sun
The year was 1972, the month was July, and I was living the summer school’s-out vacation dream in the small town of Senath, Missouri that I’ve often compared to Andy Griffith’s Mayberry. How was it like Mayberry? Well, I could walk two . . . Continue reading →
The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 6)—I Believe In Jesus Christ
“What’s in a name?” A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. So, we might easily assume that what we name something is unimportant. And yet, there seems to be some sort of natural affinity in most ears for the . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of March 3–9, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of March 3–9. Continue reading →
No Barbarian Or Scythian
On February 21 of this year, near the end of the annual American observance of Black History Month, a congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America, held a special dinner. The church website said, “This is a dinner with our special speaker, . . . Continue reading →
Colquhoun: The Law In Its Commanding Power Differs Much From The Gospel
The law in its commanding power differs much from the gospel. The law says, “Do and you shall live; you shall, by performing personal and perfect obedience, entitle yourselves to eternal life” (see Matt. 19:17). Whereas the gospel says, “Live, for all . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For March 9, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (27): The Apostles Creed and the Death of Christ
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →