Heidelcast 135: Calls About Bears, Corporate Repentance, Revoice, FV, And A Poll (UPDATED)

Heidelcast

on January 4, 2020 | 9 Comments

I am interrupting the series on the doctrine of God again to do the call-in show I have been promising. With this episode, you the listener get to vote on the Heidelblog. You tell me which call you liked best and I . . . Continue reading →

What Is At Stake In The “Gender” Debate?

Will Gnosticism Become The State Religion?

R. Scott Clark

on December 26, 2019 | 3 Comments

What is at stake here is much more than the right of an individual to free self-expression or an employer’s freedom of religion to hold and act on such “stereotypes.” Since everyone in the workplace of that individual employee will be asked . . . Continue reading →

With Presbycast On Same-Sex Attraction, Side B, And Concupiscence

R. Scott Clark

on September 10, 2019

We are in the midst of a large and important discussion, in the confessional Presbyterian and Reformed world, about nature, grace, sin, human sexuality, the doctrine of humanity (theological anthropology). The presenting issue, as the physicians say, is the claim that there . . . Continue reading →

On Jesus, Assumptions, Temptation, And Speculation

R. Scott Clark

on August 28, 2019 | 39 Comments

In a recent interview posted to the Australian edition of a very popular evangelical website, Ed Shaw, co-founder of the Living Out website, where it is argued that same-sex attraction (SSA) is “natural” and that SSA is not per sesinful—this is the . . . Continue reading →

AGR Conference Audio—Intersectionality: What It Is And Why It Matters

R. Scott Clark

on August 5, 2019 | 2 Comments

On July 26, 2019 AGR and the Escondido United Reformed Church were pleased to co-host the first-ever Abounding Grace Radio conference. Our speaker this year was Dr Rosaria Butterfield. She is a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse . . . Continue reading →

AGR Audio: Rosaria Butterfield—From Victim To Guest

R. Scott Clark

on July 27, 2019 | 1 Comment

Before last night’s conference, Rosaria Butterfield sat with Chris for an AGR interview about her life, the sexual-social revolution (especially after the 2015 Obergefell decision), and how Christians should respond. The audio and video from the conference were recorded and will be . . . Continue reading →

What The Gay Pride Movement Should Know About God’s Rainbow

R. Scott Clark

on July 16, 2019 | 7 Comments

Within the last twenty four hours, the rainbow has appeared everywhere. I’ve seen pictures of the White House painted with the colors of a rainbow. Silicon Valley companies are implementing all sorts of creative ways to use the rainbow as a sign of victory for the decision. Facebook has declared a celebration allowing members to add a rainbow filter to their profile picture to make clear those who support the decision. Twitter has added a rainbow heart icon with the hash tag: Love wins. From Google to Starbucks to AT&T, the rainbow has become the new flag for America, from sea to shining sea, America is now draped with the rainbow. Continue reading →

It Is Not Too Late To Register For The Conference

R. Scott Clark

on July 8, 2019 | 2 Comments

You know about Revoice but do you know about Rosaria? There is an alternative to Revoice and Rosaria Butterfield will be articulating that case, in conference, in Escondido on July 26, 7:00 PM in the Heritage Center at Calvin Christian School. The . . . Continue reading →

What Was A Comedy Sketch Is Now Daily Life In The USA

Time For Another American Revolution?

R. Scott Clark

on July 4, 2019 | 4 Comments

HT: Jack Miller

Revoice, Nashville, And The Therapeutic Revolution

R. Scott Clark

on July 2, 2019 | 16 Comments

More than 50 years ago Philip Rieff alerted us to what has been called the “therapeutic revolution.” The West did not pay attention and now our broader culture is awash in therapeutic categories and rhetoric. Anyone, on most any university campus, who . . . Continue reading →

Why You Should Not Let Hollywood Catechize Your Children

R. Scott Clark

on June 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

Had you told me that as a grown man with two adult children that I would, for any reason, write the words My Little Pony (MLP) in an article (or anywhere) I would have advised you to seek psychiatric care. Nevertheless, here we . . . Continue reading →

The Tyranny Of The New State-Religion: Incoherence

R. Scott Clark

on December 8, 2018 | 3 Comments

James Anderson is among many calling attention to the case of a teacher who has been fired by the West Point, Virginia school board for refusing to submit to their demand that he refer to students who belong biologically to one sex . . . Continue reading →

Is Persisting Sin Our Identity And May We Offer It To God?

R. Scott Clark

on November 12, 2018 | 1 Comment

A complex question came over the electronic transom this morning. It has at least two parts: (1) Is persistent sin (e.g., sexual sin or desire) our identity, who we are; (2) Does the Lord want us to offer this sin to him? . . . Continue reading →

Follow The Money: Opponents Of Religious Liberty Spending Large Sums

R. Scott Clark

on October 25, 2018 | 2 Comments

Some opponents of broad religious freedom protections have spent over $500,000 on advocacy and public relations campaigns related to the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court decision, a CNA analysis of recent foundation grantmaking has found. The spending is among at least $2.4 million . . . Continue reading →

The World Was Made To Be Known And You Were Made To Know It

R. Scott Clark

on October 24, 2018 | 4 Comments

Is the world that we experience with our five senses (taste, touch, smell, hear, sight) real or an illusion? To some that might seem like a silly question with an obvious answer but, in fact, it is one that has troubled philosophers . . . Continue reading →

Rosaria Butterfield’s Alternative To Revoice

R. Scott Clark

on August 21, 2018 | 3 Comments

RESOURCES Audio Only of This Talk (Presbycast) Gay Christians? Rosaria Butterfield: Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert What The New Testament Says About SSA and More Gagnon On Revoice

Gagnon: Revoice Is About Self-Affirmation Not Repentance

R. Scott Clark

on August 19, 2018 | 1 Comment

The second of my “Seven Concerns” about Revoice and the Spiritual Friendship movement is their unwise adoption of ungodly terminology: The adoption of terminology for self-identity that cannot be sanctified and inevitably brings in the whole “LGBTQ” baggage (“sexual minority,” “gay,” “transgender”). . . . Continue reading →

Rosaria Butterfield: Believers Are Not Defined By Their Sins

R. Scott Clark

on August 9, 2018 | 40 Comments

We must maintain that we who repent and believe stand in robes of righteousness as beloved sons and daughters of God, even as we do daily battle with any an all sexual lust and unbiblical desire that claims our affections. We are . . . Continue reading →

PCA Presbytery Objects To ‘Post-Freudian Blather’

R. Scott Clark

on August 7, 2018 | 15 Comments

Put simply, it’s one thing to openly confess same-sex attraction, another to claim one is a ‘Gay Christian’. One would never identify as a ‘Fornicating Christian’ or a ‘Murdering Christian’, etc. Paul in 1 Corinthians 6 actually points to a new identity . . . Continue reading →

A Scholar Talks Honestly About Academic Freedom And The Transgender Phenomenon

R. Scott Clark

on October 7, 2017

In the course of writing this report, I consulted a number of individuals who asked that I not thank them by name. Some feared an angry response from the more militant elements of the LGBT community; others feared an angry response from . . . Continue reading →