A Constitutional Crisis?

R. Scott Clark

on November 15, 2013 | 5 Comments

If civil freedom, including religious freedom, is the relative absence of restraint and the restrainers (those charged authority to uphold the law) are to be constrained by a constitution, then when the constitution is ignored freedom is necessarily jeopardized.

Ben Is A Straight Shooter

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2014 | 14 Comments

We live in a time when telling the truth is not fashionable, when it’s considered a little gauche (unsophisticated, awkward) to speak the truth plainly. More than that it’s considered a little old-fashioned to talk about truth at all. As far as . . . Continue reading →

Ben Says Thanks

R. Scott Clark

on November 4, 2014 | 2 Comments

Congratulations To Senator Sasse

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2015 | 3 Comments

“Pray for those in authority over you.”

Sen Sasse: This Is About Who We Are

R. Scott Clark

on December 7, 2015 | 17 Comments

Sasse: Baby Humans Are Not The Sum Of Their Body Parts

R. Scott Clark

on April 22, 2016

Sasse Talking Sense In The Senate On The Constitution

R. Scott Clark

on April 26, 2017 | 1 Comment

John Dewey’s Plan For Your Children

R. Scott Clark

on May 20, 2017 | 4 Comments

[John Dewey] doesn’t want the school any longer to be in the handmaiden role, aiding parents in their goal of passing literacy and tradition and deferred gratification on to their progeny. . . [H]is schools now have the socially transforming purpose of . . . Continue reading →

The Debate We Are Having Is About Infanticide

R. Scott Clark

on February 27, 2020 | 3 Comments

Who Needs The Church In A Post-Christian World? Christ Reformed DC’s Spring Speaker Series

Brian Lee

on March 29, 2022 | 7 Comments

It is rare to have a United States Senator speak at a church conference. It is even more rare for the Senator to have something theologically interesting to say. On Thursday evening, March 31, Senator Ben Sasse will speak at Christ Reformed Church . . . Continue reading →

Sasse: The Church Is An Embassy

R. Scott Clark

on April 1, 2022

Ben Sasse: What Hamas Did Is Evil. There Is No Defense For Terrorism

Heidelblog

on October 13, 2023 | 5 Comments

I will not tiptoe around this simple fact: What Hamas did is evil and there is no defense for terrorism. This shouldn’t be hard. Sadly, too many people in elite academia have been so weakened by their moral confusion that, when they . . . Continue reading →

The Cambridge Declaration

Heidelblog

on May 20, 2026 | 3 Comments

Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. This is the article by which the church stands or falls. Today this article is often ignored, distorted or sometimes even denied by leaders, scholars and pastors who claim to be evangelical. Continue reading →

Ben Sasse: Not Just Filling Time

Heidelblog

on May 21, 2026 | 1 Comment

Kevin Nelson and his family once received a print of Gustave Dore’s “Adam and Eve Driven Out of Eden” as a gift from a congregant. In the work, Adam and Eve stagger toward the viewer surrounded by thorns and thistles, while a . . . Continue reading →

Ben Sasse On Indoor Childhood

Heidelblog

on May 27, 2026 | Comment

The digital revolution is remaking nearly every aspect of modern life. A top concern of parents, educators and sociologists is screen time. How much is too much? The question points to a larger problem: American children are weirdly held hostage indoors. In . . . Continue reading →