Apologetics to the Glory of God

Year: 2011

  • Purgatory Debate

    Our friend TurretinFan has posted his debate with Roman Catholic Dan Marcum.…

  • Atheist Thrasymachus Admits He's Unreasonable

    Thrasymachus is a contributor to Urban Philosophy known for writing lengthy diatribes concerning his hatred for Christ. His posts generally take a shotgun approach and are so full of bad rhetoric that they discourage even the most Mother’s-basement-confined-E-pologist from taking the time to respond. Still, there are certainly problems to be found in his posts.

    Just this morning I began reading a new post from Thrasymachus with the (grammatically incorrect) title “Why Apologetics Sucks.” In the Abstract for the post Thrasymachus states that, “Reasonable people should not take Apologists seriously.” He then proceeds to seriously evaluate apologetics as a …

  • Christian Kitsch

    Many Christian bookstores stock — and sell — more kitsch than books. Although such work and those who buy it may certainly be sincere, Christians should try to grow in their tastes as well as in the other areas of their lives. The problem with religious kitsch is that its cuteness and self-gratifying nature can domesticate and thereby distort the Biblical faith. Christianity is not a sickly sweet religion, contrary to the saccharine plaques and greeting cards that clutter up the bookstores. The anemic figurines of Jesus Christ are poor testimonies to His deity and His Lordship. The self-congratulatory moralism

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  • Small Journal Update

    Upon reflection, the editors have decided that consideration for the Journal necessitates an initial submission of an abstract and bio in the form listed on the In Antithesis page, and does not necessitate an initial 1-2 sentence contact prior. Thank you for your understanding. If we have already contacted you regarding your submission, please disregard this post.…

  • Full Assurance, Epistemic Certainty, and Christ

    Much to my dismay, there have been those who would consider themselves  in the camp of Presuppositional/Covenantal  apologetics that have moved away from the idea that we can be epistemically (having to do with knowledge) certain of our faith. Contrary to their claims, the Apostles knew nothing of an uncertain apologetic. This has been argued many times by Presuppositionalist/Covenantal apologists such as Dr. Greg Bahnsen.

    I appreciated how Dr. Lane Tipton defined the distinctive of The Westminster approach to apologetics (i.e. The reformed, biblical, covenantal approach) in a Youtube video entitled “Christ-Centered Apologetics”

    Where I think our distinctive

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  • Choosing Hats Welcomes Three New Contributors

    Choosing Hats is bringing three new contributors onto the blog. We look forward to having them with us and want to officially welcome them to the site.

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    D.S. Smith

    Keep an eye out for new posts from our new members!

    Please keep us in prayer as we continue to grow and make changes to Choosing Hats in the hopes of better assisting you, our readers, through the explanation and demonstration of covenantal/presuppositional apologetics in defense of the Christian faith for the glory of God.…

  • In Antithesis: An Announcement – and A Call for Papers

    In a previous post, Chris announced our intention to begin an apologetics journal; this current announcement both confirms those plans, and makes a small change. The finalized name for the journal, we’ve decided, is In Antithesis: A Reformed Apologetics Journal. You can now see the link to the Journal page in the upper right navigation section. The first issue of In Antithesis is currently slated for a June release, barring providential hindrance.

    Along with this announcement, we are calling for papers conforming to the specifications outlined on the Journal page. The deadline for submissions is May 31st. As …

  • Various and Sundry Issues to Recap

    Last week, my comment at Aporetic Christianity resulted in a bit of a firestorm – of posts, and sometimes fiery discussion. I’d like to use this opportunity to make a few comments on this exchange, and exchanges in general. In the exchange between Paul, myself, and BK, some might consider the “tone” in places to be overly harsh. While I think Paul may have thought at one point that I was objecting to the tone, I think we’ve come to at least a partial understanding of the other’s goals. That being said, there’s a balance to be had in the …

  • Not that again…?

    Paul Manata wrote a post on whether or not TAG is a deductive argument here which Brian Knapp responded to here and then Paul wrote more here and here and here.

    While I do not plan on jumping into the discussion, the readers may be benefitted by the somewhat lengthy discussion of this topic that I did engage in here and here and here and here and here and here.

    My views now are not necessarily what they were then, but there are some points here that should be read in an effort to understand the texts from …

  • Bahnsen, Van Til, TAG and Deduction

    The past few days have seen a flurry of activity over at Aporetic Christianity on a variety of topics. The most recent has been a discussion as to whether TAG is deductive or not. Up until now I have replied to PM (Paul Manata) through comments, but I feel the need to stretch out a bit here, and so I will reply via a post rather than in comments. I hope PM doesn’t mind the change of venue.

    After reading and responding to PM’s latest post there are two issues that I would like to lay out clearly here.  First, …