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Superfriends Saturday

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Meet The Superfriends

Scott McDermand II is pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bad Axe, Michigan. He graduated from San Diego State University (BA, History) and earned masters degrees at Westminster Seminary California (MA, Historical Theology; MDiv). He serves on the board of directors of the Heidelberg Reformation Association as secretary. He has a passion for preaching and teaching the Word of God, Biblical theology, Church History, and enjoys fellowshipping with the saints. In his free time, he also enjoys baseball, reading, classical music, eating whatever his wife cooks for him, and walking their two dogs. Scott is a regular contributor to the Heideblog and a member of the board of directors of the HRA.

Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast; MDiv, Westminster Seminary California) is pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), a member of the of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, a Senior Research Fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards, associate online instructor in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, a visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, and author of Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction. He’s a regular contributor to the Heidelblog and a member of the board of directors of the HRA.

R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books, the most recent of which is The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, Pastoral Commentary  (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press 2025) and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009. Read Scott’s articles»

All Episodes

  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Introductionsby Heidelcast on February 1, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Bible Translationsby Heidelcast on February 8, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—”Pure” or “Less Pure” Churches?by Heidelcast on February 15, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Angel of the LORD | Gospel Preachingby Heidelcast on February 22, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Who Can Serve The Lord’s Supper? | Paedobaptism Convictionby Heidelcast on March 1, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Former Baptist | The Elements of the Lord’s Supper | Christian Educationby Heidelcast on March 8, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is a Husband the Prophet, Priest, and King of His Family | The Gospel as Sacramentalby Heidelcast on March 15, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Understanding for Singing the Psalms | Monogenes (μονογενής) | Westminster Shorter Catechism #85by Heidelcast on March 22, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Signing the Cross | The Purpose of the Book of Jobby Heidelcast on March 29, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Luke 24:31 | Why Reformed Theology?by Heidelcast on April 5, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Participation in the Liturgy | Christian Liberty and the Conditions for Church Membership | Jesus Fulfilling All Righteousnessby Heidelcast on April 12, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Take Up Your Cross | Understanding Paedo Baptism Before Calvin | 1689 Federalist Covenant Theologyby Heidelcast on April 19, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Common Grace | Regulative Principle of Worship | Why are the Hosts in the Denominations They Are?by Heidelcast on April 26, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Person and Natures of Jesus Christ | Electronic Devices During The Worship Serviceby Heidelcast on May 3, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—The Role of A Prophet in the New Covenant | Are There Inherently Sinful Forms of Music? | The Perpetual Virginity of Mary?by Heidelcast on May 10, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Should We Pray for our Pets? | Lord’s Day Evening Services?by Heidelcast on May 17, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Gambling and the Mercies of God | Does the Westminster Larger Catechism Teach That Baptism Saves?by Heidelcast on May 24, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Did Christ Die for All the Children of Believers? | Limbus Patrumby Heidelcast on May 31, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Who are the False Teachers in 2 Peter 2? | How to Think About Retirementby Heidelcast on June 7, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Regulative Principle of Worship and the Liturgical Church Calendar | The Incarnation and Jesus’ Bodyby Heidelcast on June 14, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: John Piper and Final Justificationby Heidelcast on June 21, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What Is Preaching And What Is The Purpose Of A Sermon?by Heidelcast on June 28, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Did Adam Have Any Knowledge of the Ten Commandments? | The Eucharist: Where Does the Changing of the Elements Come From?by Heidelcast on July 5, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Created For Communion With God: The Promise of Genesis 1 And 2by Heidelcast on July 12, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Was the Covenant of Grace Made with Christ or the Elect? | Should I Change Churches?by Heidelcast on July 19, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: When Have We Gone Too Far When Changing Our Doctrinal Understanding? | Romans 2:13, Two Stages of Justification, and Future Justification Through Worksby Heidelcast on July 26, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Will the Elect Find Their Way to a Reformed Church? | Besetting Sin: Godly Sorrow vs. Worldly Sorrowby Heidelcast on August 2, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Sacramental Union | Augustine’s Adult Baptism | Acts 15:29 and Blood Sausageby Heidelcast on August 9, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Protestant Christianity And Spiritual Legitimacy With the Church Fathers | Second Commandment Violations and Church Disciplineby Heidelcast on August 16, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is It OK To Call Pastors “Priest” And ” Father” | Do We Freely Choose To Sin?by Heidelcast on August 23, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Adult Children Who Have Fallen Away From the Faith | When a Pastor’s Convictions Changeby Heidelcast on August 30, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Addressing Church Councils that Disagree with the Reformed Confessions | Will God Forgive Me for Adultery?by Heidelcast on September 6, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: John Calvin On Autotheos | Questions On Baptismby Heidelcast on September 13, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Does Baptism Save You? | Women Preachingby Heidelcast on September 20, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Were The Representatives Of The Dutch Second Reformation Unduly Introspective?by Heidelcast on September 27, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What Makes the Confessions Different From Biblicism? | Questions About Assuranceby Heidelcast on October 4, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Non-ordained Service in the Churchby Heidelcast on October 11, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Anointing With Oil | Is the Word “Psalms” Inclusive Of Non-Inspired Songs?by Heidelcast on October 18, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is The Church A Household Of Households?by Heidelcast on October 25, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: “The Heidelberg