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In our survey of the rule of faith, i.e., the Apostles' Creed, we have reached the fourth article: "suffered under Pontius, Pilate, crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell." In this episode we focus on the last clause, "he descended into . . . Continue reading →

In our survey of the rule of faith, i.e., the Apostles' Creed, we have reached the fourth article: "suffered under Pontius, Pilate, crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell." In this episode we consider Christ's suffering and death and in the . . . Continue reading →

We are taking a break from the series, What Must A Christian Believe to take some calls and answer some questions. The first question comes from Deborah in Chicago who asks about the trend among evangelicals to talk about "Christian Platonism." What is . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 10 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In this episode we are considering the third article of the Apostles' Creed. The late and apostate Episcopal Bishop, which apparently did not disqualify him from holding episcopal office in . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 9 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In this episode we are considering the third article of the Apostles' Creed: "And I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, our Lord." With this article . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 8 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? In this episode we are considering the third article of the Apostles' Creed: "And I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, our Lord." With this article . . . Continue reading →

Lots of evangelical Christians take it for granted that God and humans are co-equals. I know because I once thought that way. That is a profoundly Modern and Modernist way of thinking. It is not a biblical way of thinking nor is . . . Continue reading →

We start this episode by thinking a bit about an audio clip in the intro. If you are one of those who skips the intro 😮 please go back and listen for context. See also the show notes below for more. I . . . Continue reading →

The Heidelcast is back and better than ever, well, as mediocre as ever anyway. As I'm recording this it's late July and I'm trying to finish the commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism. Something had to give way so I put the Heidelcast . . . Continue reading →

The question for this series comes from Heidelberg Catechism 22. The answer is that a Christian must believe "all that is promised us in the gospel, which the articles of our catholic, undoubted Christian faith teach us in sum." We've traced the . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 3 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? So far we have looked at the biblical and early Christian practice of confessing the faith and what it means to say Credo or "I believe." That is what we . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 2 in the series, What Must A Christian Believe? If you are just joining the series, you can find all the episodes in the show notes for this episode in the show notes below. Last time we considered the . . . Continue reading →

David writes to the Heidelcast to ask about the ten commandments. "Do you have any thoughts why the first commandment as well most of the ten commandments start with the word no?" So we know what we're talking about let's listen to . . . Continue reading →

This is episode 1 in the series, "What Must A Christian Believe?" I chose this title for two reasons: 1) Since I began pastoral ministry in 1987 it is one of the questions I have received most often; 2) it is Question . . . Continue reading →

Stayed tuned for episode 183 tomorrow, Dv. ©R. Scott Clark. All Rights Reserved. All the Episodes of the Heidelcast. How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia On Twitter @Heidelcast How To Support Heidelmedia: use the donate button below All the episodes in this series, . . . Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

With this episode (the second this week) I am interrupting the series, on eschatology and 1 Peter, As it Was In The Days Of Noah, for a brief reply to some comments recently made on another podcast. In this episode I play . . . Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The argument of the series is that this is Peter's over-arching picture or paradigm for the way New Covenant believers are to think about their place in the world and about the return of Christ. There will be no literal 1,000 year . . . Continue reading →

According to Peter, we are living in days like Noah, as our Lord said. People are marrying and giving in marriage, Noah was announcing the gospel of free salvation and the coming judgment, and then the flood came. So it is for . . . Continue reading →