Apologetics to the Glory of God

Year: 2011

  • Doubt, Unbelief and Antithesis

    For some reason, doubt is seen by many to be a positive thing.  There is not a single hint of any such principle in Scripture, of course, but it remains the case that there is some idea in popular thinking that God encourages doubt.  I was informed the other day that “doubt leads to questions, questions lead to truth.”  I’m sorry, but that is absurd.  What is another name for doubt?  Unbelief.  Please feel free to stop by the channel if you choose to energetically disagree with that assessment, incidentally. I’d be more than happy to discuss it. Believe me. …

  • Fundamentalist atheism – why bother?

    Paul Jenkins has written a post here (you need to read this post to make sense of what follows) which, I take it, is supposed to be some sort of response to my “obsessive and tedious” commentary on one of his podcasts. Really it is an implied instruction to his fundamentalist atheist friends not to listen to the three Pauls failing miserably in their attempt to defend their foolish fundamentalist atheism. Paul’s post reminds me a bit of a cult leader’s plea to his followers not to listen to the satanic messages of the outside world. In any event Paul’s …

  • A Brief Introduction to Systematic Theology: Part 2 – Christ the Starting Point of Systematic Theology

    By C.L. Bolt

    (Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

    If a Christian theology is a Christ-centered theology, if it is appropriate to provide a systematic theology in relation to Christ Jesus, and if exegetical theology provides the basic material with which the systematic theologian works, then the Gospel of John is a good place to begin to build a theology. The Gospel of John is a particularly important book for Christology, and …

  • Praxis Presup: Episode 16

    Chris continues to review what happens when Sye TenBruggencate joins the discussion between Eric Hovind and the three Pauls of Skepticule Record.…

  • Assertions, Assertions, Assertions

    Recently I received an email that reminded me of how much time is wasted and discouragement brought about by fundamentalist preaching of unbelief. Apologetic encounters with the more evidently hostile tend to desensitize believers to that sort of behavior whereas those who may not have had as many exchanges of the aforementioned nature are often taken aback by the overwhelming number of assertions that can be set forth in such exchanges. But assertions are often merely that; assertions. And mere assertions are readily dismissible. They distract from the apologetic endeavor, often discourage the well-meaning believer, and should be pointed out. …

  • A Brief Introduction to Systematic Theology: Part 1 – Christ the Center of Systematic Theology

    By C.L. Bolt

    A Christian theology is a Christ-centered theology. It is thus appropriate to provide a systematic theology in relation to Christ Jesus.

    Christology is the study of Christ. Christology falls under the category of systematic theology, as do many other “-ologies.” For example, there is anthropology (study of humans), hamartiology (study of sin), soteriology (study of salvation), ecclesiology (study of church), and eschatology (study of the end). As you can imagine, there are even more “-ologies” than those mentioned above, and they generally derive their names from Greek. For example, “anthropos” (Άνθρωπος) is the Greek …

  • A Brief Introduction to Systematic Theology – Introduction

    By C.L. Bolt

    Like in my previous series, An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics, I do not intend to write an exhaustive account of the subject matter involved in systematic theology. However, it has come to my attention, and I have suspected for some time, that a brief overview of systematic theology may be of some benefit to the readers especially as they study and use apologetics. A proper understanding of God, the world, and ourselves is absolutely essential to an effective apologetic and is especially pertinent to the Van Tilian variety of covenantal or presuppositional apologetics.

    The plan …

  • Chris Hitchens, Doug Wilson, and the Argument From Evil

    “It was like watching a bicycling Tour de Something rider, 50 yards ahead of the nearest competitor, anticipate the finish line by raising both hands above his head, at which point he triumphantly bites it.” – Doug Wilson

    Check out Doug Wilson’s “Simply Incoherent” at The Gospel Coalition.

    Also make sure to check out his new book The Rhetoric Companion which he was interviewed about here.…

  • Brian Knapp Interviewed on "Goodness Over God" Podcast

    Brian Knapp of Choosing Hats was a guest on the counter-apologetics podcast “Goodness Over God” with Michael Long and Ben Wallis to discuss several topics related to whether or not there is good reason to believe in God. You can find the interview here.…

  • Sye TenBruggencate Challenges Atheist Illusionist Penn Jillette

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