Office Hours: Stephen Nichols On Christian Education In The Late Modern Age

R. Scott Clark

on March 21, 2016

One might not know it to look at them now but it was orthodox Christians who built some of the greatest educational institutions in the world. The universities in Paris and Oxford were founded by Christians who believed the historic Christian faith. . . . Continue reading →

Polanus On The Covenant Of Works With Adam And Israel

R. Scott Clark

on January 21, 2016 | 2 Comments

God’s covenant is a bargain which God hath made with men, in which God promises to men some good, and requires of them again, that they perform those things which he commands. And that covenant is either eternal or temporal. The eternal . . . Continue reading →

Pentecostalism Is Not New

R. Scott Clark

on January 10, 2016 | 8 Comments

Montanism was a second-century movement whose leader Montanus claimed to receive direct revelation from God. In addition, two of his “prophetesses,” Priscilla and Maximilla also claimed to receive such revelation. Such revelations were often accompanied by strange behavior. When Montanus had these . . . Continue reading →

EchoZoe Interview On The Trinity

R. Scott Clark

on January 1, 2016

Each new year Andy Olson does an episode of EchoZoe on an essential Christian doctrine and the doctrine of the Trinity certainly fits. The Athanasian Creed begins with these words: “Whosoever will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he . . . Continue reading →

Taking Notes By Hand Is Better

R. Scott Clark

on December 23, 2015 | 4 Comments

What drives this paradoxical finding? Mueller and Oppenheimer postulate that taking notes by hand requires different types of cognitive processing than taking notes on a laptop, and these different processes have consequences for learning. Writing by hand is slower and more cumbersome . . . Continue reading →

Nicole On Phase Two: Opposition To Amyraut Builds

R. Scott Clark

on November 14, 2015 | 1 Comment

In 1641, Amyraut took the pen to defend Calvin’s view of reprobation, which had been severely criticized in an anonymous work. In this volume, titled Doctrinae J. Calvini de Absoluto Reprobationis Decreto Defensio, Amyraut took occasion to reassert covertly his main positions . . . Continue reading →

Studying the Heidelberg Catechism In Latin

R. Scott Clark

on November 14, 2015 | 7 Comments

We understandably think of the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) as a German-language catechism. Its first translation, however, was into Latin as the Catechesis Palatinae. This was important because, when the catechism was published relatively few people in the world spoke or read German. . . . Continue reading →

Declining Resilience Among College Students?

R. Scott Clark

on October 15, 2015 | 2 Comments

A year ago I received an invitation from the head of Counseling Services at a major university to join faculty and administrators for discussions about how to deal with the decline in resilience among students. At the first meeting, we learned that . . . Continue reading →

Tertullian: We Share Everything Except Our Wives

R. Scott Clark

on August 31, 2015 | 7 Comments

One in mind and soul, we do not hesitate to share our earthly goods with one another. All things are common among us but our wives. —Tertullian, “The Apology,” cap. 39 in Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, . . . Continue reading →

University Encourages New Best Practices: Gender Neutral Pronouns

R. Scott Clark

on August 27, 2015 | 17 Comments

Source (HT: YaYa University)

How Greek Letters Were Written In The 16th Century

R. Scott Clark

on August 26, 2015 | 3 Comments

The Lord’s Day In Eclipse

R. Scott Clark

on August 25, 2015

The earliest reason given for celebrating Sunday is that it is the day of the resurrection (Ep. of Barnabas, 15.9), but in the Jewish understanding of the week the first day commemorated creation and this idea was taken over even by Gentile . . . Continue reading →

The Constantinian Turn Was Definitive

R. Scott Clark

on August 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

The conversion of Constantine marks a watershed in the patristic period. In the second and third centuries the Church was a relatively private community, suffering from time to time the threats and the actuality of imperial persecution and looking for the end . . . Continue reading →

Ambrose: Psalms Unite The Church

R. Scott Clark

on August 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

Psalms are song by emperors; the common people rejoice in them. Each man does his utmost in singing what will be a blessing to all. Psalms are sung in the home and rehearsed on the streets. The psalm is learned without labor . . . Continue reading →

Eusebius: The Command To Sing Psalms Is Universal

R. Scott Clark

on August 5, 2015 | 2 Comments

…the command to sing psalms in the name of the Lord was obeyed by everyone in every place: for the command to sing psalms is in force in all Churches which exist among the nations, not only for the Greeks but also . . . Continue reading →

Audio: With Rick Wiles On Reformation And The Creeds

R. Scott Clark

on July 29, 2015

I talked with Rick Wiles on Monday. The show is Trunews and it is heard on radio stations all over America, across the globe, and on the web at TruNews.com. We discussed the problem of the fracture of the church, how to . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Calvin And Voltaire

R. Scott Clark

on July 27, 2015

When most of us think about the history of Reformed theology, if we think about it at all, we tend to think first of Calvin and then we typically jump to Jonathan Edwards, then perhaps to Princeton and thence to our own . . . Continue reading →

The Shepherd Of Hermas Is A Dull Novel

R. Scott Clark

on July 24, 2015 | 2 Comments

Dr. Bunsen calls it “a good but dull novel,” and reminds us of a saying of Niebuhr (Bunsen’s master), that “he pitied the Athenian3 Christians for being obliged to hear it read in their assemblies.” —F. Crombie, “Introductory Note to the Pastor . . . Continue reading →

Jerome On Monepiscopacy: The Triumph Of Pragmatism Not Principle

R. Scott Clark

on July 16, 2015 | 2 Comments

The presbyter is the same as the bishop, and before parties had been raised up in religion by the provocations of Satan, the churches were governed by the Senate of the presbyters. But as each one sought to appropriate to himself those . . . Continue reading →

Identity Markers: Why Some Axioms Persist

R. Scott Clark

on July 15, 2015 | 1 Comment

Peter Berger has been an influential and important sociologist of religion for more than 50 years. He is presently Professor Emeritus of Religion, Sociology and Theology and Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. To review a . . . Continue reading →

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