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The Enlightenment Was Not What You Were Told It Was

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  • R. Scott Clark
on January 1, 2020 | 2 Comments

John Owen Defended Eternal Generation Against The Socinians

He Also Opposed Biblicism

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  • R. Scott Clark
on October 24, 2020 | 7 Comments

Now, if Christ be not begotten of the essence of his Father, he is only a metaphorical Son of God by way of allusion, and cannot be called the proper Son of God, being only one who hath but a similitude to a proper Son Continue reading →

New Resource Page: On Biblicism

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  • R. Scott Clark
on December 17, 2020 | 3 Comments

Biblicism is not the attempt to be faithful to Scripture (i.e., to be biblical). Rather, in its extreme form, biblicism is the attempt to read Scripture in isolation. It is the attempt to read Scripture in isolation from the rest of Scripture . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Biblicism, Resource Posts | Tagged biblicism, quasi-Socinianism, rationalism, Socinianism | 3 Comments

Trueman: Critical Theory Is Self-Certifying And Resistant To Evidence

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  • R. Scott Clark
on January 12, 2021 | 3 Comments

Critical race theory, like other critical ­theories—postcolonialism or queer theory, for example—is self-certifying. Its basic claims, for example, that racism is systemic or that being non-racist is impossible, are not conclusions drawn from arguments. They are axioms, and they cannot be challenged . . . Continue reading →

Proof Of The Pauline-Augustinian Doctrine Of Human Depravity And Why Apologists Should Stay In Their Lane

by R. Scott Clark on September 21, 2021 6 Comments

Debra J. Saunders is an old-school journalist who, like other writers who are escaping the corrupt and corrupting media structure, has fled to Substack to publish. Continue reading →

Categorized Apologetics, Heideltweets | Tagged Apologetics, dating service, Historicity of Adam, prisoners, rationalism, william lane craig | 6 Comments

What’s Going on Right Now: Sex, Race, Politics, & Power with Dr. W Robert Godfrey (5)

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  • R. Scott Clark
on December 2, 2021

In this fifth session of Dr. Godfrey’s Sunday school class at the Escondido URC, he traces the long period of challenges to Christendom within Christendom, and the rise of the Enlightenment, which thought  Christianity to be too focused on the world to come, . . . Continue reading →

Packer: Baxter Sowed The Seeds Of Moralism, Arianism, And Liberalism

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  • Heidelblog
on February 25, 2026 | Comment

Thus Baxter, by the initial rationalism of his ‘political method’, which forced scripture into an a priori mould, actually sowed the seeds of moralism with regard to sin, Arianism with regard to Christ, legalism with regard to faith and salvation, and liberalism . . . Continue reading →

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