Heidelcast 164: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (10): Living Graciously In Light Of Grace

Heidelcast

on November 24, 2020 | 2 Comments

Travel broadens our horizons. It helps us to see that this is a great big world filled with an amazing variety of people, cultures, and wonders. In that way, traveling can even be transformative. When we return home we we are not . . . Continue reading →

Trueman On A Source Of Political Correctness, Critical Theory, Screaming Yale Undergrads, And The Impulse To Destroy The Past

R. Scott Clark

on November 24, 2020 | 3 Comments

Perhaps pride of place in the intellectual pantheon of those who helped give a rationale for the rejection of history goes to Karl Marx. That might strike the reader as rather strange, given that Marx was himself steeped in history. His materialist . . . Continue reading →

In Memoriam: Rev Dr Derke P. Bergsma (1927–2020)

R. Scott Clark

on November 23, 2020 | 5 Comments

He was, in my experience, relentlessly cheerful. He had a ready smile and an encouraging word. A midwesterner, who earned his spurs on the Plains, he was an endless fount of stories. This was a source of irritation to some of my fellow students but on the Plains, stories are a part of life. I am sure that I learned as much about pastoral ministry from Derke’s stories about ministry as I did from his lectures. Continue reading →

New In Print: Compendio De Teologia Crista By Johannes Wollebius

R. Scott Clark

on November 21, 2020 | 1 Comment

Johannes Wollebius (1589–1629) was a professor of Old Testament, theologian, and pastor in Basel. His Compendium of theology was widely used in the 17th century and even it was so well regarded that it even replaced William Ames’ Marrow in the American . . . Continue reading →

Trueman: Might You Be A Socinian And Not Know It?

R. Scott Clark

on November 21, 2020 | 4 Comments

Cut some of the leading evangelical writers of the last decades and they bleed Socinus—without even knowing his name. For example, Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology, the most widely read text of its kind in English-speaking conservative evangelical circles, rejects eternal generation of . . . Continue reading →

Biden Administration To Restore “Dear Colleague Letter” Versus Christian Schools And Colleges?

Traditional Christian Ethics To Be Punished?

R. Scott Clark

on November 21, 2020

Language regarding accreditation of religious insti- tutions of higher education in the Higher Education Opportunity Act could be interpreted to require accrediting bodies to accredit religious institutions that discriminate or that do not meet science based curricula standards. Continue reading →

Camile Paglia Explains Fin de Siécle And The Rise Of Transgenderism

R. Scott Clark

on November 19, 2020 | 2 Comments

(HT: Ezra Levant)

Augustine Contra Biblicism

R. Scott Clark

on November 18, 2020 | 4 Comments

Or if anyone should think this is untrue, I am not going to quarrel about it. After all, I am clearly dealing with Christians, who rejoice over their knowing the holy Scriptures without human guidance; and if that is the case, it . . . Continue reading →

Get A Lawyer (UDATED)

by R. Scott Clark on November 17, 2020 12 Comments

If your congregation does not have a lawyer, it should. Continue reading →

Heidelcast 163: Taking Calls On Choosing A College, Warfield’s Eschatology, Jesus’ Return, When the Roman Catholic Church Began, Sacraments, Rubicon Moments, Evening Services, And Church Discipline

Heidelcast

on November 16, 2020 | 6 Comments

It is a little overdue but it is finally here: our latest call-in episode in which we take Heidelcalls from Arizona on choosing a college, on B. B. Warfield’s eschatology (was he really postmillennial?), from Chicago on what must happen before Jesus . . . Continue reading →

Warning About A Secret Organization In A Conservative Presbyterian Denomination

R. Scott Clark

on November 16, 2020 | 5 Comments

Very few laymen are aware of the fact that over the last 15 years there has been a secret organization in our Church working quietly behind the scenes to gain control of the political machinery of our denomination. This group, composed mostly . . . Continue reading →

In, With, And Under

by R. Scott Clark on November 14, 2020 5 Comments

God the Son, the substance of the covenant of grace, was Continue reading →

This Remarkable Address By Justice Alito Is True And Well Worth 30 Minutes Of Your Time

R. Scott Clark

on November 13, 2020

“The Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion. It says nothing about the freedom to play craps or blackjack, to feed tokens into a slot machine, or to engage in any other game of chance. But the Governor of Nevada apparently has different priorities. Claiming virtually unbounded power to restrict constitutional rights during the COVID–19 pandemic, he has issued a directive that severely limits attendance at religious services. A church, synagogue, or mosque, regardless of its size, may not admit more than 50 persons, but casinos and certain other favored facilities may admit 50% of their maximum occupancy—and in the case of gigantic Las Vegas casinos, this means that thousands of patrons are allowed.” Continue reading →

The Strange Persistence Of Theocracy In America

R. Scott Clark

on November 12, 2020 | 18 Comments

It is a deeply-held conviction among more than a few American Christians that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and that it was such until relatively recently. Further, it is widely thought that if only there were a religious . . . Continue reading →

Whose Moral Panic, Which Censorious Moralism?

R. Scott Clark

on November 11, 2020 | 4 Comments

If the 1950s gave us Communists under every bed, 2020 has given us fascists in every boardroom. The cultural Left cannot abide so much as sharing the same 3.8 million square miles with “those people,” let alone the same workplace, or even . . . Continue reading →

Christian School In Oregon Sues Governor Over Unequal Treatment

R. Scott Clark

on November 11, 2020 | 1 Comment

After nearly two months of advising that Hermiston Christian School could provide in-person instruction to the 51 students enrolled in its K-12 program, Brown reversed course and, on July 29, ordered private schools in Umatilla County and elsewhere to remain closed while . . . Continue reading →

Taking Heidelcalls Now…Win A Copy Of The Rise And Triumph Of The Therapeutic Self

R. Scott Clark

on November 10, 2020 | 2 Comments

I am reading a draft of an MA Thesis right now but later this afternoon I will be diving back into Carl Trueman’s latest, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. I have an extra copy and I am giving it . . . Continue reading →

Weiss: American Tolerant Pluralism Under Siege

R. Scott Clark

on November 10, 2020 | 4 Comments

The liberal worldview was one that recognized that there were things—indeed, the most important things—in life that were located outside of the realm of politics: friendships, art, music, family, love. This was a world in which Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg . . . Continue reading →

Two Big Events In The Life Of A New Confessional Reformed Congregation

R. Scott Clark

on November 10, 2020

In Matthew 28:18–20 our Lord gave a mission to the visible, institutional church: preach the gospel, administer the sacraments, and make disciples. He did not give that mission to a million evangelical para-church organizations. He gave it to the visible church. The . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 162: As It Was In The Days Of Noah (9): Living As Holy Exiles And Pilgrims

Heidelcast

on November 9, 2020

As Garrison Keillor used to say, it has been an interesting week in Lake Wobegon and our passage for this episode, 1 Peter 1:13–21, has never been so relevant. The Apostle Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote this epistle . . . Continue reading →