Month: August 2013
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Peripatetic 16 – Eclectic Responses
An Eclectic Peripatetic responding to Kurt Jaros, Jordan Cooper, Michael Patton, and a commenter named Scott.…
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Peripatetic 15 – Covenantal Apologetics and Islam
My attempt to answer a caller on the August 8th Dividing Line.…
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Peripatetic 14 – Advice for Aspiring Apologists
Just an excursion into what I typically tell folks new to the method.…
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Peripatetic 13 – What do you defend?
Is what you defend the same thing you can preach and confirm?…
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Peripatetic 12 – Mailbag 2 and Homosexuality
Mailbag followup, Justin Lee, and homosexuality.…
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Peripatetic 11 – Mailbag Edition
Yes, I know – this took forever. But, this is the long-promised edition that outlines the necessary theological and doctrinal issues that underpin a Covenantal Apologetic. It is a response to a correspondent who asked me several questions, so I turned it into an impromptu “introduction”. Hope it’s helpful.…
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The Atheist’s Guide to Reality
Christian philosophers have been developing and refining arguments for the existence of God since the earliest times, but it’s not often one comes across a convinced atheist making a powerful philosophical case for the existence of God. Yet that’s precisely what we find—quite contrary to the author’s intent—in Alex Rosenberg’s book The Atheist’s Guide to Reality.
Check out this review of Alex Rosenberg’s book The Atheist’s Guide to Reality. Enjoy!…
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The Apostle of Doubt vs. Calvin
Why I Lack Certainty about Christianity – C. Michael Patton:
…Some people say that they have no doubt at all, and they never have. I have difficulty believing assertions such as this, though I suppose they might be true for a very small number of individuals. However, at this point, I think it would be valuable for us to distinguish between “certainty” and “certitude” (Daniel Taylor introduced me to this concept, but I don’t know if the distinctions he made are embedded in the specific definitions of the terms). “Certainty” is the more objective type of conviction. It is the
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Dreamers Utopia
…Men are glad to read the utopias that dreamers have dreamed; they are glad even to include the story of Genesis in their repertoire of light reading for leisure hours, but men rebel against being told that their ethical ideals must be judged by the ethical ideals of Adam.
The real meaning of this opposition to the original perfect ethical ideal is nothing short of hatred of the living God. If God does exist as man’s Creator, it is as we have seen, impossible that evil should be inherent in the temporal universe. If God exists, man himself must have
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Dr. James White Interviews Dr. Oliphint on the Janet Mefferd Show
Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries does an excellent job interviewing Dr. K Scott Oliphint about his new book Covenatal Apologetics. Check out the show here or download the mp3 here.…