How To Choose A Church (2)

by R. Scott Clark on November 24, 2014

Families move. That means new schools, a new neighborhood, and a new church. How to choose a new congregation? People use a variety of criteria but are they good, biblical, true criteria? Here’s part two of the discussion with Chris Gordon, co-pastor at Escondido . . . Continue reading →

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Calvin On The Distinction Between The Old And New Covenants

by R. Scott Clark on November 24, 2014

4. Another distinction between the Old and New Testaments is in the types, the former exhibiting only the image of truth, while the reality was absent, the shadow instead of the substance, the latter exhibiting both the full truth and the entire . . . Continue reading →

Heidelberg 42: Why Must We Die Too?

by R. Scott Clark on November 23, 2014

We have our evangelical superstars but none of these luminaries have reached the brightness of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944). Most of them can walk the streets in any city undisturbed by crowds but not Sister Aimee. At the height of her . . . Continue reading →

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The Indispensability Of The Covenant Of Grace

by R. Scott Clark on November 23, 2014

And surely no Context of Holy Scripture can be solidly explicated, No Common Place of Divinity can be rightly handled, No Polemical or Controversal point can be dextrously descided, No Case of Conscience or Practical Question can be accurately resolved, No Christian . . . Continue reading →

Cornhead

by R. Scott Clark on November 22, 2014

Heidelberg 41: Why Was Jesus Buried?

by R. Scott Clark on November 22, 2014

Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of . . . Continue reading →

Clothed In The Covenant Of Grace (2)

by R. Scott Clark on November 21, 2014

Here is the recording of yesterday’s paper delivered to the Reformation Studies section at ETS. There are a few glitches in the audio: Below is the handout for the talk. OUTLINE Introduction: Olevianus the Churchman Olevianus as contributor to the catechism As . . . Continue reading →

Clothed In The Covenant Of Grace

by R. Scott Clark on November 20, 2014

I try not to burden you too much with pieces about Caspar Olevianus (1536–87) but I’m to give a paper later this morning at the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in San Diego. It’s been a few years since I wrote anything on . . . Continue reading →

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To Christ, For Us: The Savior And The Saved

by R. Scott Clark on November 20, 2014

Therefore, one can also say that the sacraments have sealed to Christ what is depicted in them for the elect. The Father promised and assured Him that, on the basis of His merits, everything represented in the sacraments would occur in the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelberg 40: Why Did Jesus Have To Die? (3)

by R. Scott Clark on November 19, 2014

In part 2 we looked at what it means to speak about God being just and about justice. In this last installment we need to consider what it means to speak of truth and the truth of God. During his interrogation of our . . . Continue reading →

Always Abusing Semper Reformanda

by R. Scott Clark on November 18, 2014

The Reformation churches have some wonderful slogans that are chock full of important truths. Sometimes, however, these slogans can be misconstrued, misreported, and misunderstood. With the possible exception of sola Scriptura (by Scripture alone), none of these slogans has been mangled more . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Steve Baugh On Christ And Wisdom

by R. Scott Clark on November 17, 2014

Scripture has a great deal to say about wisdom. The words wisdom or wise occur about 400 times in the Bible. Yet, both in and outside the visible church, ours is not an age that is characterized by that same interest in . . . Continue reading →

Pamo Ranch November 2014

by R. Scott Clark on November 16, 2014

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Junius: There Are Two Kinds Of Theology

by R. Scott Clark on November 15, 2014

Now indeed these two kinds of theology are so different that they cannot truthfully be related to some one, definite head and shared genus. Of course the first kind of theology, which we have named divine and a prototype, does not belong . . . Continue reading →

Morning Services At Crown & Joy PCA Richmond VA

by R. Scott Clark on November 15, 2014

Heidelberg 40: Why Did Jesus Have To Die? (2)

by R. Scott Clark on November 14, 2014

In the first part we considered the death of Christ in light of his three offices, prophet, priest, and king. We saw that those who view Jesus’ merely as a teacher (a reduced sort of prophet) cannot account for his death except . . . Continue reading →

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The Whole Reason For Writing Romans

by R. Scott Clark on November 13, 2014

The sum and whole cause of the writing of this epistle is to prove that a man is justified by faith only; which proposition whoso denieth, to him is not only this epistle and all that Paul writeth, but also the whole . . . Continue reading →

Forthcoming: Lion Of Princeton. Riddlebarger On Warfield

by R. Scott Clark on November 11, 2014

Congratulations to my friend and colleague Kim Riddlebarger on the forthcoming publication of his excellent work on B. B. Warfield. I read this as a PhD diss. written under Richard Muller. It’s one of the best things I’ve read on Warfield. Anyone . . . Continue reading →

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Caution Against Social Revolution Via The Judiciary

by R. Scott Clark on November 11, 2014

This is a case about change—and how best to handle it under the United States Constitution. From the vantage point of 2014, it would now seem, the question is not whether American law will allow gay couples to marry; it is when . . . Continue reading →

Heidelberg 40: Why Did Jesus Have To Die? (1)

by R. Scott Clark on November 11, 2014

From a purely human point of view, from a historical point of view, from an intellectual point of view, there have been few historical figures as compelling and important as Jesus of Nazareth. Many regard him as a sort of Jewish Socrates, . . . Continue reading →