Apologetics to the Glory of God

Choosing Hats

  • TAG and Islam

    Addressing Islam

    Please accept my apology in advance for waxing rhetorical for dogmatic and persuasive flavor. I am also paraphrasing Van Til, Bahnsen, and James Anderson from memory as I do not have the time or desire to hunt down all of the exact quotes and respective references. The topic I am addressing often calls credentials into question so I will go ahead and set my own out on the table. Each day I listen to at least an hour and usually more of lectures on presuppositional apologetics in addition to my reading in that area. I have a B.A. …

  • This Sort of God

    Christianity offers the triune God, the absolute personality, containing all of the attributes enumerated, as the God in whom we believe. This conception of God is the foundation of everything we hold dear. Unless we can believe in this sort of God, it does us no good to be told that we may believe in some other sort of God, or in anything else. For us everything depends for its meaning upon this sort of God. Accordingly, we are not interested to have anyone prove to us the existence of any other sort of God but this God. Any other

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  • Is the Qur’an the Word of God?

    DEBATE TODAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010 12PM EDT

    RazorsKiss (Joshua  Whipps) vs MusLm (Yasser  Ali)

    Debate to be held in #choosinghats IRC channel, on starlink-irc.org

    There will be an Audience Question and Answer Period if time permits!…

  • "The Argument From Consciousness"

    Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli make the following argument:

    1. We experience the universe as intelligible. This intelligibility means that the universe is graspable by intelligence.
    2. Either this intelligible universe and the finite minds so well suited to grasp it are the products of intelligence, or both intelligibility and intelligence are the products of blind chance.
    3. Not blind chance.
    4. Therefore this intelligible universe and the finite minds so well suited to grasp it are the products of intelligence. (66)

    The argument (which they call “The Argument from Consciousness”) is predicated upon their design argument presented prior to this one in …

  • Should we get to the real topic?

    Series on Does God Exist? Dr. Greg Bahnsen versus Dr. Gordon Stein

    Debate Transcript

    Should we argue for “general theism”?

    Should our case be “subjective or personal”?

    Should we concede anything to our opponents?

    Should we get to the real topic?

    The end of Bahnsen’s concession to Stein’s expertise notes that the subject of the debate between Bahnsen and Stein does not directly pertain to the specific area or field of Stein’s expertise. Bahnsen states that, “our subject tonight is really much different, calling for intelligent reflection upon issues which are philosophical or theological in character.” It is important to …

  • Praxis Presup: Episode 5

    Praxis Presup
    Episode 5 – September 27th, 2010
    Chris Bolt

    Chris and his friends discuss Sean Choi’s “Fristianity” as it appears in Reasons For Faith.

    Praxis Presup 5

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  • In Preparation for Next Weekend's Debate: Islam's Problem

    Courtesy of David Wood, ABN, and AOMin, this video covers most of my points I’m going to bring up. I’m posting it in hope that my opponent will come prepared for the issues I’m going to be raising!

    Note: Just something to keep in mind, I obviously won’t appeal to “brute facts” as David does here – but the information is valuable, nonetheless.…

  • Tertullian Quotes

    Oddly enough I received several questions concerning Tertullian within about an hour. You may read him here. I have listed some quotes from him below which may be of interest.

    We Christians are forbidden to introduce anything on our own authority or to choose what someone else introduces on his own authority. Our authorities are the Lord’s apostles, and they in turn chose to introduce nothing on their own authority. They faithfully passed on to the nations the teaching which they had received from Christ. So we should anathematize even an angel from heaven if he were to preach …

  • Quick Updates

    The site has been noticeably quieter as the contributors have been busy with various responsibilities elsewhere. The brief updates below may therefore be a bit late to some of the readers.

    The guys over at Reformed Forum are doing an excellent job and I look forward to seeing what interviews and discussions they will have in the future. If you have not checked it out yet make sure to do so.

    Jeff Downs recently pointed AOMin readers to the discussion of Michael Sudduth’s book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology which aired on Christ the Center.

    Recall a few …

  • Upcoming Debate: "Is the Qur'an the Word of God?"

    Participants: Joshua “RazorsKiss” Whipps vs Yasser “MusLm” Ali
    Moderator: Paul LaChapelle
    Date: October 2nd
    Time: 12pm EDT
    Location: #choosinghats IRC channel, on starlink-irc.org – see “Chat” page for details.
    Format: 3000 word opening statements, 2000 word Rebuttals, 2 Rounds of Cross-Examination (25 questions per debater, per round), 1500 word closing statements, Q&A session (as time permits)

    The room will be moderated for the duration of the debate. The audience will be able to submit questions for the Q&A, to be presented in the final session, time permitting.…