But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
Monday, 23 December 2019 03:28
Is It Sin To Vote For Trump Or How Understanding The Twofold Government Helps
Written by R. Scott Clark
Mark Galli, editor of Christianity Today has published an editorial calling for the removal from office of Donald Trump either by the Senate or at the ballot box. Of course this has provoked considerable reaction, not the least of which has been . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 23 December 2019 01:16
The Threefold Distinction In the Law Is Basic Reformed Theology
Written by R. Scott Clark
The law in general, is that part of God’s Word, which commands things just, honest, and godly, and being thus conceived, it is threefold: ceremonial, judicial, and moral. The ceremonial law, is that part of God’s Word, which prescribed to the Jews, . . . Continue reading →
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I am interrupting the series on the doctrine of God to talk a little bit more about the Federal Vision. I have received many comments from those who tell me that they do not understand the Federal Vision. What is it? From . . . Continue reading →
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Tuesday, 17 December 2019 01:06
New Film—Spirit And Truth: A Film About Worship
Written by R. Scott Clark
Les’ latest film is out and available for rent ($6.99) or purchase ($19.99). I have seen it and Les did another terrific job. If you saw his first film (It’s Here: CALVINIST—The Movie) then you know what an outstanding film maker Les . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 16 December 2019 08:56
Video Available Now: American Gospel: Christ Crucified
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The second installment in the American Gospel film series is available now. Brandon writes: The gospel message of “Christ crucified” has always been offensive. In our culture it is common for preachers to soften the offense of the cross, and the attributes . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 16 December 2019 05:47
Heidelcast Minute: What Are The Conditions In The Covenant Of Grace?
Written by R. Scott Clark
RESOURCES Heidelcast 98: Salvation, Good Works, And Conditions Resources On Conditions In The Covenant Of Grace (Updated) Resources On Norman Shepherd Resources On The Federal Vision Theology
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Saturday, 14 December 2019 02:43
Thousands Of Women Did Not Die Annually In Botched Abortions Before Roe
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We dug through the statistics and it turns out she was citing numbers from the 1930s, before the advent of antibiotics. In 1972, the number of deaths in the United States from legal abortions was 24 and from illegal abortions 39, according . . . Continue reading →
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Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:29
Audio: With The True Presbyterian Podcast Answering The Question—Why Confessions?
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Mike Hutchinson is the host of a new Reformed podcast, The True Presbyterian, featuring interviews with the likes of Ligon Duncan, Alan Strange, Preston Graham, and, in this episode, yours truly. Today we are talking about the importance of confessions. From where . . . Continue reading →
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Friday, 13 December 2019 04:04
Heidelcast Minute: The Federal Vision Theology Is Dialectical
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The adjective dialectical, can refer generally to a discussion of different points of view. In this context, however, it refers to a specific theological method. In short, a dialectical theologian says contradictory things about the same at the same time. It is . . . Continue reading →
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This volume was published in 2010 in celebration of Bob Godfrey’s sixth-fifth birthday. It is a collection of essays by Reformed scholars on a variety of topics. Contributors: Sinclair Ferguson, D. G. Hart, Richard Muller, Michael Horton, Kim Riddlebarger, R. C. Sproul, . . . Continue reading...
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In yet another indicator that the West is collapsing, Webster’s Dictionary has apparently named they, used to designate a particular, non-gendered person, the word of 2019. This seems to call for a quick refresher on basic grammar: There are two kinds of . . . Continue reading →
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Tuesday, 10 December 2019 23:51
Perkins: God Finds In Our Good Works More To Damn Than To Save
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Q: How is he accepted righteous before God? A: By the righteousness of Christ imputed to him [2 Col 5:21]. Q: What profit comes by being thus justified? A: Hereby and by no other means in the world, the believer shall be . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 09 December 2019 23:46
Owen: The Promise Is Received Through Faith Alone
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Fallen, sinful man stands in need of the utmost encouragement that divine condescension can extend unto, to prevail with him to receive and lay hold of the promise of grace and mercy by Jesus Christ. There is nothing that we are so . . . Continue reading →
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So, let us speak of slavery. The American republic inherited slavery from the British empire, in much the same way that it inherited its fiscal poverty, its lack of manufacturing capability, and its primitive infrastructure. We expected to overcome all of these . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 09 December 2019 04:10
As It Was In The Days Of Noah (26): 2 Peter 1:3–11 (part 1)
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His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,...
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Friday, 06 December 2019 19:24
Heidelcast 133: I Am That I Am (10): The Attributes Of God
Written by R. Scott Clark
In this episode we continue our consideration of the divine attributes, particularly divine immensity and immutablity. By immensity we mean that attribute whereby God fills all that can be filled with all of himself all of the time, yet so that the Creator . . . Continue reading →
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Universal salvation (or universalism) seems to have first emerged as a distinct religious doctrine among Christian gnostic teachers in or around Alexandria, Egypt, during the early to mid-second century CE, several decades before the influential and well-known Christian author Origen (ca....
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Wednesday, 04 December 2019 09:53
Heidegger: Good Works Are Necessary As Fruit And Evidence Of Faith
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VIII. New Obedience; Good Works New obedience is exercised through good works. Moreover, there are good works, voluntary actions of the sanctified, which come from a pure heart, love of God, true faith in Christ, according to the law of God, for . . . Continue reading →
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Monday, 02 December 2019 01:07
James White: The Federal Vision “Stands In Opposition To The Gospel“
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How can anyone not read [the Federal Vision theology] as blatant, unvarnished sacerdotalism that stands in opposition to the gospel….
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Sunday, 01 December 2019 22:46
Office Hours: Carl Trueman On Luther As Theologian Of The Cross
Written by R. Scott Clark
There are few figures more central to the history of the West than Martin Luther (1486–1546). Without him there would have been no Reformation, or at least it would have looked very differently. The confessional Protestant churches, i.e., Lutherans and the Reformed . . . Continue reading...
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The Reformed faith has deep roots in the patristic and medieval church, but its emergence as a distinct tradition, growing out of the Lutheran Reformation, may be traced to the early 1520s. The development of Reformed theology as distinct from Lutheranism is . . . Continue reading →
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Saturday, 30 November 2019 12:19
Heidelcast 132: I Am That I Am (9): The Attributes Of God
Written by R. Scott Clark
In this episode we turn our attention from the doctrine of the Trinity to the divine attributes. Of course, in God, there are not attributes since God is what he is. Francis Turretin called the attributes “the essential properties by which [God] makes . . . Continue reading →
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Friday, 29 November 2019 00:05
Heidelcast Minute: What Do We Mean By “Comfort”?
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Here are all the episodes of the Heidelcast. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe directly via RSS Call the Heidelphone anytime at . Leave a message and we may use it in a future broadcast. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please . . . Continue reading →
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Thursday, 28 November 2019 04:30
New In Print: J. H. Heidegger’s Concise Marrow Of Theology
Written by R. Scott Clark
J. H. Heidegger (1633–98) was a significant Swiss Reformed theologian, in Zürich, at the end of the 17th century. This volume is a clear, accessible introduction to Reformed theology. It is not technical. It was meant to be a starting point and . . . Continue reading →
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Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:09
Machen’s Warrior Children, Ed Stetzer, And Beth Moore
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John Frame first published his essay “Machen’s Warrior Children” in 2003, in a Festscrhfit (a volume of congratulatory essays usually in honor of a 65th birthday or a retirement) for Alister McGrath. The essay was ostensibly a historical analysis of what happened . . . Continue...
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