Heidelcast 161: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (8): The Good News Of Salvation Was Announced In One Covenant Of Grace

Heidelcast

on October 25, 2020

In this series we are considering the eschatology in 1 & 2 Peter, i.e., the relations between heaven and earth, between the end of all things and now, and life between the ascension of Christ and his visible, noisy, bodily return. Peter . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 163: Taking Calls On Choosing A College, Warfield’s Eschatology, Jesus’ Return, When the Roman Catholic Church Began, Sacraments, Rubicon Moments, Evening Services, And Church Discipline

Heidelcast

on November 16, 2020 | 6 Comments

It is a little overdue but it is finally here: our latest call-in episode in which we take Heidelcalls from Arizona on choosing a college, on B. B. Warfield’s eschatology (was he really postmillennial?), from Chicago on what must happen before Jesus . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 164: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (10): Living Graciously In Light Of Grace

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on November 24, 2020 | 2 Comments

Travel broadens our horizons. It helps us to see that this is a great big world filled with an amazing variety of people, cultures, and wonders. In that way, traveling can even be transformative. When we return home we we are not . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 167: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (13): Submitting To Nero

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on December 13, 2020 | 7 Comments

Those who study such things tell us that, across the globe, no religious group is more persecuted than Christians. Those who profess the Christian faith have been all but driven out of Iraq. Christians in China suffer in untold ways. Christian in . . . 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 168: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (14): Peter’s Theology Of Suffering

Heidelcast

on December 22, 2020

There is a thread running through the book of Isaiah, which some have called the Gospel of Isaiah. It is that of the servant. The prophet himself is described as the servant (עבד) of Yahweh (Isa 20:3). David is also Yahweh’s servant . . . 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 →

Is Your Church Preparing You For Trials?

R. Scott Clark

on February 12, 2021

There was once a time that we lived “normal” lives. We Americans could have been excused for thinking that life was all about creature comforts. Many of our churches even reflected and encouraged this in their teaching and worship. Living your “best . . . Continue reading →

Will Christians Be Taken In A Secret Rapture?

R. Scott Clark

on March 2, 2021 | 2 Comments

As a young and newly converted evangelical, I was quickly introduced to the evangelical pop sub-culture that included Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). In 1969 the famous CCM artist Larry Norman released “I Wish We’d All Been Ready.” …The premise of the song . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 175: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (19)—Living In Light Of The Coming Of Christ

Heidelcast

on March 24, 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 176: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (20)—Be Not Surprised

Or Why Peter Was An Amillennialist

Heidelcast

on March 29, 2021

Silent Saturday

R. Scott Clark

on April 3, 2021

During this season, which many Christians call “Holy Week,” I am perversely drawn to Saturday.

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 180: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (23): Serving Under The Chief Shepherd

Heidelcast

on May 9, 2021

This is episode 23 in the series, As It Was in the days of Noah. We have two items of business before we turn to our passage for the episode (1 Peter 5:1–5): (1) To say thanks to Jack Miller, sometime HB . . . Continue reading →

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

Heidelcast

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 →

Preparing For Persecution

R. Scott Clark

on June 2, 2021 | 3 Comments

Since becoming a pastor I’ve been convinced that one of my most important responsibilities it to preach and pray in a way that prepares people to suffer for the glory of God. Suffering – which is a wide and broad biblical category . . . Continue reading →

Why You Should Pay Attention To The Reconstructionists In Moscow, ID

R. Scott Clark

on June 18, 2021 | 4 Comments

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 →

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 →