Already frail in health, J. Gresham Machen kept his appointment to preach in North Dakota. For someone reared in Machen’s world, the Presbyterian Church was far from being a “little flock,” as Jesus described his church (Luke 12:32). It was powerful in . . . Continue reading →
Christian Nationalism
What Is The “Woke Right”?
The phrase “woke right” has been around for several years. In a 2022 interview, U.S. representative Dan Crenshaw (R) criticized the “woke right,” which he described as a mostly “online phenomenon.” According to Crenshaw, people on the woke right portray themselves as . . . Continue reading →
The Nazi Books Did Not Drop Out Of The Blue In Ogden
In 1935, U.S. Ambassador To Germany William Dodd warned the State Department of the “virtually dictatorial powers over Protestant Church matters” the new Nazi Minister of Church Affairs possessed. Describing the ecclesiastical resistance to Adolf Hitler’s desperate grasp for the keys to . . . Continue reading →
Carl F. H. Henry Against The Nazis
What is widely overlooked today is that a worldview based on naturalistic evolution can provide no reasonable foundation for either the universality or the permanence of human rights; it was precisely such naturalistic theory that underlay the Nazi repudiation of the inherited . . . Continue reading →
Christian Nationalism Is A Sign Of Decline, Not Renewal
If one is hapless enough to watch television or listen to conservative or religious (or conservative religious) radio, one hears endless rhetorical prefaces that assert the decline of Christianity in the industrialized West (or any of its sub-parts). In almost every case, . . . Continue reading →
Video: Ethno-Nationalism, Kinism, and Racial Essentialism
In this episode, host Rev. Chris Gordon is joined by the regular guest panel, Rev. Dr. Dan Borvan and Dr. R. Scott Clark, to discuss a vital and urgent threat showing up in the theological landscape: ethno-nationalism and kinism. Following recent statements . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: These Are Not Illinois Nazis (Part 2)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about kinism and Christian nationalism. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: These Are Not Illinois Nazis (Part 1)
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about kinism and Christian nationalism. Continue reading →
Inside “The War for Normal”: How a Christian conference ended up selling Nazi propaganda
To a nerdy homeschooled teenager in the deeply churched South, conferences were a normal part of life. I remember singing martial psalms in the Blue Ridge Mountains during an all-day family seminar, being introduced by my pastor-grandfather to Tim Keller at a . . . Continue reading →
Hart On The Proximate Roots Of Christian Nationalism
Among evangelical and Presbyterian-leaning Protestants, the first iteration of Christian nationalism came with Francis Schaeffer’s transformation from the philosophical guru at a small Christian study center in Switzerland into the public intellectual behind the New Christian Right. His documentary series and book, . . . Continue reading →
These Are Not Illinois Nazis
At Synod Calgary, held June 8–11 by the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA),1 as delegates debated whether or how to adopt a statement that had been adopted by several other sister churches, one pastor rose to say that three families . . . Continue reading →
The PCA Study Committee Rebuffs Establishmentarians And Ethnonationalists
This section of the report has sought to provide a thorough, fair, and constitutionally grounded analysis of the relationship between the PCA’s Constitution and the various positions held under the heading of “Christian Nationalism.” Based on this analysis, the Committee offers the . . . Continue reading →
Mike Horton And Kevin Vallier On Christian Nationalism And Catholic Integralism
Political philosopher Kevin Vallier joins Michael Horton to assess the case for and against Catholic integralism, Christian nationalism, and the postliberal challenge to a classical liberal political order. Continue reading →
Bad Company Corrupts Good Morals
To begin, we need to cover two key topics: the words, behavior, and associations of Zachary Garris and the teaching record of the Presbyterian Church in America on issues of racial sin. After that, I want to move toward a broader point . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Jesus and Trump
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about Jesus and Trump. Continue reading →
The Rise And Fall Of Christian Nationalism
“By any objective, scientific standard, blacks are not fully human.” “Adolf Hitler was a Christian prince.” “It was evil to permit women to vote.” “You can have either a civilization or blacks — but not both. What must be done is obvious.” . . . Continue reading →
Revisionist Confessional History
There is an idea floating around that all the teachings of the original version of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646/1647) are basically included in or assumed by the revised American version of 1788/1789 and that agreeing with/preferring the original is more or . . . Continue reading →
Contra Webbon et al.: Denying That Jesus Is A Jew Denies His True Humanity (Part 2)
Before the Apostles’ Creed was fully formed, the ancient postapostolic church confessed the “rule of faith” (regula fidei). One of the first places we see the rule is in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies, which dates to about AD 180. Book 1 included this . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Theonomy and the Federal Vision; Separated at Birth?
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about theonomy. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: The Theonomy of the Christian Left—Refugees and the Two-Fold Kingdom
In this episode Dr. Clark talks about how the USA is not Old Testament Israel. Continue reading →