reformed theology

Black and Reformed: A Review

by R. Scott Clark on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

This is an important book for at least a four reasons. First, it is the first book of its kind demanding and giving compelling reasons why white Reformed Christians should think about and pay attention to and learn from the experience of . . . Continue reading →

Black and Reformed: A Review (pt 2)

by R. Scott Clark on April 15, 2008 | 9 Comments

Here is part 1 of this review. A Preface and A Challenge Before I make some criticisms of this book I want to repeat that it is an important book that needs to be read. It especially needs to be read by . . . Continue reading →

Are Reformed "Evangelical" or "Evangelicals"?

by R. Scott Clark on July 26, 2008 | 20 Comments

Lee Irons raises the question of the relations between Reformed Christians and American evangelicals.  Much of this discussion comes down to definitions and I don’t recall that Lee offered a definition. In the immortal words of President Nixon, ” let me say . . . Continue reading →

Volume 4: People And Place

by R. Scott Clark on September 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

The bibliopalooza continues. People and Place, the final volume of Mike Horton’s very important, four-volume systematic theology is out and available at the Bookstore at WSC for $27.46. One of the great failings of contemporary evangelical theology, piety, and practice is that . . . Continue reading →

Available Now: Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant

by R. Scott Clark on October 30, 2008

Thanks to Jay Collier at Joel Beeke and RHB for putting Caspar Olevian back into print.    “This volume is the most comprehensive treatment of Olevian’s theology published to date. Reflecting an impressive breadth of research and depth of analysis, it delivers . . . Continue reading →

Hyper-Calvinism, Rationalism, and Anti-Predestinarians

by R. Scott Clark on November 28, 2008 | 64 Comments

By definition, “hyper-Calvinism” is that doctrine which goes “beyond” (hyper) Calvin. Often, however, it is used incorrectly by critics of predestination to describe anyone who believes in reprobation. If teaching reprobation makes one “hyper-Calvinist” then Calvin would be “hyper-Calvinist” and that’s just . . . Continue reading →

Ames on the Heidelberg Catechism is In!

by R. Scott Clark on January 24, 2009

If you love Reformed theology (whether from Europe or from the UK) you will love this book. William Ames was probably the greatest student of William Perkins. If you identify with the Heidelberg Catechism, if you are looking for resources for understanding . . . Continue reading →

Ames Available at the Bookstore at WSC

by R. Scott Clark on January 30, 2009

It’s volume 1 in the Classic Reformed Theology series and it’s $27.78 + shipping (hardcover, 288 pages). There are not many primary sources by William Ames available in English. That alone makes this volume important and interesting to everyone interested in Puritan . . . Continue reading →