These were the top five posts for the week beginning September 16–22, 2024. Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 16–22, 2024
How It Happens And Why Church Government Matters
The other day in class, I was to lecture on the Marrow Controversy (c. 1700–1733) but as I listened to what the students were discussing (while I was getting the tech set up) and as I scanned their faces, I could see . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 22, 2024: The Comfort of the Covenant (5)—Caspar Olevianus’ Covenantal Christology
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Sacramentos divinamente instituídos
Às vezes, os defensores do catolicismo romano, inquiridores e até mesmo docentes nas catedrais britânicas e europeias deixam a impressão de que a Reforma se infiltrou na igreja e roubou cinco sacramentos antigos quando ninguém estava vendo. Isso é completamente falso. Não . . . Continue reading →
Cosa succede nell’Eucaristia?
Secondo te, quali sono le tre cose più importanti per la crescita spirituale personale? Immagino che per la maggior parte di noi la Parola di Dio sia una di queste. È mediante la Parola che conosciamo Cristo. Sicuramente la Parola di Dio . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How to Read the Bible (2)—What is the Bible All About?
Dr Clark continues the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →
Psalm 10—Where Is The Lord? (Part 3): Looking For Christ
This series has looked at Psalm 10 to draw out its teaching that God is near to his people even when we do not feel like he is. That point comes out through David’s twofold prayer. He first laments how the wicked . . . Continue reading →
Gamble On Wolfe’s Christian Nationalism
Judging from the attention given to Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian Nationalism, one could be excused for thinking it is a significant work of scholarship. But Wolfe’s book matters more for the stir it has created than for any weight it carries. One . . . Continue reading →
Has The Forensic Eclipsed Christ?
A friend pointed me to an interesting video (the link is now dead) by a WSC alumnus, Lane Tipton. The video is meant to be a discussion of Calvin and his doctrine of justification. I was quite pleased to hear Tipton say, . . . Continue reading →
Video: Dr. Clark on Psalm 2—Raging Kings, The Promise, and Warning
Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty series on the Psalms with a devotional from Psalm 2. Continue reading →
Machen: Justification Sola Fide Is Liberating
[Justification by faith alone] has been a liberating doctrine; to it is due most of the freedom that we possess today, and if it is abandoned freedom will soon depart. If we are interested in what God thinks of us, we shall . . . Continue reading →
Sempre abusando de semper reformanda
As igrejas reformadas têm alguns slogans maravilhosos que são repletos de verdades importantes. Às vezes, no entanto, esses slogans podem ser mal interpretados, mal comunicados e mal compreendidos. Com a possível exceção de Sola Scriptura (a Escritura somente), nenhum desses slogans foi mais frequentemente deturpado com maior prejuízo do que ecclesia . . . Continue reading →
Review: Concise Systematic Theology: An Introduction To Christian Belief. A Revised and Enhanced Edition of Salvation Belongs To The Lord By John M. Frame (Part 2)
We have considered his method, but what about Frame’s theological conclusions? Where the classic Reformed theologians typically defined theology as something that exists in God and which is accommodated to us creatures and revealed in analogues to us, for Frame, theology is . . . Continue reading →
Mas, isso é bíblico?
Anthony Bradley postou um ensaio provocativo argumentando que a plantação de igrejas é insuficiente para a mudança social. Ele apela à sua própria experiência e à história da educação e da Cristandade. O seu texto levanta algumas questões e faz outras. Primeiro, . . . Continue reading →
The Cass Report: Evidence In This Field “Remarkably Weak”
This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people on all sides of the debate to support their viewpoint. The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Are the Reformed the Frozen Chosen?
In this episode Dr Clark answers the question: “are the Reformed the frozen chosen?” Continue reading →
Calvin Versus The Baptists
But, to insist still more stoutly upon this point, they add that baptism is a sacrament of repentance and of faith. Accordingly, since neither of these can come about in tender infancy, we must guard against admitting infants into the fellowship of . . . Continue reading →
Political Sermons From The Past: A Sermon On The Anniversary Of The Independence Of America by Samuel Miller
On January 18, 2016 at Liberty University, a presidential candidate referred to a Bible passage1 in his talk, advising that Christianity was under siege. While such remarks may stir one’s passions, two centuries earlier, another speaker referred to that same passage with an entire sermon devoted to it. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast Q&A: Why Can’t Unordained People Administer Baptism?
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question: “why can’t unordained people administer baptism?” Continue reading →
Os Cânones de Dordt
Todo mundo conhece o acróstico TULIP, mas nem todos sabem de onde vem essa sigla. Os Cânones de Dordt estão entre os mais famosos, mas não lidos, veredito de qualquer Sínodo Reformado. Os cânones são mais de cinco letras. Os cânones ensinam . . . Continue reading →