Audio: Gospel-Driven Life—Union With Christ

Heidelblog

on February 10, 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 →

Trueman: May Christians Attend Gay Weddings?

Heidelblog

on February 10, 2024 | 7 Comments

It is not hard to guess what reasons a Christian might give for attending a gay wedding: a desire to indicate to the couple that one does not hate them, or a wish to avoid causing offense or hurt. But if either . . . Continue reading →

An Introduction To The Psalter On The Law And The Gospel: Psalms 1–2

Harrison Perkins

on February 10, 2024

I remember being in a record store when I was younger (if you are of the younger stripe, a record store is like if your favorite streaming service was a building where music was for sale on discs that you took home . . . Continue reading →

Video: Luther Under The Gospel

Heidelblog

on February 9, 2024

Video courtesy Lynden United Reformed Church (Lynden, WA) where Bob Godfrey and I spoke for their Reformation Conference: Luther Nailed It. Note: This was originally published on the Heidelblog in 2017. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources . . . Continue reading →

World And Life View: License To Baptize? (Part 2)

R. Scott Clark

on February 9, 2024

The concept of a worldview is essential. Derived from the German Weltanschauung, the English noun denotes “a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.”1 Worldviews are like belly-buttons. Everyone has one. Continue reading →

Chariots Of Hire

Brad Isbell

on February 9, 2024 | 1 Comment

WE ARE RELIABLY INFORMED that this is “Super Bowl Week,” a promotional publicity-fest that is something like Advent for the USA’s greatest holy day. That this holy day falls on the first day of next week—the Lord’s Day if you are a confessional presbyterian—may . . . Continue reading →

Just In Time For The Annual Temptation To Skip The Christian Sabbath: Updated Resource Page

by R. Scott Clark on February 8, 2024 7 Comments

The pressure to slouch toward Las Vegas is strong this year. Super Bowl parties abound. Who wants to be the odd ball who declines the invitation? Christians are strangers and aliens (1 Pet 2:11; Heb 11:10). Continue reading →

Lawsuits Are An Alternative To Christian Nationalism

Heidelblog

on February 8, 2024

Virginia state officials agreed to settle a lawsuit with a Christian wedding photographer after he refused to use his business to celebrate same-sex marriage, according to a press release. Bob Updegrove filed a lawsuit against then-Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in September 2020 after a . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: On Mental Images Of Christ And Whether The Family Is Sacred Or Secular

Heidelcast

on February 8, 2024 | 14 Comments

Dr Clark answers questions about mental images of Christ and the sacred/secular distinction. Continue reading →

Review: C. S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces, 1956 (Part 4)

Joseph Pollard

on February 8, 2024

This story, much like the story of every man, does not end with Orual’s confrontation with the divine as a judge—reciting her case as a wannabe plaintiff and being given (supposedly) no answer, or worse, divine judgment—as the only possible outcome of her meeting with God. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A On Romans 11 And The Blessed Virgin Mary

Heidelcast

on February 7, 2024

Dr Clark answers questions about Romans 11 and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Continue reading →

Distinguishing Spheres Affirms Christ’s Lordship Over All Things (Part 4)

R. Scott Clark

on February 7, 2024 | 5 Comments

Last time we saw that the very reason Calvin adopted the language of a “twofold kingdom” (i.e., the doctrine that God’s kingdom is one and administered in two distinct spheres) was to oppose the Libertines and Manichaeism. But it remains to be . . . Continue reading →

Trueman: Protestants Need To Get Back To Basics

Heidelblog

on February 7, 2024 | 6 Comments

Recent scholarship in both the ancient church and sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Protestantism have exposed an unfortunate problem with large swathes of the conservative, and especially evangelical, Protestant world. Much good work was done over the last century in both articulating a high view . . . Continue reading →

Riddlebarger On The Rapture

Tony Phelps

on February 6, 2024 | 7 Comments

Many Protestants have historically seen this event [i.e., “the rapture”] as one aspect of the general resurrection at the end of the age (1 Cor. 15:50–55; 1 Thess. 4:13–5:11). The rapture, therefore, refers to the catching away of believers who are living . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast Q&A: Can The Church Bind A Christian’s Conscience Contrary To God’s Word?

Heidelcast

on February 6, 2024

In this episode Dr Clark answers a question about Christian liberty and explains what sola Scriptura means. Continue reading →

Church Planting In Kentucky: Christ Reformed Church (URC)

Brandon Burks

on February 6, 2024 | 3 Comments

In 1796, missionary Rev. Peter Labagh was sent to Kentucky to establish a Dutch Reformed Church in Harrodsburg. By 1800, a Reformed Church was built, known as the “Old Mud Meeting House,” and pastored by “Dominie” Thomas Kyle. This church was the . . . Continue reading →

Baptists, The Definition Of Reformed, And Identity Politics (Part 1)

R. Scott Clark

on February 5, 2024 | 25 Comments

It is a widely held belief among a relatively large number of Baptists and not a few Presbyterian and Reformed (P&R) folk that Baptists can be Reformed. Indeed, it is widely held among those in the Baptistic traditions that they (as distinct . . . Continue reading →

Johnson: Hebrews On What God Does For His People

Tony Phelps

on February 5, 2024

. . Hebrews speaks of Jesus’ fulfillment of the Servant’s side of the covenant in three specific ways: (1) He maintains flawless loyalty to the Lord and fulfills every command and requirement, thereby achieving the blessedness promised by the Lord for himself . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For Feb 4, 2024: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (52)

Heidelcast

on February 4, 2024

In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 16:5–27, where he considers Paul’s co-workers, his exhortation, and his doxology. Continue reading →