Heidelcast For Feb 18, 2024: “Feathers And All:” The Scriptures Are Enough (2)

Heidelcast

on February 18, 2024

In this episode Dr Clark begins discusses the question of the source of the modern Pentecostal movement. Did it begin in the second century? Were all the ancient Christians “charismatic”? Continue reading →

No Reformed Worship, No Reformed Church

Brad Isbell

on February 17, 2024 | 7 Comments

Thesis: No confessional presbyterian church will long remain confessional or presbyterian if it loses Reformed worship. First, some definitions: Confessional: orthodox soteriology and doctrine (doctrine of God, Christology, covenant) according to the Reformed confessions Presbyterian: government by ordained male (per scripture) elders . . . Continue reading →

Psalm 2: God Is King Over The Nations Part 1—The Situation

Harrison Perkins

on February 17, 2024 | 1 Comment

An old Scottish tune, Skye Boat Song, about Bonnie Prince Charlie begins, Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing. Onward, the sailors cry! Carry the lad that’s born to be King Over the sea to Skye. If you are not . . . Continue reading →

Audio: Gospel-Driven Life—Means of Grace

Heidelblog

on February 17, 2024

R. Scott Clark speaks at the Spring Theology Conference of the Reformation Society of Oregon (May 2009). Editor’s Note: This audio was originally published in 2009. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The Reformed . . . Continue reading →

Eusebius To The Emperor’s Sister: No Images Of Christ

Heidelblog

on February 16, 2024 | 1 Comment

You also wrote me concerning some supposed image of Christ, which image you wished me to send you. Now what kind of thing is this that you call the image of Christ? I do not know what impelled you to request that . . . Continue reading →

World And Life View: License To Baptize? (Part 3)

R. Scott Clark

on February 16, 2024

In an essay dated 1 March 1996, Fred Pugh sketches what has become a fairly standard view among many neo-Kuyperians.1 His account probably obviously leans to the cultural-political right, and the antithesis is established as “secular humanism.” Continue reading →

Our Aim Is Love: Dr. Bradley J. Bitner—WSC 2024 Annual Conference

Heidelblog

on February 16, 2024

Paul argues in 1 Timothy 1:5-7 that being mindful of the goal in Christian ministry and discipleship keeps us from swerving and wandering. That goal is love–not a love of power or position or platforming, not a love of winning the argument, . . . Continue reading →

Review: The Case for Christian Nationalism By Stephen Wolfe

Shane Lems

on February 15, 2024 | 25 Comments

The rise of Donald Trump, the renewed call for a “Christian America,” the novel promotion of Christian nationalism—these three things are recent realities in the American political and religious scenes. Indeed, they are related realities. Furthermore, these three realities are not helping . . . Continue reading →

Luther: Christ Is Our Comfort In The Struggle With Sin

Tony Phelps

on February 15, 2024

With these words, then, Paul wants to indicate the weakness there still is in the pious, as in Rom. 8:26: “The Spirit helps us in our weakness.” For because the awareness of the opposite is so strong in us, that is, because . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: What About Hymns, The Ichthus, and Prophecy?

Heidelcast

on February 15, 2024

Dr Clark answers multiple questions in today’s episode! Continue reading →

Wasteful Gaming, Providence, And Being Truly Counter-Cultural

R. Scott Clark

on February 14, 2024 | 12 Comments

In 2024 when we see the participle gaming, we are likely to think of computers and headsets, but for centuries the word signified gambling. It still does. Several state governments in the USA have “gaming commissions” or the like. One of the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: If Parents Can Baptize Children Then May Grandparents Baptize Grandchildren?

Heidelcast

on February 14, 2024 | 1 Comment

Dr Clark answers the question: if parents should baptize children why shouldn’t grandparents baptize grandchildren? Continue reading →

Is Christian Busy-ness A Form Of Legalism?

Heidelblog

on February 14, 2024 | 3 Comments

There is a trend I have been observing over the last ten years or so in our Reformed circles, and now I have been hearing various voices from “the pew” expressing concern in this particular area. That is of a call for . . . Continue reading →

Murray: We Don’t Peek Behind The Curtain

Heidelblog

on February 13, 2024

God has mercy on whom he wills and whom he wills he hardens. Some are vessels for wrath, others for mercy. And ultimate destiny is envisioned in destruction and glory. But this differentiation is God’s action and prerogative, not man’s. And, because . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Should Christians Attend A Gay Wedding?

Heidelcast

on February 13, 2024 | 1 Comment

Dr Clark answers the question: should Christians attend a gay wedding? Continue reading →

Presbyterians And Prayer Book Spirituality: From What Book Do We Pray?

Zoe Miller

on February 13, 2024 | 22 Comments

As long ago as the dark ages of 2012, elders and laymen have been noticing that traditionally Anglican elements of worship are increasingly appearing in Presbyterian churches, in numerous PCA church plants and in the CREC. Jonathan W. Williams, a layman in . . . Continue reading →

A Review Of J. H. Heidegger, Concise Marrow of Theology

Jacob Aitken

on February 12, 2024

“These are the guys in your footnotes.” That is a good way to describe “Classic Reformed Theology.” If one peruses a manual Heppe or reads Richard Muller, he will come across names such as Heidegger, Cocceius, and Olevianus. If he then tries . . . Continue reading →

Baptists, The Definition Of Reformed, And Identity Politics (Part 2)

R. Scott Clark

on February 12, 2024 | 24 Comments

In part one, we began a survey of Reformed statements to demonstrate how the Reformed and the Baptists are two different traditions with distinctly separate understandings of redemptive history. Theodore Beza’s personal confession of faith (Confession De Foi Du Chretien, 1559) was . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For Feb 11, 2024: “Feathers And All:” The Scriptures Are Enough (1)

Heidelcast

on February 11, 2024 | 5 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series exploring the history of, the biblical teaching about, theology, piety, and practice of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. Continue reading →