Heidelcast 66: Nomism And Antinomianism (8)—The Third Use Of The Law

Heidelcast

on March 29, 2014 | 2 Comments

We’re resuming the series on antinomianism and we’re talking with Nick Batzig, pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in the Savannah area. Nick blogs at Feeding On Christ. He’s also on Twitter. He recently wrote a provocative essay on the third . . . Continue reading →

Young, Restless, And New School

R. Scott Clark

on March 29, 2014

All of this is to say that the New Calvinism looks a lot like the old New School Presbyterianism with a Baptist and charismatic flair to it. Piper chose not to deal with this issue between the Old and the New just . . . Continue reading →

Was Calvin A Lutheran?

R. Scott Clark

on March 28, 2014 | 2 Comments

By this answer Christ declared that he did not deliver any other rule of life than that which had formerly been delivered in the law of the Lord. Thus he both bore testimony to the divine law, that it was a doctrine . . . Continue reading →

Did Luther And Calvin Favor Evangelical Monasticism?

R. Scott Clark

on March 27, 2014 | 3 Comments

I was clicking around the internets recently and (probably via Twitter) and found a fascinating essay by Greg Peters, Associate Professor of Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University. The burden of the essay is to introduce the reader to and to commend the . . . Continue reading →

Don’t Ignore The Conditions of Omar

R. Scott Clark

on March 27, 2014 | 3 Comments

A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the . . . Continue reading →

The Most Destructive Problem At Present: Confounding Law And Gospel

R. Scott Clark

on March 26, 2014 | 4 Comments

Many are the mistakes at present about religious matters; but none are more destructive than those which concern the law and the gospel. The generality of our people confound them, and put one in the place of the other. Some suppose they . . . Continue reading →

A New Dark Age

R. Scott Clark

on March 25, 2014 | 14 Comments

Fulfilling Or Fulfilled? An Ambiguity In Belgic Confession Article 5

R. Scott Clark

on March 25, 2014 | 4 Comments

Belgic Confession Art. 5 French English Latin English car les aveugles mémes peuvent apercevoir que les choses adviennent qui y sont prédites. For the very blind are able to perceive that the things foretold in them are fulfilling. (Schaff) quum et ipsi . . . Continue reading →

Truth About Religious Liberty And Obamacare

R. Scott Clark

on March 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

Office Hours: The Role Of Prayer In The Work Of Sanctification

R. Scott Clark

on March 24, 2014

Scripture teaches us that prayer is essential for sanctification. In 1Thessalonians 5:16-17 Paul says simply, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17, ESV). He doesn’t elaborate. He doesn’t defend his exhortation. He just says it. I take it that, for Paul, . . . Continue reading →

Westminster Confession

R. Scott Clark

on March 24, 2014

Chapter 1 Of Holy Scripture 1. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 65: Science!

Heidelcast

on March 23, 2014 | 8 Comments

We’re talking a break from the series on nomism and antinomianism to talk about science. Not long ago there was a debate between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the Creationist Guy that garnered a considerable amount of attention. Why did . . . Continue reading →

Submitting To Scripture

R. Scott Clark

on March 23, 2014

Being a complementarian woman in an egalitarian world is wildly unpopular; it can also be perceived as decidedly ignorant. Some readers may sympathize with my hope for reprieve. And while the word has fallen out of favor with some, I know no . . . Continue reading →

Muller On Reformed Orthodoxy On Double Procession And The Filioque

R. Scott Clark

on March 22, 2014 | 9 Comments

2. The demonstration of the filioque: “double procession.” The traditionally Western trinitarian concept of the double procession of the Holy Spirit was consistently upheld by the Reformers and argued with some vigor against the Greek Orthodox view. The Reformed exegetes, moreover, understood . . . Continue reading →

The Sermon On The Mount In The First Use

R. Scott Clark

on March 22, 2014 | 4 Comments

So it is with the whole of the discourse. The new law of the Sermon on the Mount, in itself, can only produce despair. Strange indeed is the complacency with which modern men can say that the Golden Rule and the high . . . Continue reading →

School Or Re-Education Camp?

R. Scott Clark

on March 22, 2014 | 7 Comments

Two Men And An iPad = Fun

R. Scott Clark

on March 21, 2014 | 7 Comments

Secularization Interrupted

R. Scott Clark

on March 20, 2014

it was becoming increasingly clear that at least on the street, the veneer of Christianity was peeling away to reveal a canvas of various native (pre-Christian) folk paganisms. As Cambridge historian Patrick Collinson concludes, the Reformation was an “episode of re-Christianization or . . . Continue reading →

Messages To Millennials (3): Work

R. Scott Clark

on March 19, 2014 | 10 Comments

In part 2 we looked at the way, according to a recent Pew Study, Millennials relate to the visible, institutional church. The third major topic is work. As Bradford Wilcox summarizes the results of the study he notes that 80% of those . . . Continue reading →

Maturing The Sinner’s Prayer

R. Scott Clark

on March 19, 2014

If potential converts (children or adults) are so unfamiliar with basic Bible doctrine that they can understand nothing more than “asking Jesus into their heart,” they probably should wait to make a commitment, until they understand the gravity of sin, and Christ’s . . . Continue reading →