Apologetics to the Glory of God

Choosing Hats

  • Popularity of Presuppositionalism Continues to Grow

    …and it’s virtually impossible to keep up with all of the new material coming out! It’s a good problem to have. Also, it did not used to be this way.

    I recommend sites like this one – http://veritasdomain.wordpress.com – to keep track of what is going on.

    There are many other sites to watch as well, however I have too difficult a time following them all to list them here right now!…

  • Presuppositionalism on Backpack Radio

    Lindsay Brooks of Apologetics.com was on Backpack Radio giving a basic introduction to presuppositional apologetics and ending with an argument from beauty.

    Make sure to check out the other shows these guys have done as well. Great stuff!…

  • 30,000 Protestant Denominations

    The next time a Roman Catholic gives you an astronomical number of Protestant denominations, ask him or her to name them for you.

    RC: Presbyterian, Baptist, Pentecostal, 7th Day, Mormon, JW, Lutheran… and 29,983 others! Simple!

    Chris: You missed two out of seven of those; how likely is it that you will get the other 29,983 right?

    RC: Quaker, Assembly of God, Church of Nazarene, Evangelical.

    Oh come now… whether you call those two groups Christian or not doesn’t make them NOT Christian. Their followers call themselves Christians just as you call yourself a Christian….

    However… their addition to the …

  • Canon and Roman Catholicism

    RC: I’m still waiting for James White to explain which Canon of Scripture I’m allowed to use when if I take up sola scriptura.

    Chris: Canon is a function of Scripture. Those things which I have written are in the canon of my works. Similarly those things which God has breathed out constitute the canon of Scripture.

    RC: Chris… what I meant… am I permitted to use the Scripture comprised of 73 books, or the one comprised of only 66 books? Of course both versions are God breathed, inherent, and authoritative.

    Obviously this is all hypothetical as I do not… …

  • A Biblical Foundation

    Thomists are always trying to add rooms onto houses with bad foundations. Some foundations are cracked. Others are too small.

    As an example, think of the popular idea that people should only hold beliefs that are based upon empirical evidence. (Empirical evidence is evidence we access through the five senses.) This is a foundational idea for many unbelievers. Yet this idea is not itself based upon empirical evidence. So the idea – which we might also call a belief – is inconsistent with itself. The foundation is cracked.

    Moreover, there are many aspects of science and common sense that likewise …

  • “Religious Indoctrination is Child Abuse”

    http://kidswithoutgod.com/…

  • It’s Circular Because It’s Consistent

    I just wrote a piece arguing that presuppositionalism is not circular. For the sake of clarity, I will now argue that it is.

    “Virtuous Circularity”

    There is, of course, a sense in which presuppositionalism is circular. But upon hearing the term “circular” most opponents of the Christian faith, and even many of those who are counted among its friends, immediately start off into lengthy diatribes describing their disgust with Christians and methodologies that rely upon logically fallacious argumentation.

    The Logic of Logic

    Now the charge of logically fallacious argumentation, it seems to me, rests in some way upon logic. …

  • It’s Circular Because It’s Circular

    The charge that presuppositionalism is “circular” must be one of the dumbest objections I have ever heard.

    No really. Think about it for just a moment.

    You hear the accusation again and again that presuppositional apologetics are “circular.” The implication is that the charge of circularity in view here constitutes an objection against presuppositional apologetics. A fatal objection, even. So a logical point is being made. A fallacy is in view.

    Presuppositional Apologetics Can’t Be Circular

    But it should be noted right away that “presuppositional apologetics” can never be circular. Neither the label “presuppositional apologetics” nor the discipline the label …

  • Atheism and Intelligence: an Inverse Relation?

    Suddenly, I buy into the science that says the number of atheists is increasing:

    http://news.yahoo.com/humans-becoming-less-intelligent-173400651.html 

    What makes me chuckle (already) is the level of scrutiny to which this link will undoubtedly be subjected, and by the very same people who show the smallest interest in properly interpreting any text of the Bible. Of course, I’m the one reading the article wrong. But that’s what they all say, right?

    Trollolol.…

  • “Does the Triune God of Scripture Exist?” (Chris Bolt vs. Matt Oxley) Debate Audio (MP3 Format) Now Available!

    Download it here or click below to stream!

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