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Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

Natalie Greenfield’s Email Exchange With The Pastor Who Defends Her Rapist

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  • R. Scott Clark
on April 12, 2022

The following is preserved for historical purposes. The original post has been removed. This version is preserved at archive.org. MY EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH THE PASTOR WHO DEFENDS MY RAPIST Last September, I wrote this blog post in response to a resurgence of . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Archives, Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul | Tagged pastoral abuse

Should I Buy It? A Book Review

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on January 5, 2016

Frequently I receive the question in my inbox: “Should I buy this book?” What I would like to say is, “Yes, buy every book but don’t buy every book you buy.” I think it is a good idea to own and read . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul, Systematic Theology | Tagged John Frame, Norman Shepherd, review

The PCA Ad Interim Report On The Federal Vision

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on July 5, 2013

The PCA Ad Interim Report On The Federal Vision

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul | Tagged ad interim report, Federal Vision, pca, vitals of religion

The URCNA Synodical Committee Report on the Federal Vision

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on April 9, 2013

The URCNA Report On Justification and the Federal Vison

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul | Tagged Federal Vision, new perspective, United Reformed Churches in North America

Cuando las Buenas Nuevas se Vuelven Malas

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on September 4, 2012

(publicado primero en Evangelium, Vol. 2, Número 2, Mar/Abr 2004) Traducción de Donald Herrera Teran Introducción La palabra «Evangelio» es tan familiar y se usa tan frecuentemente que es posible perder de vista su significado genuino, «buenas nuevas.» Este asunto es vital . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

Baptism and the Benefits of Christ

“Baptism and the Benefits of Christ: The Double Mode of Communion” in The Confessional Presbyterian 2 (2006): 3–19.

by R. Scott Clark on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 7:57 AM

More Resources on the Federal Vision

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on September 1, 2012

Rick Phillips (PCA/Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals) on the FV. David VanDrunen (WSC) on Norm Shepherd. My theses on covenant theology (touching both NPP and FV) The history of covenant theology. Lectures from the January 2006 conference on the sacraments are available from . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

The Federal Vision and the Reformed Hermeneutic

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  • R. Scott Clark
on September 1, 2012

One of the most frequent claims made in defense of the self-described Federal Vision (hereafter FV) is the claim that they are “only following the Bible.” A corollary of that is the claim that Reformed confessionalists “have already decided in advance what . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

Report of the URCNA Synodical Study Committee on the Federal Vision and Justification

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on August 28, 2012

This report was written for Synod London (Ontario, Canada) 2010. The PDF is here.

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

After the Federal Vision: The Return of Moralism

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on September 1, 2008

August, 2008 (rev 2012) Preface The Federal Vision is a self-named, proposed, radical, revision of the Reformed covenant theology, doctrine of salvation, and doctrine of the church. In place of the biblical doctrine of unconditional election, it proposes to add a second, . . . Continue reading →

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Theonomy and the Federal Vision

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on September 1, 2007

One aspect of the self-named Federal Vision movement that is sometimes overlooked is its connection to theonomic ethics. “Federal Vision” (hereafter FV) refers to a movement with roots in the early 1970s (see below) but that developed in the 1990s. They took . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

Three Ways of Relating to the One Covenant of Grace

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  • R. Scott Clark
on September 1, 2007

Sometime back the question was raised: We know that there are at least two categories of people within Scripture, the elect, and the non-elect. However, it might be apparent that there is a third class of people, those who have taken the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Covenant Theology, Federal Vision and New Perspectives on Paul

The Nine Points of (URCNA) Synod (Schereville) 2007 Against the Federal Vision

by
  • R. Scott Clark
on August 28, 2007

THE NINE POINTS OF (URCNA) SYNOD (SCHEREVILLE) 2007 Synod affirms that the Scriptures and confessions teach the doctrine of justification by grace alone, through faith alone and that nothing that is taught under the rubric of covenant theology in our churches may . . . Continue reading →

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