R.S. Clark says,
"What I’m saying is that, properly defined according to the 16th and 17th centuries, we ARE the evangelicals. We’re what’s left of the sane evangelicalism the passing of which Carl [Trueman] laments...defined sociologically, the evangelical movement is now dominated by folks with virtually no sympathy for historic, confessional Protestantism. The “confessional” evangelicals, those with genuine ties to historic Protestant confessions and churches, are on the outside looking in. We Reformed confessionalists are “evangelical” but we aren’t evangelicals, not any more and that’s probably a good thing." See all of Clark's
response to Carl Trueman's post,
"Confessions of a Bog-Standard Evangelical." If you get a little miffed whenever the word "evangelical" is used in a derogatory manner by a Reformed person, this may be a good post for you to read.
Michael Brown
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