Heidelcast

Today's Heidelcast answers mail on the question of whether it is to the living or to the dead that God gives faith. Dan writes to ask "I believe, at least inferentially, that the Canons of Dort teach that regeneration logically precedes faith. . . . Continue reading →

Today’s Heidelcast answers mail on the question of whether it is to the living or to the dead that God gives faith. Dan writes to ask “I believe, at least inferentially, that the Canons of Dort teach that regeneration logically precedes faith. . . . Continue reading →

Many years ago a fellow I knew used to practice what he called "evangelism" by asking people, "Do you know the way to [the local amusement park]?" Nice, irrepressibly helpful Midwesterners they were, folk would always stop to give directions. Then, our . . . Continue reading →

Many years ago a fellow I knew used to practice what he called “evangelism” by asking people, “Do you know the way to [the local amusement park]?” Nice, irrepressibly helpful Midwesterners they were, folk would always stop to give directions. Then, our . . . Continue reading →

The Church of Steel vs A Cross of Wood In downtown San Diego there is a storefront on Broadway which advertises itself as the "Church of Steel." I found an interview with the proprietor (minister?) of this "church" and it is enlightening. . . . Continue reading →

The Church of Steel vs A Cross of Wood In downtown San Diego there is a storefront on Broadway which advertises itself as the “Church of Steel.” I found an interview with the proprietor (minister?) of this “church” and it is enlightening. . . . Continue reading →

A correspondent writes to about an Anglican minister who advised the poor, who are starving, who've somehow fallen through the extensive British social safety net, among his congregation, to shoplift rather than commit burglary. He asked them not to steal from small . . . Continue reading →

A correspondent writes to about an Anglican minister who advised the poor, who are starving, who’ve somehow fallen through the extensive British social safety net, among his congregation, to shoplift rather than commit burglary. He asked them not to steal from small . . . Continue reading →

What's the difference between legalism and antinomianism? The latter is the denial of the abiding validity of God's moral law for the life of the believer. The church has been afflicted with antinomianism throughout its history. All the Gnostics of the 2nd . . . Continue reading →

What’s the difference between legalism and antinomianism? The latter is the denial of the abiding validity of God’s moral law for the life of the believer. The church has been afflicted with antinomianism throughout its history. All the Gnostics of the 2nd . . . Continue reading →