At Broken Wills he says, “Recovering the Reformed Confession by R. Scott Clark, Review: An excellent book that I cannot praise enough. It is timely in that is points to the present and pressing problems in Reformed churches and because it will . . . Continue reading →
Author Archives: R. Scott Clark
Audio: Darryl Hart on "Deconstructing Evangelicalism"
The fellows at CTC provide an excellent interview with WSC’s own Darryl Hart on the nature and deconstruction of contemporary evangelicalism and the differences between evangelicalism and Reformed theology, piety, and practice. Is it possible that evangelical-ism doesn’t really exist? It’s a . . . Continue reading →
Why Must He Be a True and Righteous Man? (Heidelberg Catechism 16 pt 2)
Question 16 Part 2: Satisfaction for Sin Few things rankle the modern mind more than the idea that God’s justice must be “satisfied.” The old liberals (and some new feminists! See Lucy Reid, She Changes Everything, 16) derided this notion as “slaughterhouse . . . Continue reading →
An Anabaptist Doctrine of Revelation
Dan’s at it again. He’s been reading sources.
A Visual Tour Through American Pop Religion
From the weird to the wonderful.
Iain Campbell is Reading RRC!
and writing about it at Ref21. You can order your copy of RRC here.
If Epistemic Self-Consciousness Came to Football
The Onion illustrates the truth of Van Til’s program (HT: D. J. Goodwiler). This is what happens when Van Til’s “man of water” realizes he’s all wet.
What Happens When Reader is King
Carl explains this and other absurdities at Ref21.
Ecclesial Apartheid?
What’s weird is that it’s often intentional.
Life Imitating Art
Kim notes that Washington State is is now recognizing Festivus (whoever needed an official holiday to air grievances?). This is yet another reason why we need to insist on two kingdoms.
Clark and Schilder on "The Categorical Distinction"
Wes has some helpful source material on this topic. He begins with a survey on my chapter on the distinction between theology as God knows it (theologia archetypa) and theology as it is revealed to us (theologia ectypa). In the second half of . . . Continue reading →
Make the HB a Technorati Favorite
The HB is now registered on technorati.com. You can make it a favorite here.
WSCs Matt Haeck Gets Some Love at Adiaphora
It’s okay. It’s literary love.
Trueman on Luther as Pastoral Revolutionary
Thanks to the Reformed Fellowship (HT: Confessional Outhouse)
Audio: Godfrey on 2 Thess 2:9-3:5
Online at WSC.
Of Remonstrants and Rationalists
Bavinck had some interesting things to say.
Neo-Barthians v Neo-Orthodox
This is a really interesting piece by Erskine College prof. William B. Evans at Ref21. Barth’s dialectical method makes him inherently difficult. He can always be quoted on two sides of an issue. I also agree with Evans that, in the end, . . . Continue reading →
Did the Reformation Spawn a Million Churches? or Who’s the Modernist Here?
That’s the old canard that the Emergent Village folks appear to be trotting out (HT: Daily Scroll). Honestly, I wonder where this lot went to school. I noted the strange historical story that EV folk tell themselves in my essay in Brian . . . Continue reading →
Freemasons a Cult?
The late Walter Martin used to argue that they are. Now you can see the video. In the limited reading I did back in the late 80s I came to the same conclusion. Back then the lodges were on the decline and . . . Continue reading →
Jason is Reading RRC
At De Regnis Duobus (Concerning the Two Kingdoms).