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In this episode, Dr. Clark continues the series, "Rome, Constantinople, Or Geneva?" looking at the doctrine of salvation, especially the doctrine of justification. The biblical understanding of our justification for God is that we are justified, or declared righteous, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of...

In this episode, the Superfriends discuss Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). For Christians, what Yom Kippur represents is very encouraging because we know that Jesus is our substitute and he turned away God's wrath for our sins; Jesus is the atonement that was promised and to which Leviticus 16 and 23 point to.

In this episode Dr Clark and Brad Isbell are joined by Wresbyterian to discuss what they love about being P&R, why the visible church is so important to the Christian life and even why church organization (government/polity) matters.

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In this episode, Dr. Clark considers a question that has troubled philosophers for centuries, "is the world that we experience with our five senses real, or just and illusion?" but Dr. Clark says that the world was made to be known, and you were made to know it. 

Young people today are having a crisis of confidence of their sense experience and they often "self-identify," conflating the categories of sex and gender, contrary to the nature of the creation order.

In this episode, Dr. Clark opens the coffer and answers a question about the nature of the lying spirit in 1 Kings 22:19-23. We have to be careful when asking questions that Scripture do not specifically give us the answers to, but this passage does give us an opportunity to give thanks to God that he graciously chose us and brought us to true faith and new life in Jesus Christ. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark begins a mini-series titled, "Get Married, Have Children," where he considers the falling fertility rate in the United States, contrasting that to the creational pattern of, "be fruitful and multiply."

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In this episode, Dr. Clark continues the series, "Rome, Constantinople, Or Geneva?" looking at the doctrine of salvation, especially the doctrine of justification. The biblical understanding of our justification for God is that we are justified, or declared righteous, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of...

The church of Jesus Christ finds itself in a time when there is a shortage of faithful pastors to fill its pulpits. In this episode, the Superfriends address some of the challenge churches are facing in finding pastors and consider some of the reasons that this is the case. 

They also discuss the process of calling a pastor to a church and what it means to be on a search committee; offering advise for congregations who are forming a search committee and how to go through the process more effectively and efficiently. 

In this episode Dr Clark and Brad Isbell discuss ecumenism. What is it? From where does the word come (hint: it's Greek), what should we think about it and can we be ecumenical and faithful to the Scriptures as confessed by the Reformed churches?

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In this episode, Dr. Clark gives more thoughts on reforming the church. A listener asks, "How does a member of a NAPARC church address concerns to the session in an official capacity with out being devisive?" And, " At what point should serious differences with church practice lead to a member leaving for another church?"  

In this episode, Dr. Clark open the coffer and answers the questions, "What do you do when you when you disagree with the church leadership?" And, "Does my church's liturgy need to be reformed?"

Dr. Clark suggests that we pray about it, and then talk to the leadership seeking resolution. If you cannot come to a resolution, then petition the governance of the church (session or consistory), knowing that patience is always required in these situations.

In this episode, Dr. Clark continues the series, "Does the Westminster confession of Faith teach baptismal regeneration. In this third part of the series, he discussed how baptism is a sign and seal of the spiritual realities of God's covenantal promises to his people, in Christ.

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In this episode Dr. Clark welcomes Dr. D.G. Hart, professor of history at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI. In this year of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, they discuss D.G. Hart's new book, Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution.

From Notre Dame Press:

D. G. Hart chronicles the transatlantic history of Presbyterianism as a political movement from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, tracing its evolution into a modern, liberal religion.

Historians have often described Presbyterianism as a political orientation that leads to rebellion and...

In this episode, the Superfriends answer three related questions about the doctrine of the republication of the covenant of works. In other words, was the pre-fall covenant of works, made with Adam and Eve, in some sense reenacted or echoed at Mount Sinai within the Mosaic Covenant? 

A listener asks if there is any kind of legal principal at work in Exodus 4:24-26? To help us correctly understand this passage, the Superfriends discuss the biblical and confessional understanding of how the covenants of grace and works are administered throughout redemptive history, and the sanctions and benefits within t...

In this episode Dr Clark and Brad Isbell consider the question: Can NAPARC Be Normal and offer two books as antidotes to unnecessary weirdness: Remembering the Reformed Confession (just published by the Heidelberg Reformation Association) and Recovering the Reformed Confession, published in 2008. 

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In this episode, Dr. Clark opens the coffer and answers questions regarding how repentance is to be presented when proclaiming the gospel. How do we reconcile repentance and faith when talking to people about their salvation in Jesus Christ?

