Human Beings Conceive and Give Birth to Human Beings

R. Scott Clark

on January 22, 2013

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image (Gen 9:6; ESV). I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it . . . Continue reading →

So We Still Believe in Reality

R. Scott Clark

on January 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

Like everyone else in America it’s been hard to turn away from the story of Manti Teo. Was he the victim of or the victimizer in an elaborate hoax? Time may tell. One aspect of this episode that interests me is the . . . Continue reading →

Armstrong, Absolution, and Oprah

R. Scott Clark

on January 14, 2013 | 5 Comments

UPDATED 14 January 2013 (see below) 9 January 2013 Sometimes the most interesting words show up in pop culture. A faithful HB correspondent (whom I won’t name for his sake) sent me a link to a story claiming that cyclist Lance Armstrong . . . Continue reading →

The Forgotten Second Point

R. Scott Clark

on December 22, 2012 | 7 Comments

In a controversial decision, at synod Kalamazoo (1924), the Christian Reformed Church adopted “Three Points” on “Common Grace” (Gemeene Gratie). They are: Concerning the favorable attitude of God toward mankind in general and not only toward the elect, the Synod declares that . . . Continue reading →

There Is Spiritual Evil in the World

R. Scott Clark

on December 16, 2012 | 23 Comments

Since the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut there have been numerous explanations offered to account for what happened. Television reporters and commentators have spoken about evil. One said that “evil rolled through” Newtown. It does not take particular genius to see that mass . . . Continue reading →

On Humanizing and Dehumanizing

R. Scott Clark

on December 11, 2012 | 7 Comments

In The Abolition of Man C. S. Lewis worried about the effects of replacing sin and forgiveness with disease and therapy. His chief concern is that we would lose our humanity. This remains a great concern. Recently, one of the Supremes, not . . . Continue reading →

Jacques Barzun Lived 104 Years

R. Scott Clark

on October 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

That’s remarkable. I didn’t know he was still alive. All my copies of his books are decades old. When I learned this morning that he died yesterday I was ashamed of myself that I had read so little. Barzun is one of . . . Continue reading →

Sympathy for Angus

R. Scott Clark

on January 13, 2012 | 5 Comments

First published 29 November 2012. Update below. By now you’ve probably heard or read about the comments by Angus T. Jones. If not, you can see them here. Through a couple of videos Jones tells the story of how he got into television . . . Continue reading →

Can This Really Be True? Yet Another Reason Machen Was Right?

R. Scott Clark

on December 29, 2010

Did school officials really suspend a Sanford, NC high school student and then file criminal charges against her because she took her dad’s lunch bag (which contained a small paring knife) to school? School officials say that had she turned herself in . . . Continue reading →

The Theological Roots of Resurgent Homosexuality

R. Scott Clark

on August 26, 2010 | 20 Comments

Ironically, in the name of “life-long commitment,” “gay marriage” (though it includes expressions of human affection) ultimately deifies self-love. It does not see the other, but narcissistically sees a reflection of self in the other. A society that makes selfishness sacred, as a defining . . . Continue reading →

Was There a Better Way to Handle This Situation?

R. Scott Clark

on November 4, 2009 | 76 Comments

We only have the testimony of this fellow. We don’t have the testimony of the lesbian supervisor to whom he refers in this video but as I watched this I couldn’t help but think that there must have been a better way . . . Continue reading →

Tattoos as a Search for Fixity in a Liquid World

R. Scott Clark

on July 23, 2009 | 78 Comments

R. R. Reno is thoughtful and always worth reading. (HT: Lawn Gospel) Actually Related Post The Church of Steel vs A Cross of Wood

Light Summer Reading

R. Scott Clark

on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

I’m part way through Lane and Oreskes on the genius of American constitutionalism. It’s a breezy spin through the history of the constitutional crisis. The first part of their thesis is attractive to Augustinians. They argue that the founders realized that their . . . Continue reading →

Is Dan Brown Selling More Than Mere Entertainment?

R. Scott Clark

on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

Ross Douthat thinks so. (HT: Justin Taylor) UPDATE: Sean Lucas has a helpful post following up on this.

Will the Evangelical Alliance with the Political Right Doom It?

R. Scott Clark

on March 10, 2009

One writer thinks so.

Blast From the Past: Cavett Interviews Updike and Cheever

R. Scott Clark

on March 3, 2009

Dick Cavett has a blog on the NYT site. He’s posted video of a 1981 interview with John Cheever and John Updike. Several things strike one about this interview.

Why Are You So Anxious?

R. Scott Clark

on March 2, 2009 | 6 Comments

One of the most valuable resources that I have found in the last 15 years is the Mars Hill Audio Journal (no connection to Mars Hill Church). Hosted by Ken Myers, each volume of the MHAJ is a collection of essays by . . . Continue reading →

Five Issues with the Inaugural Invocation

R. Scott Clark

on December 20, 2008 | 6 Comments

1. That is exists. I realize that it is tradition, but so what? Oddly, many of the same people who inveigh against a “state church” will be thrilled that “one of our guys” gets to pray the invocation. Well, Rick isn’t exactly one . . . Continue reading →

England's Past Being Erased?

R. Scott Clark

on December 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Telegraph has an interesting story concerning revisions made to the Oxford Junior Dictionary. One of the more striking assumptions behind the revision is that children need a special dictionary, and that urban, late modern, religiously pluralist or secular children need a . . . Continue reading →

What Do JFK, Mae West, C. S. Lewis, Scatman Crothers, and Shemp (Howard) Have in Common?

R. Scott Clark

on November 22, 2008 | 6 Comments

They all died on this day (HT: Steve).

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