In the October, 2019 issue of Ordained Servant is an introduction to the Canons of Dort, “The Synod of Dort: Keeping Venom From the Lips.” It is also available in print. Here’s just a bit with a link to the rest. Continue reading →
The late Reformation era slogan semper Reformanda has been often abused. It is often taken to mean that we need to get rid of basic Reformation convictions, e.g., sola Scriptura, the doctrine that Holy Scripture is sufficient for Christian faith and practice. What it . . . Continue reading →
This slender volume contains four essays. One written jointly by Crawford Gribben and Chris Caughey, one by Matthew Bingham, one by D. G. Hart, and one by yours truly. Ordinarily this volume is, for its size, rather expensive. It is a little . . . Continue reading →
I think I first read about “web logs” about 1995, when I was teaching at Wheaton College. Then they were the domain of people writing about what they had for breakfast. They were daily, public journals where people recorded online their most . . . Continue reading →
If you are in the Metroplex May 24–25, it would be good to see you at the Spring conference hosted by Covenant OPC (10750 Westpoint Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76108). The conference is: The Abraham Paradigm. You may register online before the . . . Continue reading →
“SocMedia” refers to Social Media platforms, e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and iTunes. It also includes video platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo. These are websites that ostensibly a wide variety of users to post content. The attraction of such sites is that . . . Continue reading →
This volume appeared last fall but the price point (as the sales people say) was rather high. On 25 January 2019 the e-book will be priced affordably at 9.99 in dollars, pound sterling, and euros. Order here. Here is an interview about the . . . Continue reading →
In October of last year the HB noted the release of the documentary American Gospel, an exposé of the so-called “prosperity gospel,” as well as the widespread confusion in evangelicalism over the nature of justification. I noted then, for far too many . . . Continue reading →
Happy New Year from the Heidelblog. Thanks to the two-hundred ninety-four thousand HB readers in 2018 and to the thousands of you who listened to Abounding Grace Radio, the Heidelcast, and to Office Hours. Together (between the Heidelblog and rscottclark.org) you downloaded . . . Continue reading →
The theme for the annual faculty conference is Remembering the Canons of Dort. The conference is scheduled for January 18–19, 2019 on the campus of Westminster Seminary California. Until December 1, 2018, the registration fee is $50.00 After the December 1, it . . . Continue reading →
You have been thinking about getting this book but have been hesitating because of the price. Hesitate no longer. Now through Cyber Monday, the e-book version of On Being Reformed is on sale for $15.00, a savings of $34.99.
Thanks to the generosity of Crawford Gribben (who organized the project and did the thankless work of herding cats), we have a copy of On Being Reformed: Debates Over A Theological Identity to give away. Be the first person to call the . . . Continue reading →
Not everything in my (surface) mailbox at work is equally fascinating but on Monday afternoon I found these sent as a gift from someone (thank you!) from The Dort Store in Otsego, MI (about 37 miles south of Grand Rapids). These are . . . Continue reading →
On Being Reformed marshals the exceptional historical and ecclesiastical expertise of its various contributors to address the much debated identity of the Reformed tradition. Informed in their use of sources, forthright in their arguments, and irenic in tone, these essays will serve readers well by helping them discern where the fault lines between Baptist and Reformed churches truly lie and also where the bonds of unity in faith and practice may be found. Both are necessary services for those of us who inhabit a living Reformed tradition and wish to see it flourish in days ahead.”
Scott R. Swain, James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA. Continue reading →
“Advice to Young Preachers” appears in the Summer issue of Expositor, a publication of Steve Lawson’s OnePassion Ministries.
In October of 1545, Heinrich von Wolfenbüttel (1489–1568), the Romanist Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneberg-Wolfenbüttel, in the process of a attempting to recover lands taken from him by the Protestant Schmalkald League (in 1542), was taken captive along with his sons. The Lutheran territories . . . Continue reading →
A belated Happy New Year from the Heidelblog! Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of you who read the HB in 2017 and to the thousands of you who listened to the Heidelcast. Together (between the Heidelblog and rscottclark.org) you downloaded pages . . . Continue reading →
From time to time I get the question, “Why do you blog?” This is my attempt at an answer. § The first time I remember seeing the word “weblog” was in 1995 or 1996. At the time it was widely regarded as . . . Continue reading →
I am a Logos software user. I still use my older software for some things but for research Logos has become very valuable to me. The wealth of resources now included with Logos, the power of the search functions and the flexibility . . . Continue reading →