Beliefs come first for the church and her culture. This conviction explains Clark’s involvement in several scraps about theology proper and soteriology. Doctrine may divide, but it surely delineates and defines matters of eternal, salvific importance. What one believes about who God is and what the God-Man has done is a matter of life and death. As Machen said, “In the sphere of religion, as in other spheres, the things about which men are agreed are apt to be the things that are least worth holding; the really important things are the things about which men will fight.” Clark is one of the few men to have consistently opposed the errors of Federal Vision theology for more than two decades, and his recent work on the doctrine of God contributes to the noble efforts of Christians in nearly every century to uphold orthodoxy. Defending doctrine is often a thankless task, but it is necessary.

Brad Isbell, Remembering the Reformed Confession, Essays on Theology, Piety and Practice, ed. Harrison Perkins (Heidelberg Reformation Association, 2026), 150.

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