In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Nearly half a century after R. T. Kendall published “Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649,” the debate of “Calvin versus the Calvinists” rages on. Kendall’s was not the first attempt at pointing out supposed discontinuity between Calvin and his successors, of course. . . . Continue reading →
Recently, the King of Spain, Felipe VI, met his subjects in the streets. Floods have lately ravaged Spain, and the monarch came to meet his people. Continue reading →
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
In my first church out of seminary, I preached a sermon in which I mentioned specific atrocities of the 20th century as illustrations of human sinfulness. After the service a man came up to me livid that I had singled out Nazi . . . Continue reading →
Dr Clark joins HRA board members Brad Isbell, Dr Dan Borvan, Chris Gordon, as well as Presbycast co-host Wresbyterian, and HB contributors Sean Morris, Zoe Miller, and remarkably, the late Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones to air grievances and to crack jokes as we . . . Continue reading →
A Third Error Previously I wrote that there are two classes of Christological errors. That is not strictly true. There are three: those that deny the humanity, those that deny the deity, and those that deny the union of the two natures . . . Continue reading →
We pick up again with Alan Strange’s treatment of Hodge in Empowered Witness. There are some questions raised by this work that bear consideration in a review. A reader who is not already in sympathy with the essential argument or who perhaps . . . Continue reading →
The genuine believer takes the whole of Scripture as a living organism produced by the Holy Spirit to present Christ to him. On every page of Scripture, he finds traits and traces of the Mediator. Geerhardus Vos | Reformed Dogmatics, ed. Richard . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers a listener question on “zoning out” during the Lord’s Supper. Continue reading →
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled . . . Continue reading →
A loom binds together both warp and weft. The Spirit hovers, the Word becomes flesh. A figure forms as fine strands intersect. The virgin’s womb frames the image made fresh. A tapestry hangs for all to inspect. The shepherds gaze at the . . . Continue reading →
For us Christians Bethlehem is a significant place because it is the birthplace of the Savior, Jesus, who shall save his people from their sins (Matt 1:21). For much of its history, however, it was a just an obscure city (Mic 5:2)1 . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question, “What Happened to the Dominion Mandate?” Continue reading →
We live in a culture of non-commitment. People get new jobs and then quit them a few months later. They start classes at a university, then drop out after a few weeks. If someone has an issue with their friend, they bail . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the listener question, “Are We In Covenant With God Individually or In Christ?” Continue reading →
It’s often said that Christmas is actually a pagan holiday based on the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. But that is a bit like saying that Reformation Sunday is a pagan celebration because it coincides with Halloween. Some churches started holding a Reformation . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of December 16–22, 2024. Continue reading →
It is the gospel that also discloses to sinners the covenant of grace into which the Father and the Son as last Adam, with the infinite approbation of the Holy Spirit, have entered for the salvation of such sinners as believe. Sinful . . . Continue reading →
After all these centuries the Reformation’s doctrine of justification is still disputed in some circles, particularly among a relatively small but vocal group associated with the so-called new perspective on Paul. Continue reading →