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In this episode, Dr. Clark looks at the failure of the state to uphold the social covenant by looking at a case where one trouble twenty year old and his accomplice was able to turn every-town USA of Lincoln, Nebraska into an armed and fearful camp of citizens seeking to protect themselves during a murdering spree happening in their midst. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark looks at the failure of the state to uphold the social covenant by looking at a case where one trouble twenty year old and his accomplice was able to turn every-town USA of Lincoln, Nebraska into an armed and fearful camp of citizens seeking to protect themselves during a murdering spree happening in their midst. 

In this episode, the Heidelcast celebrates the release of Remembering the Reformed Confession: Essays on Theology, Piety, an Practice edited by Dr Harrison Perkins and published by the Heidelberg Reformation Association. Dr Perkins and Dr Clark recorded this in Omaha, NE at the Pactum Conference with Dr J. V. Fesko, Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS.

This episode of the Heidelcast is sponsored by the Heidelberg Reformation Association. You love the Heidelcast and the Heidelblog. You share it with friends, with members of your church, and others but have...

In this episode, the Superfriends answer the question, "Did the Holy Spirit indwell believers before Pentecost?" Considering how a person is regenerated and blessed with the benefits of the covenant of grace, even under the types and shadows found in the Old Testament. In other words, how would believers live a Christian life, even under the types and shadows, without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?

Along the way, they talk about progressive covenantalism vs. classic Reformed covenant theology and what is new after Pentecost in respect to the Holy Spirit's presence.

Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark the sovereignty of our Lord and his use of means and instruments to accomplish his will for our good and his glory. 

Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark discusses how we come to faith through grace alone and how that grace is God's divine favor. 

Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark answers the question, "do we attain new life because we believe, or do we believe because we've been given new life?" 

The Holy Spirit works when and where he will and it's through the work of the Spirit that humans are enabled to heard the word with believing ears. 

In this episode of the Heidelcast, Rev. Scott McDermend joins Dr. Clark in studio to discuss pastoral ministry, particularly what Rev. McDermand has learned since graduating from seminary and then being called to shepherd God's people at First Presbyterian Church in Bad Axe, Michigan. They discuss the character of a pastor and how Rev. McDermand's perspective has changed and/or matured over the years.

This episode of the Heidelcast is sponsored by the Heidelberg Reformation Association. You love the Heidelcast and the Heidelblog. You share it with friends, with members of your church, and others but have...

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Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark reminds us that God's answer to our sin is the "golden chain," found in Romans 8:28 - 30

In this Heidelminicast, Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. 

In this episode, Dr. Clark says that free choice might not mean what you is does. He discusses three approaches on how the church has historically tried to explain free choice, and gives us a distinction between free choice and free will.

In this Heidelminicast, Dr. Clark continues the series How Did We Come to Faith?, considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. In this episode, he discusses God's predestinating, sovereign grace.

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This is a "best of" episode featuring an episode from a series on God's holy law from 2014.

That there is a Sabbath is evident in the first chapter in God's Word. According to Scripture, Almighty God "worked" for six days, six mornings and evenings, and rested the seventh. Have you ever stopped to wonder why Scripture says that God "rested"? Was he tired? No. The God of Scripture is not a projection of human personality into the cosmos and he's not a pagan Greco-Roman deity. The Lord was setting a pattern for us. That's the teaching of...

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Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. It is the conviction of the Heidelberg Reformation Association that the answer to the longing for more lies not in Rome or in the Eastern Orthodox traditions but, as it were, in Geneva. In this series we...

All the Episodes of the Heidelcast Subscribe to the Heidelcast! Browse the Heidelshop! On X @Heidelcast On Insta & Facebook @Heidelcast Subscribe in Apple Podcast Subscribe directly via RSS Call The Heidelphone via Voice Memo On Your Phone The Heidelcast is available wherever podcasts are found including Spotify.

Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...

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Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...

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Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...

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Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...

American Evangelical Christianity is in crisis. The story of how it got here is an important part of this series but there are several reasons so many evangelical Christians are discontent and looking for something else, something with historical roots, with a sense of tradition, with a sense of of transcendence, with reverent worship, and with a deeper view of the sacraments. It is the conviction of the Heidelberg Reformation Association that the answer to the longing for more lies not in Rome or in the Eastern Orthodox traditions but, as it were, in Geneva. In this series we...

All the Episodes of the Heidelcast Subscribe to the Heidelcast! Browse the Heidelshop! On X @Heidelcast On Insta & Facebook @Heidelcast Subscribe in Apple Podcast Subscribe directly via RSS Call The Heidelphone via Voice Memo On Your Phone The Heidelcast is available wherever podcasts are found including Spotify.

Call or text the Heidelphone anytime at (760) 618-1563. Leave a message or email us a voice memo from your phone and we may use it in a future podcast. Record it and email it to [email protected]. If you benefit from the Heidelcast please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so t...