June 30, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church of Unionville Scripture reading: John 3:1-21 [Jhn 3:1-21 ESV]1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for …
June 23, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church of Unionville Sermon Text: [Jhn 2:23-25 ESV] 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all …
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June 16, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church of Unionville Sermon Text: [Jhn 2:12-22 ESV] 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 …
June 9, 2019 Sermon Text: [Jhn 2:1-11 ESV] 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no …
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[Here is something that to my knowledge I haven’t posted previously. It is a transcript of a document of Gordon Clark’s remembrances, given in his later years.] Γορδονος Κλαρκος Απομνημονευματα (Gordon Clark Remembrances) though they are not so memorable My earliest memory is of a vacation trip to Niagara Fall when I was just …
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June 2, 2019 Sermon Text: [Jhn 1:35-51 ESV] 35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw …
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May 26, 2019 Sermon Text: [Jhn 1:19-34 ESV] 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” …
May 19, 2019 Sermon Text: [Jhn 1:14-18 ESV] 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He …
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The Incredible Scofield and His Book, by Joseph M. Canfield, Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1988, 2004, 394 pp. The Incredible Scofield and His Book is an expose of Cyrus Ingerson (C. I.) Scofield (1843-1921) and his Scofield Reference Bible. The historical research put into this volume is impressive and the reading is interesting, but …
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In this article I contend that philosopher Ronald Nash erred when he claimed that Gordon Clark held to the Preformation Theory. I believe it is better said that Clark held to only half of this theory. It seems likely that Nash erred by reading his own view into Clark. Nash’s contention that Clark held to …
May 12, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church of Unionville (PCA) Sermon Text: [John 1:6-13 ESV] 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear …
May 5, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church of Unionville (PCA) Sermon Text: [John 1:1-5 ESV]1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made …
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My family and I are working on getting settled in Unionville, NY, a trail town along the Appalachian Trail. Unionville is so small, in fact, that it is not a town but a village! It does make for a nice stop for hikers with an Italian restaurant, a general store, a post office, and a …
I recently acquired a set of issues of The Christian Observer running from 1987-1989. This paper has a long history reaching back over 200 years and has at times been a prominent publication. I skimmed through these issues and thought it might be interesting to note some of what I found. At this period of …
This is a series of 36 lectures given by Ronald H. Nash at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. Though lectures of the same title were given in the Fall of 2001 (and released in 2014 on MP3 CDs), this series on iTunes was given in 1991 (and once sold as a set of 24 audio cassettes). …
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In The Word of God and the Mind of Man, Ronald Nash contends for the existence of both propositional revelation and “personal revelation.” Though to this idea of “personal revelation” Nash gives various other terms—including “encounter” and “event”—nowhere does he provide a definition. What he means then by “personal revelation”is impossible to know. It is …
The Word of God and the Mind of Man, The Crisis in Revealed Truth in Contemporary Theology, by Ronald H. Nash, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1982, 132 pp. After a few comments, the following is not a review so much as a really long summary of Ronald Nash’s The Word of God and he Mind of …
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The numbered volumes of The Works of Gordon Haddon Clark all published by the Trinity Foundation include the following: 1999. The Pastoral Epistles. Vol. 15. 2000. Thales to Dewey. Vol. 3. 2000. A Christian Philosophy of Education. Vol. 10. 2004. Christian Philosophy. Vol. 4. The combined edition of: [Religion, Reason and Revelation (1961) 1995], [Three …
Ancient Philosophy, by Gordon H. Clark, The Trinity Foundation, 1997, 495 pp. This book is valuable in that it reproduces otherwise difficult to find material. But it is a bit awkward in that in reproducing material from multiple early Clark books, it contains two sections of each the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Age. …
Philippians, by Gordon H. Clark, Hobbs, NM: The Trinity Foundation, 1996, 123 pp. This is the last published commentary of Gordon Clark’s and the last published original material of his as well. John Robbins notes in the introduction that Clark wrote the book “around 1982.” Clark’s correspondence confirms this. In a letter from Clark to …
God and Evil, The Problem Solved, by Gordon H. Clark, Hobbs, NM: The Trinity Foundation, 1996, 60 pp. This book was originally a chapter in Clark’s Religion, Reason, and Revelation. See here for my review of that volume. It has been printed with a few different covers. I’ve got two of the variations, but unfortunately …
William James and John Dewey, by Gordon H. Clark, Hobbs, NM: The Trinity Foundation, 1995, 129 pp. This is a combined edition of two of Clark’s earlier works. For a review of William James see here. And for a review of John Dewey see here. For the previous review in this series see here. …
Lord God of Truth, Gordon H. Clark, Hobbs, NM: The Trinity Foundation, 1994, 47 pp. There are some complications with the bibliographic header above. The volume as printed actually contains two books, Clark’s Lord God of Truth and Augustine’s Concerning the Teacher. Then, while the book has a first edition copyright 1986 and second edition …
Dillingham Presbyterian Church – March 17, 2019 Scripture reading: [Act 20:17-27 ESV] 17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the …
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New Heavens, New Earth, by Gordon H. Clark, Jefferson, MD: The Trinity Foundation, 1993, 238 pp. This book is a combined edition of Peter Speaks Today and II Peter, A Short Commentary. These two books were already combined once before as 1 and 2 Peter. Probably the rarity of that volume led The Trinity Foundation …
