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Restore Balance in the Two Kingdoms
This is the kind of comment that leads people to call an unbalanced view of the two kingdoms, “radical two kingdoms”: Indeed, in general terms, it seems from the New Testament that the less we have to do with the magistrate, the better it will be for us. (source R. Scott Clark) That’s the same…
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Unbalanced "Two Kingdoms" and Political Campaigns
Prof. Clark has a couple of posts up praising Ben Sasse and even including one of his political campaign advertisements (“Ben is a Straight Shooter” | “Ben is Speaking Up About Religious Liberty“). Personally, I can’t vouch for Mr. Sasse (nor do I have any particular criticisms), and that’s not the point of this post.…
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Calvin as Tyrant?
R. Scott Clark has some antidote to the oft-repeated slander of Calvin as Tyrant (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The Real Francis Turretin on Faith and Reason
The question is not whether reason is the instrument by which or the medium through which we can be drawn to faith. For we acknowledge that reason can be both: the former indeed always and everywhere; the later with regard to presupposed articles. Rather the question is whether it is the first principle from which…
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Churchless Evangelicals
R. Scott Clark has some serious and sobering words to “churchless evangelicals” (part 1) (part 2). I actually wouldn’t agree with everything he says (or at least not as he says it) – I think some of his comments could be taken as suggesting that the ministers themselves are the means of grace, instead of…
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R. Scott Clark on "All Heretics Quote Scripture"
R. Scott Clark today responded on his blog to the comment that “all heretics quote Scripture.” It’s a true statement that simply testifies to the universal recognition of the authority of Scripture. It does not prove what its advocates seem to want to imagine that it proves. R. Scott Clark explains: According to the Reformed…
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R. Scott Clark Answers the Bogus Charge that Calvin was a Sodomite
Having read a letter by John Calvin about his wife, I had no doubts that the bogus charges circulating on the Internet were bogus. Still, it was nice of R. Scott Clark to debunk them (link to debunking). I’d say, “debunk them once and for all,” but clearly these charges have been debunked for hundreds…
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"The Real Catholics" – R. Scott Clark and Perkins
R. Scott Clark has posted a series (so far two, I’m not sure if more are in the works) drawn from the works of William Perkins (1558–1602) discussing what constitutes true Catholicity. (part 1)(part 2) In general, both Clark’s and Perkins’ comments are excellent. Clark notes, “Vatican II changed none of the doctrines against which…
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Response to R. Scott Clark’s "Parody or Serious Proposal" Post
R. Scott Clark (of whom I’m fond and whose blog I was very glad to see recently restored to life) asked for clarification regarding Larry Ball’s statement: “Historically, the Church has defined the parameters of the civil magistrate and guaranteed its right to redistribute income.” I don’t pretend to speak for Mr. Ball, but I…
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Response to "Why One Should Read Before Writing" by R. Scott Clark
R. Scott Clark kindly responded to my previous post (link) with a post of his own (link). I write to correct a few errors in his post. 1. My State of Mind as to UnderstandingAfter a brief tangent about my pseudonymity, Prof. Clark characterizes my comments as being that I didn’t “understand how [Prof. Clark]…