Catechism A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Commentary” An Interview With Dr. R. Scott Clarkby Heidelcast on November 1, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Are Youth Groups Beneficial?by Heidelcast on November 8, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Raising Boys to Bear the Fruit of the Spirit | Are There Differences in Substance Between the Levitical and Melchizedekian Priesthoods?by Heidelcast on November 15, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Demonic Possessionby Heidelcast on November 22, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Term Limits for Elders and Deacons | What Should the Balance be Between Preaching Law and Gospel?by Heidelcast on November 29, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Double Predestinationby Heidelcast on December 6, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Do We Pray to Jesus or to the Father in the Name of Jesus Through the Power of the Holy Spirit?by Heidelcast on December 13, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The “Divine Council” Interpretation of Psalm 82:1by Heidelcast on December 20, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Does the Scottish Confession Teach Baptismal Regeneration?by Heidelcast on December 27, 2025
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: A Practical Approach to Natural Law—How Do We Know When Scripture is Speaking to Only Nature or Only to Grace or to Both?by Heidelcast on January 3, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Theological Significance of Petsby Heidelcast on January 10, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Do Humans Have Intrinsic Value Before God?by Heidelcast on January 17, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: How Do We Reconcile the Republication of the Covenant of Works at Sinai with the Westminster Confession of Faith 7.5?by Heidelcast on January 24, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Paul’s Response to the Judaizers in Galatians: Circumcision, the Law, and Our Justificationby Heidelcast on January 31, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Are the Length of Creation Days and the Age of the Earth in Genesis 1 Markers of Orthodoxy?by Heidelcast on February 7, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Relationship of “Historical Theologian” to the Offices of the Churchby Heidelcast on February 14, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Which is More Important, Pure Worship or Political Theology?by Heidelcast on February 21, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—”Be Fruitful and Multiply”—How Does this Command Apply to Families Who Cannot Naturally Have Children?by Heidelcast on February 28, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Preparing for Seminary and Pastoral Ministry | The Relationship Between Repentance and Faithby Heidelcast on March 7, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Error of Sandemanianismby Heidelcast on March 14, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Praying to Dead Saints and Necromancy | Are Our Heavenly Rewards Proportional to Our Works?by Heidelcast on March 21, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: I Can’t find a Reformed Church Near Me With an Evening Service. What Should I Do?by Heidelcast on March 28, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Women Teaching the Gospel: Does Scripture Forbid Women from Telling Others What the Gospel is in Public?by Heidelcast on April 4, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: How Do We Prepare a Sermon? | Every Member Ministry in Light of Ephesians 4:11-13by Heidelcast on April 11, 2026
  • Superfriends Saturday: Ministry, Evangelism, and the Second Commandmentby Heidelcast on April 18, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Advice for Couples Who are From Different Christian Traditionsby Heidelcast on April 25, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What is the Ideal Method for Confessional Subscription For Office Bearers?by Heidelcast on May 2, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Are Theaters, Movies, Card Playing, and General Entertainment Sinful? Or, Have We Become Lax as Christians?by Heidelcast on May 9, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Is the “Home Church” Movement Biblical?by Heidelcast on May 16, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: A Follow-Up on Advice for Couples Who are From Different Christian Traditions | Are Elder and Deacon Meetings on the Lord’s Day a Violation of the Fourth Commandment?by Heidelcast on May 23, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What Exactly Was Adam and Eve’s Sin?by Heidelcast on May 30, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Canons of Dort 3&4.17: How do Admonitions Function Under the Covenant of Grace?by Heidelcast on June 6, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Disciplining Childrenby Heidelcast on June 13, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Besides Baptism, What are the Differences Between Presbyterian and Baptist Theologies?by Heidelcast on June 20, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Vices and Virtues of Churches Investing Resources in Social Media Marketingby Heidelcast on June 27, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Acts 15 & The Jerusalem Council | Genesis 6:1-4, Sons of God, and the Nephilimby Heidelcast on July 4, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Exodus 20:4 and Statues, Family Photos, and Artby Heidelcast on July 11, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Helps to Prepare for Seminary | The Roman Catholic View of Matthew 16:13-20by Heidelcast on July 18, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Should Joining a Small Group be Required for Church Membership?by Heidelcast on July 25, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Bible Translations—Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)by Heidelcast on August 1, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: On Schism & Fidelity: A Reply To Redeemed Zoomerby Heidelcast on August 8, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Psalms Set to Modern Musical Interpretation and the Boundaries of the Regulative Principle of Worshipby Heidelcast on August 15, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Meeting God in His Means of Grace: How Word, Sacrament, and Prayer Help Us Encounter Christby Heidelcast on August 22, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Where Does the Roman Catholic Rite of Exorcism Come From?by Heidelcast on August 29, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: What is the Ground for Special Offices in the Church?by Heidelcast on September 5, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Churches and Homeschooling “Ministries”by Heidelcast on September 12, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Matthew Henry, James 2, and Neonomianismby Heidelcast on September 19, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Nature of Christ’s Humanity—Could Jesus Make Mistakes?by Heidelcast on September 26, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Did the Holy Spirit Indwell Believers Before Pentecost?by Heidelcast on October 3, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Republication of the Covenant of Worksby Heidelcast on October 10, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Help Us Find a Pastorby Heidelcast on October 17, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday—Yom Kippurby Heidelcast on October 24, 2026
  • Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: How is the Rule of Worship to be Understood and Worked Out in Diverse Global Cultures?by Heidelcast on October 31, 2026
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