Heidelcast For Dec, 3 2023: Sin, Salvation, & Service: The Threefold Truth Of Romans (45)

Heidelcast

on December 3, 2023 | 2 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark looks at Romans 13:8–14 where Paul turns his attention to how Christians ought to relate to their brothers and sisters in the congregation. The opening features Tom and Ray Magliozzi of Car Talk. This episode of the . . . Continue reading →

Stankorb Understands Wilson

Heidelblog

on December 2, 2023 | 4 Comments

This November, Wilson’s month of antagonistic blog posts (usually printed later as anthologies sold for $6.95) did not evoke his anticipated fear and trembling. For Wilson watchers and critics, some days online it felt like Wilson’s annual firestorm might have finally reached . . . Continue reading →

The Canons Of Dork #23 For December 2, 2023

on December 2, 2023 | 7 Comments

Mesopotamia! Continue reading →

Devlet Kiliseyi Taklit Etmeli Mi?

R. Scott Clark

on December 2, 2023 | 2 Comments

K isimli bir okuyucumuz bana yazarak şu soruyu sordu: “Eğer Tanrı’nın Sözü kadınların öğretmesini ve yetki kullanmasını yasaklıyorsa, devlet neden aynı ilkeyi izlemesin?” Bu güzel ve ilginç bir soru. Elçi’nin 1 Timoteos 2:11-13’te kadın-erkek ilişkilerine dair öğretisini 613 emir (mitzvoth) yerine yaratılışa . . . Continue reading →

Temple Turnaround: God’s Directions for Doubters in Psalm 73 (Part 2)

Alex Hewitson

on December 2, 2023

In part one of Asaph’s temple turnaround in Psalm 73, we saw that Asaph had not always held to the truth that “God is good to Israel” (v. 1). First, we observed that even the faithful may have doubts (a crisis of . . . Continue reading →

A Review of Petrus van Maastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology (vol. 1)

Heidelblog

on December 2, 2023

Petrus van Mastricht, Prolegomena, ed. Joel R. Beeke, trans. Todd M. Rester, vol. 1, Theoretical-Practical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2018. Recent (that is, pre-1992 A.D.) Reformed theology can be sadly described as a generation arising “which knew not the Reformed Orthodox.” . . . Continue reading →

AI Images, Now and Then

Brad Isbell

on December 1, 2023 | 9 Comments

If you are connected to the internet at all in 2023, you have surely seen a “new” thing: a profusion of images generated by so-called artificial intelligence (AI) prompted only by text descriptions and informed by the millions of images on the . . . Continue reading →

Mark Stromberg: From Pentecostal To Reformed

Heidelblog

on December 1, 2023 | 2 Comments

Reverend Mark Stomberg of Lynden United Reformed Church in Lynden, WA joins Pastor Chris Gordon to talk all things Pentecostal. Continue reading →

Luther: Faith Great Or Small Is Still Faith

Tony Phelps

on December 1, 2023 | 2 Comments

Thus we see that Christ does not make a distinction between those who are weak and strong in faith and rejects no one, for small faith is also faith, and if it only continues, it will always become stronger. Christ came into . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Q&A How Christ Fulfills The Moral Law

Heidelcast

on November 30, 2023

Dr Clark answers a question on a homeschool curriculum. Continue reading →

Review: The Doctrine of Repentance By Thomas Watson (Part 1)

Stephen Spinnenweber

on November 30, 2023 | 4 Comments

My favorite question and answer in the Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) is hands down number 87: “What is repentance unto life? Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of . . . Continue reading →

Calvin: Christ’s Present Reign Is Hidden Under The Cross

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on November 30, 2023

The appearance of Christ and his kingdom mean the same thing; for although he now reigns in heaven and earth, yet hitherto his reign is not clearly manifested, but, on the contrary, is obscurely hidden under the cross, and is violently assailed . . . Continue reading →

At Work In The Fields Of The Lord

R. Scott Clark

on November 29, 2023 | 2 Comments

Great crowds, international fame, best-selling books, intense media attention, sniping critics, and simmering concerns among orthodox pastors all swirling around the arrival and work of a great and famous traveling preacher—these phenomena are well-known to us today, but they also marked the . . . Continue reading →

Johnson On The Biblical Basis For The Covenant Of Works

Tony Phelps

on November 29, 2023

Although the term “covenant” (berith) is not used in Genesis to designate the original commitment that bound the newly created Adam to his creator, the essential features of later biblical covenants between God the covenant Lord and his people as his servant . . . Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Q&A Whether Laity May Administer The Sacraments

Heidelcast

on November 29, 2023 | 2 Comments

Dr Clark answers a question on a homeschool curriculum. Continue reading →

Heidelminicast: Q&A On A Homeschool Curriculum

Heidelcast

on November 28, 2023

Dr Clark answers a question on a homeschool curriculum. Continue reading →

Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy Part 4: The Decline of SCSR

Kim Riddlebarger

on November 28, 2023 | 1 Comment

Although more influential during his lifetime than Hume, one question lurking throughout this discussion is why Reid and SCSR fell into such relative obscurity so quickly if common sense is self-evident? The obvious reason is that Reid’s Inquiry was completely overshadowed soon . . . Continue reading →

DeYoung On The Attraction Of Wilson

Heidelblog

on November 28, 2023 | 13 Comments

I’m convinced the appeal of Moscow is visceral more than intellectual. That’s not meant to be a knock on the smart people in Moscow or attracted to Moscow. It is to say, however, that people are not mainly moving to Idaho because . . . Continue reading →

A Brief Guide To Islam For Christians

Heidelblog

on November 27, 2023

Islam is the second-largest religion in the world. Today, an estimated 1.3 billion people profess to be Muslims—that is, followers of the religion of Islam. Of these, nearly 1 billion reside in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Islam is . . . Continue reading →

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Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy Part 4: The Decline of SCSR

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