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September 2017 Archive

It’s Here: CALVINIST—The Movie

by R. Scott Clark on September 30, 2017

It’s available in DVD, BluRay, and digital on-demand. My BluRay copy arrived in the mail today. It goes on sale October 2. Here’s my blurb: It has been a little more than a decade since Collin Hansen called attention to the Young, . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Reformation Resources, Reformed Resources, Young Restless and Reformed

Justification In The Earliest Christian Fathers: 1 Clement

by R. Scott Clark on September 28, 2017

Perhaps the first post-Apostolic use of the New Testament verb “to justify” (δικαιόω) occurs in 1 Clement, written just after 100 AD to the same Corinthian congregation to whom Paul had written half a century earlier. There is no claim of authorship . . . Continue reading →

Categorized History of Ideas, Justification, Patristics

Construction Update 28 September 2017

by R. Scott Clark on September 28, 2017

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Luther: Christians Have The Same Faith As Abraham

by R. Scott Clark on September 28, 2017

Therefore the only difference between Abraham’s faith and ours is this: Abraham believed in the Christ who was to be manifested, but we believe in the Christ who has already been manifested; and by that faith we are all saved. Martin Luther . . . Continue reading →

Niceta Of Serbia Contra Instruments In Worship Circa 370 AD

by R. Scott Clark on September 27, 2017

it would be tedious, dearly beloved, were I to recount every episode from the history of the Psalms, especially since it is necessary now to offer something from the New Testament and confirmation of the Old, lest one think the ministry of . . . Continue reading →

William Perkins On The Rule Of Worship And 1 Corinthians 14 Contra Good Intentions

by R. Scott Clark on September 27, 2017

V. Will worship, when God is worshiped with a naked and bare good intention, not warranted by the word of God. (Colossians 2:23) “Which things have indeed a shew o wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not . . . Continue reading →

Romans 13 Is God’s Word And “Abolish The Police” Is Not

by R. Scott Clark on September 26, 2017
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From 1980, when I first came into contact with Reformed theology, I also came into contact with theonomists. As a naïve evangelical I took Romans 13 to God’s Word and as part of the New Testament authoritative for believers in a way . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Moral Law

In Defense Of Synod 1574

by R. Scott Clark on September 23, 2017

In the course of research for a couple of purposes (a journal article and a course) I have had opportunity to read the church orders and church laws of the Dutch (Reformed) churches of the 16th and 17th centuries. I have been . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Hermeneutics, History of Reformed Worship, History of the Reformed Churches, Rule of Worship

September 23, 2017: Matthew 24:36 Is Proved Right Again (Updated)

by R. Scott Clark on September 23, 2017

It is Harold Camping all over again. Once again someone has gained notoriety for predicting the return of Jesus. This time it is a fellow named Gary Ray. Continue reading →

Categorized Hermeneutics

1578 Synod Of Dort: Organs To Be Removed ASAP

by R. Scott Clark on September 22, 2017

77. We do not consider the use of organs in the churches to be good especially for the preaching (services). Therefore, we judged that ministers should labor, even though organs are tolerated for a time, that they be removed at the earliest . . . Continue reading →

Synod Of Dort (1578): Psalms Only To Be Sung In Worship

by R. Scott Clark on September 22, 2017

76. The Psalms of David translated by Pieter Datheen shall be sung in the Christian gatherings of the Netherlands churches as has been done until now, excluding the hymns which are not found in the Bible. National Synod of the Netherlands, German, . . . Continue reading →

Resources On Instruments In Worship

by Heidelblog on September 22, 2017

Below are gathered the quotations, posts, and essays from the Heidelblog on the history, theology, and practice of instruments in public worship. Continue reading →

Categorized History of Reformed Theology, History of Reformed Worship, Reformed Practice, Regulative Principle, Resource Posts, Rule of Worship, Worship

The Judgment Of A 1574 Dutch Provincial Synod On Organs And Alms

by R. Scott Clark on September 21, 2017

50. As to the playing of organs in the church, it is maintained that this should be completely discontinued in accordance with the teaching of Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:19. And although some of these churches still use it at the end . . . Continue reading →

Civil Liberties Imperiled On American University Campuses

by R. Scott Clark on September 20, 2017

The survey results establish with data what has been clear anecdotally to anyone who has been observing campus dynamics in recent years: Freedom of expression is deeply imperiled on U.S. campuses. In fact, despite protestations to the contrary (often with statements like . . . Continue reading →

Construction Update 19 September 2017

by R. Scott Clark on September 19, 2017

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Trueman On Paglia: Liberal Christianity Cannot Cope With Sex As It Really Is

by R. Scott Clark on September 19, 2017

Yet there is another aspect to the essay, and that is Paglia’s barely concealed contempt for the attempts of liberal Christianity and of the gay lobby itself to make homosexuality respectable. For Paglia, sex is powerful and deviant sex reflects that power . . . Continue reading →

Flavel Versus Cary: The Baptists Have Made Infant Baptism The Article Of Standing Or Falling Of The Church

by R. Scott Clark on September 18, 2017

But if your meaning be, (as I strongly suspect it is) that we must not expect to be owned by Christ, except we give up infants baptism; then, I say, it is the most uncharitable, as well as unwarrantable, and dangerous censure . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Godfrey On The Lutheran And The Reformed

by R. Scott Clark on September 18, 2017
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Presently, the confessional Lutheran churches and the confessional Reformed and Presbyterian churches represent two distinct traditions and several different denominations. There is a gulf between them. Apart from a few cooperative enterprises the two traditions are not actively engaged in any major . . . Continue reading →

The Synod Of Dort On The Difference Between Law And Gospel

by R. Scott Clark on September 15, 2017

5. In the same light are we to consider the law of the Decalogue, delivered by God to His peculiar people, the Jews, by the hands of Moses. For though it reveals the greatness of sin, and more and more convinces man . . . Continue reading →

John 3 Might Not Mean What You Think It Does

by R. Scott Clark on September 14, 2017

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Piety and Practice, QIRC, QIRE, Reformed Piety

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