Heidelcast 160: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (7): Christ’s Abounding Graces

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on October 19, 2020 | 1 Comment

One of the principal reasons I became an amillennialist in eschatology was my study of 1 and 2 Peter. One of the reasons that, after study, investigation, and prayer, I rejected the claims of the Pentecostal moment is the triumphalism of the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 162: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (9): Living As Holy Exiles And Pilgrims

Heidelcast

on November 9, 2020

As Garrison Keillor used to say, it has been an interesting week in Lake Wobegon and our passage for this episode, 1 Peter 1:13–21, has never been so relevant. The Apostle Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote this epistle . . . Continue reading →

The Dispensational Playbook Again? There Is A More Biblical, Historic Way

R. Scott Clark

on December 15, 2020 | 7 Comments

“Now we are a global world. And that is a setup that we’ve been waiting for through redemptive history since the Lord promised that there would come, in the future, an Antichrist…who would have a global government.” He told the crowd this . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 170: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (16): Life Among The Pagans (Again)

Heidelcast

on January 11, 2021 | 1 Comment

This is episode 16 in the series, As It Was In The Days Of Noah, where we’re thinking about eschatology, about what 1 Peter teaches us about end times and about life in between the ascension of Christ and his return. According . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 176: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (20)—Be Not Surprised

Or Why Peter Was An Amillennialist

Heidelcast

on March 29, 2021

This series is a study of what Scripture says about eschatology, i.e., the relation of heaven to earth and last things. We began with a survey of what Scripture says generally and now we are working through 1 Peter. We have come . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 177: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (21)—Be Not Surprised (2)

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on April 11, 2021

A Brief Note On The History Of Amillennialism

by R. Scott Clark on April 20, 2021 3 Comments

There have always been three main types of Christian eschatology: chiliasm (historic premillennialism), postmillennialism, and amillennialism. From about the middle of the 19th century there developed subsets of chiliasm (e.g., pre-tribulational premillennialism etc). The same cannot be said of the nomenclature used to describe the views. Continue reading →

Heidelcast 179: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (22): How Eschatology Helps Us With Christ And Culture

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on April 25, 2021 | 6 Comments

In this series we have been considering Christian eschatology, i.e., what should we think about the last days, about the relations between heaven and earth, and how that informs how we think about and live the Christian life between the ascension and . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 181: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (24)—We Are Pilgrims Under Christ’s Lordship

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on May 16, 2021

With this episode we have almost reached the end of 1 Peter and in our passage (1 Pet 5:6–11) Peter turns again to one of his major themes: the Christian’s pilgrimage to the heavenly city under the Lordship of Christ. This passage, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 182: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (25)—Peaceful Pilgrims

Heidelcast

on May 23, 2021

This is the 25th and final episode in the series, As It Was In The Days of Noah. When I began I thought I would cover both 1 and 2 Peter but I didn’t know that the series would stretch to 25 . . . Continue reading →

Trueman: The Reformed Church Is A Home For Exiles

R. Scott Clark

on June 18, 2021

We live in a time of exile. At least those of us do who hold to traditional Christian beliefs. The strident rhetoric of scientism has made belief in the supernatural look ridiculous. The Pill, no-fault divorce, and now gay marriage have made . . . Continue reading →

Gregory of Nyssa Against The Chiliasts

R. Scott Clark

on October 13, 2021 | 3 Comments

Now if we loudly preach all this, and testify to all this, namely that Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, always changeless, always imperishable, though He comes in the changeable and the perishable; never stained Himself, but . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 198—What Must A Christian Believe? (15): Christ Reigning

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on November 15, 2021

This is episode 15 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In our survey of the rule of faith, i.e., the Apostles’ Creed, we have reached the sixth article: “He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of . . . Continue reading →

The Polish Reformed And Lutherans Condemned The Doctrine Of A Future Earthly Golden Age

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on May 23, 2022 | 7 Comments

We also censure and reject all Jewish fables and those of present-day Anabaptists who expect some golden age here on earth before the day of judgment, so that faithful people should inherit all the kingdoms with Christ after destroying all their foes . . . Continue reading →

The New Covenant In My Blood (Luke 22:20) (part 1)

Cornelius Van Til

on June 3, 2022 | 3 Comments

What follows is a sermon preached by Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987), who was Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1929–72. This transcription from an audio recording was made in the 1990 and is published here with the permission of Westminster . . . Continue reading →

The Lutherans Condemn The “Jewish Dream” Of A Future Earthly Golden Age Before Christ’s Return

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on June 6, 2022 | 2 Comments

The Gospel forbids private revenge, and Christ stresses this so often lest the apostles think that they should usurp the government from those who hold it, as in the Jewish dream of the messianic kingdom; instead, he would have them know their . . . Continue reading →

Stop Saying That Amillennialism Is “Pessimistic” But Postmillennialism Is “Optimistic”

R. Scott Clark

on September 5, 2022 | 6 Comments

This is a classic case of begging the question, i.e., assuming what has to be proved. People regularly say that amillennialism is “pessimistic” but postmillennialism is “optimistic.” Who is pessimistic about what? Define pessimism. Who says? By what standard? I say that amillennialism . . . Continue reading →

“Tribulation” And The Lord’s Return

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on November 18, 2022 | 3 Comments

I am often asked whether or not the “tribulation” is a seven year period which immediately precedes the second coming of Jesus Christ, or is it the entire period of time between Christ’s first and second advent, the so-called “great tribulation?” This . . . Continue reading →

A Response to Brent E. Parker and Richard J. Lucas (eds.), Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies: Four Views on the Continuity of Scripture (Part 1)

Harrison Perkins

on January 16, 2023 | 7 Comments

At my ordination, I took a vow that I hold the Westminster Standards “as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures,” expressing that these documents summarize the shape of biblical truth most accurately. This “system” of doctrine connects various . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast Special: Crisis In Israel

Heidelcast

on October 13, 2023 | 15 Comments

In this special episode Dr Clark addresses the crisis in Israel. The opening audio features evangelist Greg Laurie. Continue reading →