In our last article, we argued that genuine Christians cannot be called idolaters, since idolatry is apostasy. This is true in general, as testified by the Old Testament, but this is also true of the two verses most commonly cited in favor . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the question: Do We Have To Choose Between the Christian Nationalists of Moscow and NPR? Continue reading →
The basic principle in application is to know whether the passage is a statement of the law or of the gospel. For when the Word is preached, the law and the gospel operate differently. The law exposes the disease of sin, and . . . Continue reading →
The law [as a covenant of works] regards us as creatures originally formed with sufficient ability to yield perfect obedience to it; and accordingly, it requires us to retain and exert that ability in performing perfectly all the duties that we owe . . . Continue reading →
In considering the origins of idolatry, Calvin considers some theories by some pagan writers (profanos scriptores—unhappily translated in the Battles edition as “secular writers”) and the pervasiveness of idolatry even among the covenant people under the types and shadows and he concludes, “hence we may gather that human nature is a perpetual workshop of idols.” Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week beginning August 26–September 1, 2024. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, “The Comfort of the Covenant.” Continue reading →
Dr Clark continues evaluating the Statement on Christian Nationalism. Continue reading →
Last time in Psalms 14 and 53, we looked at the psalmist David in his struggle with the workers of evil and with corrupt and perverse people everywhere in his midst. The Lord of great fortune was with him and with the . . . Continue reading →
What is the Christian’s duty to society? Such a broad question suggests many different answers and conjures up images as diverse as the Good Samaritan, who loved his neighbor despite ethnic and religious differences, and the American Presbyterian John Witherspoon, who was . . . Continue reading →
And last, we have access to the love letters/journals that you wrote that the court reviewed and then sealed. Continue reading →
The question, for Calvin and for us, is “whether the Christian man, being rightly instructed in the truth of the gospel, offends God or not, by doing as the others do when he is among Papists, by going to Mass and other . . . Continue reading →
Starting a new church is an important task, and all of the details, big and small, play a vital role in the process. In this episode, Washington D.C. church planter and Reverend Dr. Brian Lee joins Pastor Chris Gordon to continue their discussion. Continue reading →
It avails not, indeed, a little to increase our confidence, that we are united to the Son of God by a bond so close, that we can find in our nature that holiness of which we are in want; for he not . . . Continue reading →
This is not the first “joy campaign” in Modern times. The others did not end well. Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers the question: Were unbelievers in the New Testament church? Continue reading →
In early July 2024, at the fourth annual National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C., Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Doug Wilson, Pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, ID, met to discuss Christian nationalism in America.1 During a panel, . . . Continue reading →
We live in an age of much uncertainty. Confusion and division are the hallmarks of our time. What stands out among the masses is a figure who arises with any amount of charisma, who is given a platform, and is able, with . . . Continue reading →
The children of fallen Adam are so bent on working for life that they will on no account cease from it till the Holy Spirit so convinces them of their sin and misery as to show them that Mount Sinai is wholly . . . Continue reading →
In this episode Dr Clark answers questions on figures of speech. James 5, and communion at weddings. Continue reading →