Category: defectivebit
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If one is uncertain; one is certainly an evidentialist?
Someone pointed me to the following quote on facebook yesterday:
The Baptist is inherently an evidentialist. They must look to subjective always changing evidence to prove covenant membership.
A Presbyterian assumes an objective, universal standard for membership that can be known with certainty.
A Baptist cannot claim certainty.
Granted, this is a non-sequitur in its own right as it stands. It seems to be a post meant to start what those of us who have been around Internet discussions a while call a “flame war” about the subject of baptism in some purported presuppositionalist sub-group. I choose to ignore that …
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Oil and Water
Craig Cobb, a white supremacist, finds out he is “14% Sub-Saharan African” on live television. It is hilarious that his response is “oil and water doesn’t mix” because that is just the kicker, he is living proof his worldview cannot account for the way the world really is, even his own existence. At best Craig Cobb thinks “whites” and “blacks” should not have “mixed” children, like himself. For a Biblical view on “race” check out this post by Thabiti Anyabwile. I pray that Craig Cobb will repent and believe the gospel so that the Lord may have mercy on …
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Van Tilian Poetry
I ran across some Van Tilian poetry today on the net. Not exactly something you come across every day. Check it out: http://evanemay.com/2013/08/02/borrowed-rage/…
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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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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.…
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Justin Taylor on Dr. Oliphint’s new book Covenantal Apologetics
Justin Taylor over at The Gospel Coalition has a nice little piece featuring Dr. Oliphint’s new book “Covenants Apologetics.” Check it out here: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2013/07/09/covenantal-apologetics/…
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Christ the Center review of the Oliphint/Jaros discussion.
Christ the Center reviewed the Dr. Oliphint/Jaros discussion that they had “Unbelievable?” Check it out here: http://reformedforum.org/podcasts/ctc288…
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Dr Scott Oliphint Fields Questions on Unbelievable?
That’s right, it was an inquisition! Ok, not quite that bad. Dr. Oliphint was on Unbelievable? to talk about Presuppositional/Covenantal Apologetics. He ended up having to spend the entire time defending it from Kurt Jaros who clearly doesn’t understand the Theological underpinnings of the method, or their implications. However, because of this, there are some very good explanations that Dr. Oliphint gives that I think are very helpful. One that stands out in my mind is confusion between the fact that non believers are irrational yet we can also reason with them. Listen carefully for these great answers Dr. Oliphint …
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You Asked: Your Questions. God’s Answers. by Dr. Edgar
Dr. William Edgar of Westminster Theological Seminary has published a new book geared towards teens to answer a lot of common questions they have. I have not read this book yet but I am willing to go out on a limb and say that this book will likely be helpful for parents in answering these questions right along with their teens. Dr. Edgar is the Professor of Apologetics at WTS and edited and footnoted some of Dr. Van Til’s works for their latest editions. Having read those I am confident that this is a book worth looking into.
Check it …
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Proof and Persuasion Confusion
I was pointed to a post by J. Warner Wallace where he seeks to give a distinction between evidence and proof. This is in itself something good to do because who has not heard people scream “SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!” as though if they are shown enough evidence that it is proof [of something].
The following statement seems to provide the basis of Wallace’s apparent confusion between proof and persuasion. Wallace writes the following:
…While evidence is a matter of objective truth, proof is in the mind of the evaluator, and many of us resist the truth in spite