Apologetics to the Glory of God

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  • Van Til and Systematic Theology

    “Van Til’s apologetics may well be described as a group of original applications of some familiar Reformed doctrines. In Van Til’s view, apologetics and theology (particularly systematic theology) are very closely related: “… defense and positive statement go hand in hand.” There can be no adequate positive statement without defense against error, and vice versa. In fact, “Systematic Theology is more closely related to apologetics than are any of the other disciplines. In it we have the system of truth that we are to defend.” Thus Van Til begins the exposition of his apologetic with an outline of Reformed systematic

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  • In Antithesis publication delayed

    There will be an indeterminate delay in the release of issue 1 of In Antithesis. We’ll keep you posted on when we expect to release. Thank you for your understanding.…

  • Barking at Thunder

    While working out in my yard today, it began to rain. Along with the rain, as often happens in South Mississippi, came thunder and lightning (there is a small tropical storm in the Gulf). Immediately, my year old Great Dane/Rottweiler mix, Huan (Yes, he’s named after the Hound of Valinor! My youngest daughter’s middle name is Luthien, incidentally. You do the math…), began to bark at that thunder, as if to chase it off! Now, looking at the mix there, you can imagine the size of my dog. He is a massive specimen of canine. He’s not as tall …

  • Doubt

    Then, Christian men, behave like men! It is childish to doubt; it is manhood’s glory to trust. Plant your foot upon the immoveable Rock of Ages; lift your eye to heaven; scorn the world; never play craven; bend your fist in the world’s face, and bid defiance to it and hell, and you are a man, and noble. But crouch and cringe, and dread, and doubt, and you have lost your Christian dignity, and are no longer what you should be. You do not honor God. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon, “Fear Not!”, 1857

    In our day, as in many days …

  • The Battle Belongs to the Lord

    Just saw that K. Scott Oliphint’s “The Battle Belongs to the Lord” is on sale for 5$ at WTS right now. This book is my new favorite introductory work to covenantal apologetics, and I highly recommend it. Dr. Oliphint holds the Apologetics chair at Westminster, and is the father of a friend of the authors, Jared Oliphint, from Reformed Forum. This is a great deal, so don’t miss out! …

  • Interesting Articles from Hope's Reason

    The current issue of Hope’s Reason: An Apologetics Journal has two thought-provoking articles; “An Apologetic Church”
    by Stephen J. Bedard, and “Apologetic Testimony from an Unlikely Source” by Mark Eckel. Check them out here.…

  • September Journal Reminder

    The submission deadline for the September issue is May 31st. Please refer to the Journal Page for all the necessary information.…

  • I Ask Your Prayers For Our Baby

    Our unborn child has been diagnosed with a very serious case of hydrops fetalis – a disorder where there is an abnormal accumulation of fluid below the baby’s skin, inside the abdomen, or other areas. Further, there is an incidence of cystic hygroma as well. What this means is that there is a extremely great chance the baby will not live to term, and if he or she does (we haven’t been able to find out as yet), there is a rather high chance that the baby will have long-term disabilities of some sort. This accumulation is not localized, but …

  • Consistency: It Burns!

    An atheist links to one of our intro posts, with the title; “The Stupid! It Burns! (covenantal edition)”. He quotes one section, and makes only a single comment.

    Lots more stupid in the original article.

    From a few posts prior, he says:

    …embeds a couple of paragraphs of argument in a dozen paragraphs consisting of ***ing and moaning that no one likes him, and gratuitous insults directed at the New Atheists: …

    He finally does mention an argument:

    So, isn’t that nice. The obvious consistency issue concerning the “gratuitous” insults complained about and then promptly offered himself is …

  • Did Van Til set Christianity alongside other worldviews?

    I was sent a link to some sort of “progressive” podcast, called “Homebrew Christianity”, with a guest named Peter Rollins. Mr. Rollins, supposedly, is a “Christian atheist”, in some existential sense. His self-description, frankly, was rambling, confused a host of categories, and was quite unintelligible. The host(s) were equally confused, rambling, and made a riproaring shambles out of every theological topic they touched. I’m more than happy to link to the podcast so you can see for yourself, being quite confident that the ideas expressed therein are self-refuting. Be that as it may, I was interested primarily because he …