Postmillennialism has, as of recent, become the rage in online discourse and in popular books like Stephen Wolfe’s Christian Nationalism. This has been curious to me as a pastor in the Reformed tradition due to the fact that most Christians recognize that . . . Continue reading →
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Federal Vision Qualifies Salvation By Faith Alone
Because the FV generally denies the existence of merit, many fail to understand whether there is any real concern with the FV’s formulation. But the formulation is elusive. Wilson writes, “Obedient faith is the only kind that God ever gives, and when . . . Continue reading →
Wolfish Benefits
I finished The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill last week (I know, I’m behind on the times, please bear with me), and the reformed world is currently re-embroiled in staving off Federal Vision for a second time, as Doug Wilson is experiencing a . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For June 12, 2022: Questions And Answers On Amyraldianism, Pentecostalism, And Much More
This is a question and answer episode. Scott from VA texts to ask about Amyraldianism, is it heresy and what does it have to do with the distinction between the sufficiency of the atonement and the efficiency of the atonement. Anonymous texts . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast 221: Our Father (11): “Yours Is The Glory” (Plus Dr Clark Answers A Heideltext)
In this episode Dr Clark answers a Heideltext from Anonymous who writes, “Dr Clark, I have attempted to walk an associate through the PCA’s position paper against the Auburn Avenue heresy, specifically Doug Wilson’s brand thereof. How might I proceed if met . . . Continue reading →
Natalie Greenfield’s Email Exchange With The Pastor Who Defends Her Rapist
The following is preserved for historical purposes. The original post has been removed. This version is preserved at archive.org. MY EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH THE PASTOR WHO DEFENDS MY RAPIST Last September, I wrote this blog post in response to a resurgence of . . . Continue reading →
Imprecatory Prayers (Or The Theonomist In Each Of Us)
Tish Harrison Warren, who writes for Christianity Today, who is a priest—a topic for another essay— in the Anglican Church in North America, has published an editorial in CT calling for Christians to pray imprecatory prayers against Vladimir Putin. She begins with . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast 213: Answering Brian’s Text Asking How Do We Know Whether To Stay In A Congregation And Continuing The Series Our Father (4)
What Does It Mean To Say: "Our Heavenly Father"?
This is part four in our series on prayer, Our Father but before we get there we answer Brian’s Heidelext message asking about whether to stay in his congregation. They are in the process of joining the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. . . . Continue reading →
The Secular Press Has Its Eyes On A Certain Kirk
Jason Wilson, of the UK Guardian (a left of center paper) has published another story based on his investigation of the Kirk in Moscow, ID. Continue reading
Worth Reading To Connect The Dots
I found one minor error and the tenor of the piece is typically alarmist. Continue reading
Given All The Evidence, Why Do So Many Turn A Blind Eye? Tribalism
Radio talk-show host Janet Mefferd has a lengthy column explaining why a certain figure in Moscow, ID Continue reading
It Can Be Difficult But We Need To Open Our Eyes And Pay Attention To The Facts
I am not going to quote this article on the Heidelblog because some of the language in it is not fit for a family publication.
Why You Should Pay Attention To The Reconstructionists In Moscow, ID
Previous accounts of Christian Reconstructionists have tended to focus on these believers’ theocratic vision of a future Christian polity rather than their separation from mainstream society. Today, Gribben concludes, these practitioners of “strategies of hibernation” may no longer be as marginal as . . . Continue reading →
The Role Of Philosophy In Theology: Ministerial Not Magisterial
Cards on the table: I am a little concerned by a trend that developing among evangelicals.
Meet The Theonomists
Editor’s Note. This essay was written and published in 2000 by Thomas P. Roche. It appeared originally on http://theonomists.blogspot.com/. I am archiving a copy here against the eventuality that the blogspot platform goes away or the post is lost. It is a . . . Continue reading →
An Avoidable Stunt (Updated)
The City of Moscow, Idaho, which Christ Church (Moscow, ID) expects one day to transform into a bastion of adherence to the Mosaic judicial laws, reports (HT: Alexis Van Horn) about the recent publicity stunt and protests disguised as “Psalm sings:” From . . . Continue reading →
Kirk Pulls Publicity Stunt. Social Media Falls For It: No Religious Liberties Were Harmed During The Filming Of This Commercial
There are places where religious liberties are being trampled, where Christians (and members of other religions) are not free to gather and to worship God according to Scripture or conscience. In such places people face arrest or worse simply for gathering to . . . Continue reading →
Undoing The Curse In This Life?
Over the last week, on social media, there has been some discussion of an essay entitled “The Second Eve: How Christian Women Undo The Curse.” This expression, “undo the curse,” is a provocative way to speak and is used in modern authors . . . Continue reading →
Resources On The Reformation Solas
1. The Solas Whence the Reformation Solas? 2. Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) Was Sola Scriptura A Reformation Slogan And Doctrine? Christian Liberty: A Product Of Sola Scriptura More Conference Audio: Biblicism Versus Sola Scriptura Was Agabus Wrong? Or Why Sola Scriptura Is . . . Continue reading →
Just Discovering Reformed Theology? TheoRecon Is A Toll-Booth You Should Skip
Introduction Arguably Reformed theology has never been more popular among evangelicals than it is right now. There are multiple large parachurch movements that extol the virtues of Reformed theology in a way that was unknown thirty years ago. It has never been . . . Continue reading →