In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Yuri Gagarin is an unlikely candidate to make an appearance in our churches. The Russian cosmonaut died in 1968. Nevertheless, you may have heard of him. He was the first man in space. He is also becoming a favorite sermon illustration of some. Continue reading →
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Half a millennium ago, as Europeans entered the year 1524, they were gazing at the heavens in trepidation, fearful of a Grand Conjunction that was set to occur. Johann Stöffler, a professor . . . Continue reading →
God hears the lament of his people and preserves them unto salvation. Continue reading →
A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay $575,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified student. The West Point School Board reached a settlement with . . . Continue reading →
Christianity Today Online has published a piece touting the virtues of online seminary education.1 I expected there to be, somewhere in the story, someone to present the other side opposing online seminary education, but I did not see it. Perhaps I missed it? . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on hypothetical universalism. Continue reading →
Ranging from William Parry’s “Jerusalem” (popularized in the hit film Chariots of Fire) to the Social Gospel to Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”, modern history has witnessed a struggle to define the proper expression of the kingdom of God “on . . . Continue reading →
Approaching the one-thousand-year-old Oxford Castle and Prison from the east, at the corner of Castle St. and New Rd., the entire crosswalk is emblazoned with rainbow colors, indicating the Oxford city council’s solidarity with the local LGBTQ+ community. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on the day of the Sabbath. Continue reading →
An evangelical church in Cologny, in the Swiss canton of Geneva, has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Federal Court’s decision against public baptisms on Lake Geneva. It has done so supported by the the Swiss Evangelical Alliance (SEA-RES) . . . Continue reading →
In this two-part essay, we are considering the articulation between the pastoral ministry and the free offer of the gospel. In part 1, we took a look at the free offer of the gospel and how it impacts preaching. In this second . . . Continue reading →
There has been much interest in recent years on the subject of the free offer of the gospel and several helpful books have been written on the subject.1 This research has helped further clarify that Calvinism is not the same thing as hyper-Calvinism, . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on human reason and divine revelation. Continue reading →
The version of the Westminster Confession of Faith used by most Presbyterians in America is not identical with the version approved by the Westminster Assembly in 1646. Most of the differences between the historic text and the text used by the Orthodox . . . Continue reading →
Is the whole of Christ’s salvation offered in the gospel to sinners? Then salvation from the law as a covenant of works is tendered to them. In the declarations and offers of the blessed gospel, the consummate righteousness of Jesus Christ, which . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 2–8, 2024. Continue reading →
One of the great errors of the American Christian Nationalists is that they have given up on the American project before they have actually attempted the act of citizenship. They complain endlessly about the so-called “post-World War II consensus,” which they never . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →