Yet we have already seen that serious injustice is done to God’s covenant if we do not assent to it, as if it were weak of itself, since its effect depends neither upon baptism nor upon any additions. Afterward, a sort of . . . Continue reading →
Covenant Theology
Calvin: In The Supper Christ Feeds Believers On His Body And Blood
In his Sacred Supper he bids me take, eat, and drink his body and blood under the symbols of bread and wine. I do not doubt that he himself truly presents them, and that I receive them. John Calvin | Institutes of . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 18, 2025: Nourish And Sustain (1): An Interview With Harrison Perkins About His Forthcoming Book, Take and Eat
In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 11, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (36): Our Final Standing Before God
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For May 4, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (35): Articles of the Last Things
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Was Calvin A Nestorian?
Nestorius, the fifth-century patriarch of Constantinople, has haunted Calvin’s Christology for centuries. A startling variety of theologians have accused him of Nestorianism, teaching that there are two Christs, two persons: one divine, the other human. Ironically, the first to charge Calvin with . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For April 27, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (34): Articles of Faith
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Vermigli: Children Of Believers Are Not Worse Off
Those who claim that Hebrew infants should be circumcised, but that ours should not be baptized, make God more gracious to Jews than to Christians. Peter Martyr Vermigli |Commentary on Romans 4:11 (HT: Adam Parker) RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! Download the . . . Continue reading →
Ursinus: We Baptize Infants Because They Belong To The Covenant Of Grace
First, all that belong to the covenant and church of God are to be baptized. But the children of christians, as well as adults, belong to the covenant and church of God. Therefore they are to be baptized as well as adults. . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For April 20, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (33): The Holy Spirit and Our Sanctification
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Goodwin: Children And Gentiles Are Included In The External Administration Of The Covenant Of Grace
The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the Gospel, are included by God within the covenant of Grace, as well as Abraham’s or David’s seed within that covenant of theirs. Thomas . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: The Abrahamic Covenant And The New Covenant Are Substantially Identical
Both can be explained in one word. The covenant made with all the patriarchs is so much like ours in substance and reality that the two are actually one and the same. Yet they differ in the mode of dispensation. But because . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For April 13, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (32): The Return of Christ and Last Things
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Calvin: Children Are Included In The New Covenant Because It Is Abrahamic
Yet Scripture opens to us a still surer knowledge of the truth. Indeed, it is most evident that the covenant which the Lord once made with Abraham [cf. Gen. 17:14] is no less in force today for Christians than it was of . . . Continue reading →
Zanchi: We Agree With The Ancient Church That Children Are Included In The New Covenant
We believe, with the whole ancient Church, that not only adults who have declared that they repent of their sins and believe in Christ, but also their little children, must be admitted to the sacrament of baptism, since the covenant also concerns . . . Continue reading →
Vermigli: The Reformed Accept The Children Of Believers As Members Of The Church
We do not exclude the children of believers from the church, but accept them as members, with the hope that they are partakers of divine election and have the grace and Spirit of Christ, even as they are the seed of saints. . . . Continue reading →
Turretin: Christ Included Children Into New Covenant
Because to infants belongs the kingdom of heaven according to the declaration of Christ: “Little children were brought unto Christ, that he should put his hands on them and pray” (Mt. 19:13*). Since the disciples would repel them, Christ said, “Suffer little . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For April 6, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (31): Three Benefits of the Ascension of Christ
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For March 30, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (30): The Ascension of Jesus Christ
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Heidelcast For March 23, 2025: Comfort of the Covenant (29): The Benefits of Christ’s Resurrection
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →