One of the patterns that some economists have noted, in connection with the “Great Recession” we are experiencing, is that consumer spending continued to grow with very few pauses since 1980. At the same time, the savings rate dropped. Baby boomers (those born . . . Continue reading →
Author Archives: R. Scott Clark
Nunc Super Tunc: Does History Matter?
The title is Latin for “Now is superior to then.”1 It’s a shorthand way of getting at an attitude, which is widespread among American Christians, that says whatever we think and do now is necessarily superior to anything that was thought and . . . Continue reading →
Is the WCF Inherently Supra?
Donald John MacLean considers Guy Richards’ arguments in the most recent issue of the Confessional Presbyterian.
Audio: Sinclair Ferguson on the Puritans
Thanks to the Puritan Resource Center.
Hart Reviews Crouch on Culture Making
Here.
It's Not Too Late to Sign Up for the Calvin500 Conference (only)
If you want to attend only the conference there is info on the Calvin500 blog.
On "Private Spirits" and the Westminster Confession
Here’s a helpful post from the folks at the IRBS gathering up some recent resources on this question.
Machen: Reluctant Warrior
At GR.
Phil is Reading RRC and Living It
And reflecting on it at his blog. He’s a minister in the other URC, the UK equivalent of the American United Churches of Christ. So it’s very much in the mainline where the URCNA is very much in the sideline. So it’s . . . Continue reading →
A Reformation2Germany Project
Sebastian Heck writes: Dear friends, brothers and sisters, I briefly want to inform you of some recent developments concerning an item many of you have asked about. I know many of you have prayed – and are still praying – that in . . . Continue reading →
What if Confessional Lutherans and Reformed Agreed on Progressive Sanctification?
Darryl asks this question at the OLTS
Stott: "Substitution" is Not a Theory
At DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed.
DeYoung: After the Boomers
From Kevin’s new book.
Iain Campbell on "The Means of Grace"
…the Reformed tradition recognised, alongside its great emphasis on grace, that while we experience that grace personally and individually, we recognise it through particular channels, or ‘means’. There is a distinction to be made between means and ends – the end that . . . Continue reading →
Todd is Reading Ames on the HC
William Ames’ catechetical sermons guided by the Heidelberg Catechism is in print and in English. Todd Peddlar is reading them profitably. This volume is the first in the series Classic Reformed Theology.
The Problem with "Just as I Am"
Zrim explains.
Why Johnny Can’t Preach (4)
Part 3. Another reason Johnny can’t preach is because Johnny can’t write. To make this point Gordon begins with an important survey of the way technological changes have affected communication. We take printed texts for granted. We blithely tell people to “read . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Subscribing the Confessions
From the recent conference on this topic held by the Northern California Presbytery (OPC). (HT: DRC) Rumor has it that some folks in those parts have been seen carrying around copies of RRC.
Why Johnny Can’t Preach (3)
Part 2. The next section of the book is an analysis of one aspect of the problem: Johnny doesn’t read well. This problem has been diagnosed for many years. I see it frequently. The rise of electronic texts, which is valuable in . . . Continue reading →
Samuel Rutherford for the 21st Century
By Guy Richards at Ref21.