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A Sensible Comment Policy
R. Scott Clark has decided to institute a sensible new comment policy (no comments allowed). I am sure that some people are disappointed that they won’t be able to comment on his blog, but he will save oodles of time moderating comments. The only other comments policy that makes sense (for a popular blog, like…
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R. Scott Clark on the Second Commandment
R. Scott Clark has extensive notes on the Heidelberg catechism, including notes on the questions related to the second commandment (link to notes). The following is just a portion of his notes on the second commandment, since I’m reluctant to do a bulk quotation from his outline: 2. Worshiping the Right God Rightly 1. God’s…
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R. Scott Clark Responds to Molinism
I am glad to report that R. Scott Clark provided a fairly concise response to Molinism on his blog (link to response). Enjoy! -TurretinFan UPDATE/ADDENDUM: RSC is getting some heat for characterizing MK this way: According to MK, God knows all the contingencies which could be actualized in the world by persons with free will…
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Comments Policy Silliness
I noticed that there seems to be some well-intentioned silliness in R. Scott Clark’s new blog commenting policy (link to his discussion of his policy). The new policy requires those commenting to provide their real names, so as to take responsibility for their comments. Before I get to the silliness, let me acknowledge that there…
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Regeneration – Baptism – Circumcision
In a recent post responding to some comments from R. Scott Clark, Dr. White states: In the same way, once we see that fulfillment of circumcision in the New Covenant is regeneration, not baptism, the consistency of the biblical revelation is seen. (source) I have heard Dr. White make this claim repeatedly, but it seems…
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Religious Pluralism and the Christian Magistrate
I like R. Scott Clark. He’s a good guy, and smart guy. I don’t know why he is so fond of what appears to be a practically Lutheran version of Two Kingdoms. It comes across pretty clearly in this post of his today (link to his post). RSC writes: If the real “problem” for the…
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Would R. Scott Clark Respond to the Enthusiast-Calvinist Accusation?
I’d love to see R. Scott Clark or one of the other pre-eminent “Truly Reformed” folks from Westminster West respond to this Lutheran charge that Calvin was an “Enthusiast[]” who “separat[ed] the Holy Spirit from the Word.” (link) For myself, I’d point out that it is mistaken to blame Calvin (or Calvinism) for the errors…
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Calvin on the "Free Offer"?
I found R. Scott Clark’s very brief post (link) puzzling. He asserts, “Yes, that’s right, Calvin said “offer” (not demand) as in “free” or “well-meant” offer of the gospel.” That’s a rather odd way of putting it. a) Calvin obviously didn’t use English. b) Calvin did use the Latin cognate word to our English word…
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R. Scott Clark on Theonomy and the Reformed Confessions
R. Scott Clark has a piece that, from its absurd opening, I at first thought was intended as a humorous article (link). RSC writes, “One of the more interesting ways in which theonomy is contra confessional is its Barthian-like rejection of the classic Reformed doctrine of natural law and implicitly it’s skepticism regarding natural revelation.”…
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Explanations of Psalmody’s Decline
Jonathan Moersch at Detergere has provided an interesting, if cursory, discussion on the causes of the sad decline among American Evangelicals in the singing of the divinely inspired Psalms. (link) H.T. to R. Scott Clark for pointing this out to me (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!