As 2025 draws to a close, you may know by now that this is the 1,700th anniversary of the promulgation of the creed of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. This was a monumental event, first because the Council of Nicaea . . . Continue reading →
Ridderbos: Postmillennial Christian Nationalism Incompatible With The New Testament
After reading hundreds of pages of PCN writing, I submit that PCN’s “this world conquest” version of eschatology 1) minimizes or ignores the NT teaching of suffering, 2) downplays the strong NT emphasis on longing for Christ’s end of time return, and . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: On the New Covenant (1)
In this episode Dr. Clark begins a new series on the New Covenant Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: What the Dying of the PCUSA Really Means
In this episode Dr. Clark answers the question, “What Would Calvin Say About Premillennialism?” Continue reading →
The Hall of God’s Faithfulness, Part 7: Faith and Christ (Hebrews 12:1–3)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the . . . Continue reading →
Calvin On The Spirituality Of The Kingdom Of God
My kingdom is not of this world. By these words he acknowledges that he is a king, but, so far as was necessary to prove his innocence, he clears himself of the calumny; for he declares, that there is no disagreement between . . . Continue reading →
Adoption: An Embodied Apologia For An Addled Age
Ours is an age marked by profound alienation, anxiety, and hopelessness. The previous U.S. Surgeon General observed that Americans suffer from a pervasive epidemic of loneliness. “Deaths of Despair,” such as drug overdose and suicide, have cut short the average American life expectancy for the past decade. Continue reading →
Lewis On Theology For Devotion
The present book is something of an experiment. The translation is intended for the world at large, not only for theological students. If it succeeds, other translations of other great Christian Books will presumably follow. In one sense, of course, it is . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: What Would Calvin Say About Premillennialism?
In this episode Dr. Clark answers the question, “What Would Calvin Say About Premillennialism?” Continue reading →
Motherhood Is Not A Woman’s “Highest Calling”
Could it be that the way we speak about motherhood betrays a pharisaical tendency to self-aggrandize the ordinary, good, and faithful work that mothers do, while minimizing the ordinary, good, and faithful work of everyone else? And this mindset doesn’t only minimize . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of December 1–7, 2025
These were the top five posts for the week of December 1–7. Continue reading →
What Is Reformed Theology? (Part 8)
Being included into the visible, Christ-confessing covenant community (the church) is only the beginning of the story of our Christian life. There is still the living of the Christian life. As the Reformed churches understand Scripture, the church is essential to the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For December 7, 2025: Best of… with Reverends Chris Gordon and John Fonville
In this “best of” episode, Dr. Clark speaks with Reverends Chris Gordon and John Fonville. Continue reading →
The Canons Of Dork #46 For December 6, 2025
What’s the date again? Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: Double Predestination
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about elders & deacons, and law & gospel. Continue reading →
Only Blood Can Do It
Every sin leaves a stain. Hasty words, undone duties, secret thoughts that rot in the corners of conscience. Water cannot reach them. Resolve’s solvent cannot lift them. Only one blood has power to cleanse what lies beneath the surface of the soul. . . . Continue reading →
Joy in the Face of Chaos: Psalm 33 (Part 1)
Control versus chaos—which is winning? If you scan the world and your life, which one seems to be prevailing? Control is generally the team we want to win; it is the good, and chaos is not. But in this contest or battle . . . Continue reading →
Calvin Contra Selfishness
In a season where we are obsessed about inconveniences stemming from government shutdowns and market fears, a longer historical perspective with clearer vision is needed. Then, again, since the shutdown began, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flat and the NASDAQ is . . . Continue reading →
Video: Reformed Poli-Sci Guys on the Young (and New?) Right
Listen as Brad Isbell from the Presbycast and some Reformed Poli-Sci Guys talk about the Young (and New?) Right Continue reading →
Good Mormon Families?
When discussing the success of Mormons, who prefer to be known as Latter Day Saints, in spreading their religion, people point to four points of persuasion: They have good families. They are nice people. They have had an intense religious experience. They . . . Continue reading →









