Ours is an age marked by profound alienation, anxiety, and hopelessness. The previous U.S. Surgeon General observed that Americans suffer from a pervasive epidemic of loneliness. “Deaths of Despair,” such as drug overdose and suicide, have cut short the average American life expectancy for the past decade. Continue reading →
The present book is something of an experiment. The translation is intended for the world at large, not only for theological students. If it succeeds, other translations of other great Christian Books will presumably follow. In one sense, of course, it is . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark answers the question, “What Would Calvin Say About Premillennialism?” Continue reading →
Could it be that the way we speak about motherhood betrays a pharisaical tendency to self-aggrandize the ordinary, good, and faithful work that mothers do, while minimizing the ordinary, good, and faithful work of everyone else? And this mindset doesn’t only minimize . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 1–7. Continue reading →
Being included into the visible, Christ-confessing covenant community (the church) is only the beginning of the story of our Christian life. There is still the living of the Christian life. As the Reformed churches understand Scripture, the church is essential to the . . . Continue reading →
In this “best of” episode, Dr. Clark speaks with Reverends Chris Gordon and John Fonville. Continue reading →
What’s the date again? Continue reading →
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends talk about elders & deacons, and law & gospel. Continue reading →
Every sin leaves a stain. Hasty words, undone duties, secret thoughts that rot in the corners of conscience. Water cannot reach them. Resolve’s solvent cannot lift them. Only one blood has power to cleanse what lies beneath the surface of the soul. . . . Continue reading →
Control versus chaos—which is winning? If you scan the world and your life, which one seems to be prevailing? Control is generally the team we want to win; it is the good, and chaos is not. But in this contest or battle . . . Continue reading →
In a season where we are obsessed about inconveniences stemming from government shutdowns and market fears, a longer historical perspective with clearer vision is needed. Then, again, since the shutdown began, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flat and the NASDAQ is . . . Continue reading →
Listen as Brad Isbell from the Presbycast and some Reformed Poli-Sci Guys talk about the Young (and New?) Right Continue reading →
When discussing the success of Mormons, who prefer to be known as Latter Day Saints, in spreading their religion, people point to four points of persuasion: They have good families. They are nice people. They have had an intense religious experience. They . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark continues his series on abuse in the church. Continue reading →
There is a strange tension pulsing through American Christianity right now. At the very moment when many believers are shouting louder to “take back the culture,” Jesus whispers a counterintuitive paradox: “Blessed are the meek.” It is precisely this upside-down ethic—the quiet . . . Continue reading →
At the Synod of Dort, the foreign delegates spoke as broadly as possible about the worth and sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice. The English theologians even stated that Christ, in a sense, had died for all: “Christ so died for all that all . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr. Clark continues his series on abuse in the church. Continue reading →
Bumper sticker theology—it does not seem to be as big today, but years ago you would see all sorts of theological statements on car bumpers. Some were better than others, of course. But the problem with all of these slogans was that . . . Continue reading →
The Compromise of the School of Saumur. The School of Saumur represents an attempt to tone down the rigorous Calvinism of the Synod of Dort, and to avoid at the same time the error of Arminianism. This is seen especially in the . . . Continue reading →