Apologetics to the Glory of God

Author: BK

  • Always Ready Study – Part 5

    My apologies to those who have been waiting on me to post the next installment … again.

    This study is part 5, and includes two new members – Josh and Sean. I hope you enjoy it and are able to gain a further understanding of Presuppositional Apologetics by listening in!

    — BK

    Always Ready – Part 5…

  • The New Presuppositionalists

    I have noticed as of late that there is an increase in discussion amongst atheists about the subject of presuppositions. I think this is just great. After all, one of the most difficult tasks in debate (formal or otherwise) with unbelievers is getting them to understand the role that presuppositions play in their thinking. We’ve talked about this here at Choosing Hats in great detail, both in posts and in our Bible Study on Bahnsen’s “Always Ready”. This is the good news.

    The bad news is that I do not believe that these same atheists understand how completely foundational these …

  • More on John Loftus and Control Beliefs

    A recent post by Chris not only gained my interest as a contributor, but also the interest of the individual whose article Chris was commenting on. This led me to dig a bit deeper into the article referenced at http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/john_loftus/christianity.html to see what all the fuss was about. In doing so, I came across a rather interesting treatise by John Loftus on why it is unreasonable to be a Christian.

    Due to the size of the article, and the limits I currently have on time (which I hope will be lifted once the new year comes around) I have determined …

  • Always Ready Study – Part 4

    My apologies to those who have been waiting on me to post the next installment.

    This study is part 4, and was limited to Paul and myself. I hope you enjoy it and are able to gain a further understanding of Presuppositional Apologetics by listening in!

    — BK

    Always Ready – Part 4…

  • The Problem of Evil – Part 4

    Two Considerations for a Solution

    There are two considerations when offering a solution to the Problem of Evil from a Presuppositional standpoint. In order to look at the first, let’s reconsider the formalized statement of the problem:

    a) God is all powerful
    b) God is all loving
    c) God knows that evil exists
    d) Evil does exist
    e) Therefore, God does not exist

    Notice that this takes the form of a deductive argument, meaning that the conclusion “God does not exist” follows with necessity just as long as every one of the premises is true, and just as long as …

  • Implicit Contradictions

    Well, I haven’t made much progress with the “Militant Atheist” I spoke of the other day, but I have gotten him to contradict himself. It happened in another part of the same discussion thread, where he and I were basically trading insults (yes, I know – I shouldn’t even bother). Here is how the conversation went (btw, I changed his handle to “MA” to protect his identity):

    MA: “The only standard that needs to be considered is the scientific method. If you can’t do it, then just admit it so I can quit wasting my time.”

    BK: “If this is …

  • Succinct

    It never ceases to amaze me how difficult it is to reason about our presuppositions.

    The most natural approach to reasoning, I believe, is to rest upon our presuppositions blindly, without thinking about them at all. This is apparent to me time and time again in discussions I have with unbelievers. A rather enormous challenge in presuppositional apologetics, therefore, is getting your opponent to see that they have presuppositions, and that they must give an account for them. This is no easy task, believe me! The discussion I had two days ago was no exception.

    There is this discussion board …

  • Audio is Ready for “Always Ready” Study – Part 3

    Well, the great people at eCamm came through and assisted me in repairing the corrupted audio from our last study recording. I have been able to mix and edit the audio, and now have it available for those who would like to listen.

    Click here for audio.

    — BK…

  • A Study of “Always Ready” – Part 3

    So on Sunday the “Choosing Hats” study group met once again via Skype, and went through chapter 10 of “Always Ready”. We also recorded the study – or so we thought.

    At this point, I am waiting on a return email from technical support for the developer of the plugin I used to record from within Skype. All of the tests we did worked fine, but the 5.5GB!!!! file that represents our hour-long discussion now seems to be corrupt. Hopefully (God willing) they will be able to assist me in removing the source of the corruption in the file.

    So …

  • More on the Free Will Defense

    The article below on the Free Will Defense to the Problem of Evil has generated some interesting comments. Here is one that caught my attention:

    Perhaps in heaven God’s immediate presence naturally produces the desire to remain as such, which consistently trumps any potential desire to sin.

    I don’t think it is God’s presence so much as it is the fact that we have been changed from the inside out.

    Chapter 9 of the Westminster Confession of Faith states the following:

    Chapter IX

    Of Free Will

    I. God has endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is …