Now if we loudly preach all this, and testify to all this, namely that Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, always changeless, always imperishable, though He comes in the changeable and the perishable; never stained Himself, but . . . 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.
Jesus’ Spring House Cleaning
[K:NWTS 4/2 (Sep 1989) 22–32] John 2:13–22R. Scott Clark Even with the latest in household appliances spring cleaning is unpleasant. Things come to such a state in the garage, basement and in the children’s rooms that we find it necessary to really . . . Continue reading →
Reminder: Please Subscribe The English Translation Of Polanus
Amandus Polanus (1561–1610) was a theologian and Professor of Old Testament in Basel. He produced one of the most important systematic theologies of the early orthodox period. It has never been translated into English. There is, however, a publisher willing to take . . . Continue reading →
VanDrunen: The Idea That Race Is A Biological And Cultural Reality Is Spurious
Race and racism are obviously controversial issues. Writing on the subject is a thankless task, bound to provoke accusations that an author is enthralled by some nefarious ideology and insufficiently enlightened by a better one. This essay has no agenda either to . . . Continue reading →
Why Did They Not Want You To Know This?
An employee of Big Pharma explains what she learned about how the vaccine was developed. Continue reading →
An Episode Illustrating What Social Media Is
The Story A couple of days ago a young man took a firearm to school in Arlington, TX. He shot another student and a teacher. He was released on bond the next day and the social-media outrage machine heated up almost immediately. . . . Continue reading →
Given All The Evidence, Why Do So Many Turn A Blind Eye? Tribalism
Radio talk-show host Janet Mefferd has a lengthy column explaining why a certain figure in Moscow, ID Continue reading
He Did Not Empty Himself Of His Deity. He Figuratively Poured Himself Out Like A Drink Offering
B.B. Warfield once wrote an article on Philippians 2 titled, “Imitating the Incarnation.” This is precisely the aim of Paul in Philippians 2, that we should have the same mind of Jesus Christ. Paul explains for us what Christ’s perspective was in . . . Continue reading →
Reminder: Wikipedia Is Not A Reliable Resource. It is Just Another Social Media Platform
Regular readers of this space will know how often I have warned about the problems of Wikipedia. The truth about Wikipedia is that it is not a reliable resource. I warn my students that if they cite it in their research they have . . . Continue reading →
John Owen Defended Infant Baptism
III. The question is not whether all infants are to be baptized or not; for, according to the will of God, some are not to be baptized, even such whose parents are strangers from the covenant. But hence it will follow that . . . Continue reading →
Teaching The Heidelberg Catechism In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Updated Resource: The Reformed Reading List
Correspondents regularly ask me for a list of recommended readings. I produced one years ago which I updated just today. Continue reading
Two Millennia Of Western History To The Michigan AG: Yes, Please Enforce The Second Table Of The Decalogue
Until Very Recently We All Expected The Magistrate To Enforce The Second Table Of The Decalogue
…All of the items Plutarch mentions—adultery not least—are scourges that undercut the very fabric of society. It is a sad fact that some dads don’t know this, or don’t care; it is positively shocking that Michigan’s attorney general seems not to, either. . . . Continue reading →
With The Guilt, Grace, Gratitude Podcast On The Development Of Reformed Covenant Theology In The Reformation
Contrary to what some Dispensational writers have claimed the Christian church, in the post-apostolic period, has always taught covenant theology. The Epistle of Barnabas (c. AD 120) wrote a fairly mature covenantal explanation of the history of redemption, the unity of the . . . Continue reading →
Sometimes The Side Effects Are Intended
Individual monomania is rarely a social problem. One person who is obsessed with butterflies or with a particular celebrity, or who sees everything in sexual, economic, or religious terms, is just an eccentric, although sometimes a tiresome one. The monomaniac may suffer . . . Continue reading →
Now In One Volume: Geerhardus Vos, Reformed Dogmatics
For those of us who love Reformed theology and are interested in its modern development, Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) is a significant figure. He spent most of his career, at Princeton Seminary, reforming and developing what had come to be known in the . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Planting A Confessional Reformed Congregation In Ventura To Reach The Lost
This episode (#274) begins the 13th season of Office Hours. This semester Westminster Seminary California began its 41st year and the original primary purpose is still the primary purpose: to prepare men for pastoral ministry. It is the seminary’s conviction that it . . . Continue reading →
You Are Not A Canonical Actor Or How To Avoid Nightmare Alley
Episode 8 of the Christianity Today podcast, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill,” illustrates the degree to which the restless, feather-swallowing (according to Luther) anti-canonical spirit has influenced modern evangelical theology, piety, and practice. The Reformation principle (if not always its practice) . . . Continue reading →
How Christians May Avoid Panic In The Midst Of A Cultural Revolution
Christianity offers the best news in the world. The gospel declares that through faith in Jesus Christ, we receive the forgiveness of our sins. With this assurance of God’s love, comes the promise that we receive a citizenship in heaven, a home . . . Continue reading →
Good Guys, Bad Guys, And A Missing Category
The largest NAPARC denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is in the throes of an identity crisis. Founded by Southern Presbyterians and emerging out of the old PCUS (the Southern version of the Presbyterian mainline) it has always been more more broadly . . . Continue reading →