Editor’s Note: Originally posted on Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 09:46AM. Lightly edited. Roger Olson is at it again. He wants to know where God was when the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. The smart aleck answer, of course is, “Everywhere, right where . . . Continue reading →
Author: R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He is professor emeritus of church history and historical theology at Westminster Seminary California, where he taught for 29 years. He also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009.
Must Reformed Christians Be Cessationist?
UPDATE 6 June 2009. While working on another project today I stumbled across Garnet H. Milne, The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation: The Majority Viewpoint on Whether Extra-Biblical Prophecy is Still Possible (Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster/Eugene OR: . . . Continue reading →
Is the Evangelical Sub-Culture Dying?
Newsweek’s Lisa Miller thinks so even if she doesn’t put it quite that way. It’s probably a good thing in many respects, especially if it saves us from idolatrous and tacky (e.g. bobblehead) “Jesus junk.”
Big News From Reformation2Germany
Sebastian writes about the ongoing work to plant a confessional Reformed congregation in Heidelberg: First, this coming Lord’s Day, June 7, about sixteen of us will gather in our new office space in downtown Heidelberg. It will be the first official gathering. . . . Continue reading →
Eddie Bauer on Creeds, Promises, and Covenants
I continue to learn theology at one of our local malls. Last fall I learned about True Religion. More recently I was at Eddie Bauer. Upon putting away the store receipt I happened to notice a little blurb on the back titled, . . . Continue reading →
Erskine College Students Petition ARP
Here. (HT: LIg Duncan/Ref21)
On the Making of Creeds
Iain has helpful thoughts relative to the (breathtaking) brevity of the ETS statement. I’m not sure I agree with his assessment of the academic quality of the ETS. Prima facie evidence: 1) they’ve allowed me to give papers; 2) perhaps the bib . . . Continue reading →
15 Books Regarding the Cross
In the recent discussions of the atonement the impression is sometimes created that the penal-substitution doctrine is a mere construct, a figment of the imagination that rests on no biblical foundation. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Nick’s list of resources . . . Continue reading →
Recent Reviews of RRC
UPDATE 3 June 09. You can track reviews of and comments on RRC via WordPress and at Amazon. 1. On the more friendly side, Shaun Nolan and Matt Bohling (WSC alumni and PCA pastors) have an edifying and thoughtful podcast:
Shane is Reading Ames
On worship. You can get your own copy of the first volume of the CRT series by clicking on the image to the left.
HR 1913: Problematic for Churches? (Updated)
UPDATE 3 June 2009 Robert Gagnon, NT Prof at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (a PCUSA school!) has published a new essay replying to HR 1913. The bill has been passed by the House and is now in a Senate committee as SB 909. . . . Continue reading →
Jeff is Reading Grabill on Natural Law
And he comes to some interesting conclusions.
The Web is Bandit Country
Says Carl at Ref21.
Is the Church a Gospel Coalition?
Because the Gospel Coalition isn’t a church.
Two-Way Traffic on the Presbyterian Mainline
One of the major reasons I wrote Recovering the Reformed Confession was to call attention to a weird sort of two-way traffic. Some in the Reformed Churches in North America and apparently in Scotland seem ready to abandon the very thing that . . . Continue reading →
WSC Commencement 2009: Kim Riddlebarger (Updated)
You know Kim as pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim, CA, the mastermind behind the Riddleblog, and probably as co-host of the White Horse Inn. He he is a thoughtful scholar and theologian and we have truly enjoyed having him on campus . . . Continue reading →
Five Arguments Against Future Justification Based on Works
By Rick Philips at Ref21. UPDATE 1 June 2009: Mark Jones responded to Phililips and Nick Batzig responded to Jones on this topic.
Risking the Truth Reviewed
Jeremy Walker reviews it at the Wanderer.
Ames Sale
Details at RHB
Farel's Baptismal Form
William (Guillaume) Farel preceded Calvin Geneva and worked alongside him in advancing the Reformation there and elsewhere in the Francophone world in the 16th century. Wes Bredenhof has a fascinating account of his baptismal liturgy, which features a strong emphasis on the . . . Continue reading →