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FEDERAL VISION


WHAT THE CONFESSIONAL REFORMED CHURCHES HAVE SAID ABOUT DOUG WILSON




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on July 10, 2024 | 13 Comments

The Heidelberg Reformation Association has received a queries in recent days
asking about our view of Doug Wilson, a proponent of theonomy, Christian
Reconstruction, Christian Nationalism, and the Federal Vision movement, among
other things. We think that the best way to respond is to let the study
committees of the confessional Presbyterians Reformed churches answer the
question. As a service to the Christian public we have harvested the most
salient portions from three study committee reports and we present them here for
your consideration. Continue reading →

Categorized Defining “Reformed”, Federal Vision, Final Judgment, Justification |
Tagged doug wilson | 13 Comments


HEIDELCAST FOR DEC, 10 2023: A FEDERAL VISION SPECIAL




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 * Heidelcast

on December 10, 2023 | 11 Comments

In this episode Dr Clark talks to the Rev Lane Keister, who, 13 years ago was
serving a dual charge in South Dakota. Today he is pastor of Momence OPC in
Momence, IL and he’s currently working on a PhD. In this . . . Continue reading
→




STANKORB UNDERSTANDS WILSON




by
 * Heidelblog

on December 2, 2023 | 4 Comments

This November, Wilson’s month of antagonistic blog posts (usually printed later
as anthologies sold for $6.95) did not evoke his anticipated fear and trembling.
For Wilson watchers and critics, some days online it felt like Wilson’s annual
firestorm might have finally reached . . . Continue reading →




WHEN IS A CHURCH NOT A CHURCH?




by
 * R. Scott Clark

on June 9, 2023

I was searching for something the other day and ran across chapter 18 of the
Scots Confession (1560) which speaks to the “Notes” (from the Latin, nota or
“mark” or “indicator”) of the True Kirk (church). Ordinarily, when I think of
the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Church Discipline, Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry,
Federal Vision, New Perspective(s) on Paul | Tagged Exposition of the 9 Points


HEIDELCAST FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2023: WITH CHRIS GORDON ON WHY YOU SHOULD NOT GO TO
MOSCOW




by
 * Heidelcast

on February 12, 2023 | 5 Comments

In this episode Abounding Grace Radio’s Chris Gordon joins Dr Clark to answer
emails and to explain why you should not move to Moscow. They answer email from
L asking for further explanation about how the Apostle Peter was not a Baptist,
. . . Continue reading →




LORDSHIP SALVATION, THE FEDERAL VISION, AND THE COVENANT THEOLOGY THAT THE
REFORMATION REJECTED


OR WHY HISTORY IS USEFUL

by
 * R. Scott Clark

on January 9, 2023 | 14 Comments

More than twenty years ago, in the summer of 2001, Mike Horton and I were
sitting beside a hotel swimming pool one evening during Synod Escondido, along
with several ministers from our federation (denomination) of churches (the
United Reformed Churches in North . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision, Historical Theology, History of Ideas,
Justification, Medieval Church, Salvation | Tagged congruent merit, facientibus
quod in se est Deus non denegat gratiam, Gabriel Biel, Historical Theology,
Justification, salvation | 14 Comments


SETTLING IN AND STANDING FIRM




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 * Keith Giles

on December 6, 2022 | 3 Comments

It is now around nine months since my wife and I moved to Grande Prairie (GP) in
Alberta, Canada where I have taken a call as Minister of Word and Sacrament at
Covenant Reformed URC. We are so thankful to the Lord . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Baptism, Church Life, Covenant Theology, Federal Vision,
Paedobaptism, Pastoral Ministry | Tagged Baptism, Federal Vision, Herman
Witsius, Ursinus | 3 Comments


FEDERAL VISION QUALIFIES SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE




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 * Heidelblog

on October 20, 2022 | 5 Comments

Because the FV generally denies the existence of merit, many fail to understand
whether there is any real concern with the FV’s formulation. But the formulation
is elusive. Wilson writes, “Obedient faith is the only kind that God ever gives,
and when . . . Continue reading →




DR. CLARK WITH NOCO RADIO ON THE FEDERAL VISION (PART 2)




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 * Heidelblog

on October 17, 2022 | 4 Comments

Fun, frivolity, and even serious discussions about important issues ensue when
our own Dr. Clark sits down to talk with HB contributor Mike Abendroth, on his
radio show, No Compromise Radio. You can subscribe to NoCo Radio and listen to
the episode in . . . Continue reading →




DR. CLARK WITH NO CO RADIO ON THE FEDERAL VISION (PART 1)




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 * Heidelblog

on October 14, 2022 | 3 Comments

Fun, frivolity, and even serious discussions about important issues ensue when
our own Dr. Clark sits down to talk with HB contributor Mike Abendroth, on his
radio show, No Compromise Radio. You can subscribe to NoCo Radio and listen to
the episode in . . . Continue reading →




WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BLOKE LOOKS AT THE FACTS ABOUT WILSON


LANGUAGE WARNING: HE QUOTES WILSON

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 * Heidelblog

on October 8, 2022 | 8 Comments

 (HT: Examining Moscow) Resources How To Subscribe To Heidelmedia The
Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical Creeds The
Reformed Confessions The Heidelberg Catechism Recovering the Reformed Confession
(Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, 2008) Why I Am A Christian Support Heidelmedia:
use the . . . Continue reading →




HEIDELCAST FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2022: EVERY TRIBE, TONGUE, AND NATION (16):
THIRD/FOURTH HEADS OF DOCTRINE (2)




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 * Heidelcast

on September 10, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on the the Canons of Dort where we
are looking at the Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort on
the application of salvation. In this episode he discusses how . . . Continue
reading →




ANOTHER “IDOL OF THE HEART” TO BE MORTIFIED: PLACING CULTURE OVER CHRIST




by R. Scott Clark on July 29, 2022

Twenty five years ago a famous preacher in NYC made the expression “idols of the
heart” ubiquitous. There is another idol of the heart that needs to be added to
the list. Continue reading →

Categorized Christ and Culture, Federal Vision | Tagged Christ and Culture,
culture war, false shepherds, Federal Vision, idols of the heart, plagiarism,
theonomy


HEIDELCAST FOR JULY 10, 2022: EVERY TRIBE, TONGUE, AND NATION (7): FIRST HEAD OF
DOCTRINE (4)




by
 * Heidelcast

on July 9, 2022

In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on the the Canons of Dort where we
are looking at the First Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort starting with
Canons of Dort 1.8. They confessed what they did because the . . . Continue
reading →




HEIDELCAST 213: ANSWERING BRIAN’S TEXT ASKING HOW DO WE KNOW WHETHER TO STAY IN
A CONGREGATION AND CONTINUING THE SERIES OUR FATHER (4)


WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY: "OUR HEAVENLY FATHER"?

by
 * Heidelcast

on February 20, 2022

This is part four in our series on prayer, Our Father but before we get there we
answer Brian’s Heidelext message asking about whether to stay in his
congregation. They are in the process of joining the Communion of Reformed
Evangelical Churches. . . . Continue reading →




DO YOU KNOW WHO IS INFLUENCING YOUR CLASSICAL SCHOOL?




by
 * R. Scott Clark

on November 13, 2021 | 8 Comments

“Parents, however, may wish to do a little homework of their own, asking about
the level of affiliation and influence of Doug Wilson before entrusting the
formation of their children to an ACCS school.” Continue reading →




GIVEN ALL THE EVIDENCE, WHY DO SO MANY TURN A BLIND EYE? TRIBALISM




by R. Scott Clark on October 8, 2021 8 Comments

Radio talk-show host Janet Mefferd has a lengthy column explaining why a certain
figure in Moscow, ID Continue reading →

Categorized Abuse In The Church, Federal Vision, Theonomy | Tagged abuse in the
church, Federal Vision, Janet Mefferd, pastoral abuse, reconstructionism,
spiritual abuse, theonomy, tribalism | 8 Comments


IT CAN BE DIFFICULT BUT WE NEED TO OPEN OUR EYES AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACTS




by
 * R. Scott Clark

on September 29, 2021 | 12 Comments

I am not going to quote this article on the Heidelblog because some of the
language in it is not fit for a family publication.

Categorized Abuse In The Church, American Religion, Federal Vision, Theonomy |
Tagged abuse, doug wilson, Emilie Paige, Federal Vision, Hohn Cho, Moscow ID,
Natalie Greenfield, plagiarism, Rachel Green Miller, reconstructionism, Rod
Dreher, Sarah Stankorb, Sitler, The CREC Report, The Kirk, The Shubin Report,
theonomy, Wight | 12 Comments


FLASHBACK TO 2006: “PRESBYTERIANS AND PRESBYTERIANS TOGETHER” AS THE BACKGROUND
TO THE OPEN LETTER (UPDATED)




by
 * R. Scott Clark

on June 23, 2021 | 2 Comments

Editor’s Preface This document was published in April, 2006  and provoked
considerable discussion in conservative Presbyterian and Reformed world in
connection to the Federal Vision controversy. Since that time the original
publication site has been removed. Here are some responses from the . . .
Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision, NAPARC, NAPARC News, PCA | Tagged Moderates in
NAPARC, NAPARC, National Partnership, Open Letter, PPNL | 2 Comments


WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT COURAGE AND FIDELITY FROM A FARMER




by
 * R. Scott Clark

on March 11, 2021 | 3 Comments

Unlike Father Neuhaus, I guess few readers of this space will know who Henk
Navis was, but he died today. Henk did not participate in any famous
negotiations with anyone. He did not leave one communion for another. He wasn’t
celebrated or . . . Continue reading →




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