In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Have This Mind” Continue reading →
It’s a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →
As I lifted my hands, scanned the room, and gave my first benediction, the realization that I really was a pastor now hit me like a ton of bricks. From now on it was my job to “shepherd the flock of God… . . . Continue reading →
Arrival. It is a beautiful word, is it not? Making it to your vacation spot or returning home after a long journey—it is good to arrive when the destination is desirable. And there is no more desirable destination than God’s presence, and . . . Continue reading →
R. Scott Clark chats with the Presbycast about his new book: The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, & Pastoral Commentary. Continue reading →
One of the most frequent claims made in defense of the self-described Federal Vision (hereafter FV) is the claim that they are “only following the Bible.” A corollary of that is the claim that Reformed confessionalists “have already decided in advance what . . . Continue reading →
Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a girls’ playoff basketball game to avoid playing a team with a transgender athlete. The school believes that forcing girls to compete against biological males would affirm that those males are females, in violation of its religious . . . Continue reading →
We are all going to die! It is not just a line from some movie script. It is a basic truth: No person will escape death. Unless Christ returns first, you will die, I will die, and everyone else will die as . . . Continue reading →
The pressure is immense. Then, we open social media and see absolutely no uniformity of agreement on how this should be done. There is pastoral disarray, it seems. Some of the most popular social media pastors are calling us to war, yes, . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Can Baptists be Catholic?” Continue reading →
Many/most expressions of the visible church on earth have some central administrative office, an office that serves the various particular churches administratively. Rome goes beyond this, however, and its pope is not merely an administrative official; he has authority to settle matters of faith and practice . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark begins a new series, “Can Baptists be Catholic?” Continue reading →
In the eighteenth century the religious life of Europe suffered from the blight of Rationalism. Religion became a matter of the intellect only, and religious truth was made to depend on rational arguments. Religious certainty was identified with a rational insight into . . . Continue reading →
In recent years, a new form of terror has emerged: decentralized, digitally driven violence organized not around coherent ideologies but around memes, fantasies, and nihilistic impulses. The perpetrators of this low-grade terror campaign do not belong to hierarchical organizations or pursue concrete . . . Continue reading →
We have been considering lately how the resurrection gives us hope right now and in the face of death. The resurrection, however, also affords the Christian a glorious hope for the future, and so today we want to give some attention to . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues his series on grammar. Continue reading →
The recent announcement that Dame Sarah Mullally will become the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury marks a watershed moment for the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion. While the British government hails this appointment as a historic milestone, many within the . . . Continue reading →
First, if we seek God’s fatherly mercy and kindly heart, we should turn our eyes to Christ, on whom alone God’s Spirit rests [cf. Matt. 3:17]. If we seek salvation, life, and the immortality of the Heavenly Kingdom, then there is no . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of October 6–12. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the current series, “Nourish and Sustain” Continue reading →