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And another response...

Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 09:18PM by Registered CommenterMichael Brown in , , , | Comments2 Comments

The good Doctor RSC responds on the Heidelblog.

How Reformed must a Reformed minister be? 

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 01:46PM by Registered CommenterMichael Brown in , , , , , | Comments5 Comments

A couple of days ago, as I was doing some reading on the background of the Synod of Dort in preparation for our Sunday evening sermon series on the Doctrines of Grace, I realized that we are less than two weeks away from the 400th anniversary of the day Jacob Arminius became a Calvinist. That is to say, October 19, 1609 was the day Arminius died and departed this world (and thus ceased to be an Arminian, get it?).

Who exactly was Jacob Arminius and why is he important? Arminius was born in Holland in 1560 and educated at the Reformed University of Leiden and under Theodore Beza (Calvin’s successor) at Geneva. He was ordained as a minister in the Reformed churches in 1587 and served as a pastor until 1603 when he was to the theological faculty of Leiden. During the 1590s, his preaching through the book of Romans caused many to question his fidelity to Reformed doctrine.

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Clark on Dealing with Lapsed Members and a Transient Culture

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 08:20AM by Registered CommenterMichael Brown in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Indeed this is a problem Reformed churches face continually: an individual/couple/family takes our twelve-week membership class, is interviewed by the Consistory, makes vows in public worship, and enters covenantal membership with the visible body of Christ, but then, after a couple of years or so, disappears from the church to which they belong. What are the elders to do, given that they are responsible for overseeing the church and watching out for the souls of Christ's flock (Heb 13.17)? R. Scott Clark has a suggestion.

The Market Day of the Soul

Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 09:19AM by Registered CommenterMichael Brown in , , , | Comments1 Comment

After preaching on the Sabbath from Exodus 16 ("The Market Day of the Soul"), I was delighted to see this short post from Scott Clark. I look forward to the release of his book, Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice.

Introducing the "Classic Reformed Theology" series

Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 10:58AM by Registered CommenterMichael Brown in , , | CommentsPost a Comment
A brand new series of "critical English translations of some of the more important but generally neglected texts of the orthodox period." The general editor of the series, R. Scott Clark, says in the introduction, 
 
We call this series "Classic Reformed Theology" because, by definition, a period is classical when it defines an approach to a discipline. During the period of Protestant orthodoxy, Reformed theology reached its highest degree of definition and precision. It was then that the most important Reformed confessions were formed, and the Reformed churches took the form they have today. For these reasons, it is also more than surprising to realize that much of the most important literature from this period has been almost entirely ignored since the mid-eighteenth century...Most of the texts appearing in this series will be translated for the first time. It is the sincere hope of the editor and the board that at least one volume shall appear annually.
 
The editorial board consists of the following scholars:
 
Joel R. Beeke, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
J. Mark Beach, Mid America Theological Seminary
W. Robert Godfrey, Westminster Seminary California
Michael S. Horton, Westminster Seminary California
Joel E. Kim, Westminster Seminary California
Herman Selderhuis, Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn
Paul R. Schaefer, Grove City College
Carl R. Trueman, Wesminster Theological Seminary
 
In a email, Dr. Clark noted, "We hope to publish the first volume, a collection of sermons on the Heidelberg Catechism, in late fall or early winter. The second and third volumes will be very important Reformed works either not readily available in English or hitherto untranslated. The second text, Lord permitting, should make quite a splash as it is a text to which many have referred but which few have read but which is considered a most important text in Reformed theology."
 
This is exciting stuff for any serious student of historical and Reformed theology.
 
Richard Muller says of this series,

This is an important project that promises to make available in good editions and translations as series of eminent works of Reformed theology from the era of orthodoxy. These volumes will offer students of the Reformed tradition an invaluable resource and will hopefully stimulate interest in the highly refined and carefully defined thought of an era that was formative of the Reformed faith and that assured its intellectual and spiritual vitality for later generations.

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