Heidelcast 58: Nomism And Antinomianism (1)

Heidelcast

on January 15, 2014 | 5 Comments

With this episode we begin a series on the proper understanding and use of the law in the Christian life. We’ll be talking about both two of our least favorite relatives, uncle nomism and antinomianism. In contrast to these two errors we’ll . . . Continue reading →

The Marrow On Antinomians

R. Scott Clark

on January 21, 2014

And are there not others, though I hope but a few, who being enlightened to see their misery, by reason of the guilt of sin, though not by reason of the filth of sin, and hearing of justification freely by grace, through . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 59: Nomism And Antinomianism (2)

Heidelcast

on January 22, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Reformed confess that we were justified in order that we might be progressively sanctified, i.e., gradually and graciously conformed to the image of Christ. The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead, who united us to him through faith, is . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: The Struggle Of Sanctification In The Psalms (2)

R. Scott Clark

on January 27, 2014

There are different types of the psalms in the psalter (the 150 Psalms). In this episode, Bryan Estelle, Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Seminary California, returns to complete our discussion on how the psalter helps us to think about sanctification, the Christian . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 60: Nomism And Antinomianism (3)

Heidelcast

on January 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

With this episode I had intended to begin a survey of The Marrow of Modern Divinity but Chris Gordon, my friend, colleague, and pastor at Escondido URC put in my hands a terrific little volume from 1831, which was an assessment of the Marrow . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 61: Nomism And Antinomianism (4)

Heidelcast

on February 4, 2014 | 4 Comments

The first major section of the Marrow of Modern Divinity was a defense of the covenant of works. It is fascinating to see how, already in the 1640s, the covenant of works came under criticism from the nomists (legalists, moralists). Nothing really . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Bob Godfrey On Public Worship And Sanctification

R. Scott Clark

on February 10, 2014 | 3 Comments

When we think about sanctification, that gracious, gradual renewal of believers by through faith, which results in our gradual conformity to the image of Christ, we may first think of private prayer and worship. Those are important and even indispensable to Christian . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 62: Nomism And Antinomianism (5)

Heidelcast

on February 19, 2014 | 1 Comment

The Heidelcast is working through The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1645) as a model for how to account for justification and sanctification, how to keep them together, without losing either and without confusing them. The circumstances in which The Marrow first appeared were . . . Continue reading →

The Grace of Sanctification Follows the Grace of Justification

R. Scott Clark

on February 20, 2014

The grace of sanctification immediately follows the grace of justification, and it is understood under calling, as its continuous progression, under justification, as its fruit, and under glorification, as the beginning of the same. —J. H. Heidegger, The Concise Marrow of Christian . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Sanctification And The Means Of Grace

R. Scott Clark

on February 24, 2014 | 12 Comments

It is easy to imagine that sanctification is the result of an immediate action by God upon the soul. By “immediate” I mean that the Spirit is thought to act without using means. In the history of the church more than a . . . Continue reading →

ReformedCast: On The Distinction Between The Law And The Gospel

R. Scott Clark

on February 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

Thanks to Scott Oakland for inviting me to do episode 145 of the ReformedCast. We talked about the distinction between law and gospel. Scott asked good questions and we were able to cover a lot of what is currently being discussed now: . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 63: Nomism And Antinomianism (6)

Heidelcast

on February 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

The Heidelcast is working through The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1645). Last time we began looking at the doctrine of the covenant of grace. We saw that the principle of the covenant of grace is fundamentally different from that of the covenant of works. . . . Continue reading →

You Might Be An Antinomian (Or Maybe Not)

R. Scott Clark

on February 28, 2014 | 21 Comments

Intermittently over the last 30 years we’ve been discussing justification. It began when Norman Shepherd, who taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, proposed in class that sinners are justified through faith and works. He used that language. He used it in a . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Mike Horton On Sanctification And The Means Of Grace (2)

R. Scott Clark

on March 3, 2014 | 2 Comments

If Christians have often been tempted to mysticism (the quest to meet God without instruments, media, or means) they have also been tempted to magic, tempted to turn the sacraments into things they are not. The medieval Western church taught and the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 64: Nomism And Antinomianism (7)

Heidelcast

on March 10, 2014

The nomist wants to know whether the works he did before coming to faith are of any value. He asks, “why then, sir, it would seem that all my seeking to please God by my good works, all my strict walking according . . . Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

Office Hours: Horton On Calvin’s Doctrine Of The Christian Life

R. Scott Clark

on March 31, 2014 | 1 Comment

John Calvin is one of the most influential writers in the Reformed tradition, so much so that Richard Muller has argued that, in the modern period, Calvin has been over emphasized to the neglect of the rest of the Reformed tradition. Nevertheless, . . . Continue reading →

S. M. Baugh On The Pilgrim’s Prayer (pt 1)

R. Scott Clark

on April 14, 2014 | 8 Comments

Prayer is not as easy as it looks, especially when we are completely confused about those things for which we ought to ask. That was the situation in which the disciples found themselves. When they said to our Lord, “teach us how . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: The Pilgrim’s Prayer (2)

R. Scott Clark

on May 5, 2014

After the fall, believers wandered. They were pilgrims, looking for a another city whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11). They were looking for a heavenly city. Under the old, Mosaic covenant, believers were given colorful pictures of heaven and even the . . . Continue reading →