Tag: clbolt
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Three Very Different Philosophers: Necessity of Epistemic Circularity
…“But don’t the doctrines of the imago dei (the image of God), and the purpose of human creation already presuppose that we can have substantive knowledge of God? They seem clearly to do this, and if so, then they cannot be appealed to in a noncircular argument for this theological optimism as a conclusion.
First, it must be pointed out that the possibility of any kind of basic knowledge cannot be demonstrated by means of noncircular, nonquestion-begging arguments, by arguments that do not in any way already presume to some extent that to which they intend to lend some support.
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A Silent Contributor
At the risk of alienating our readers and losing my high paying position here at the site (for those callow atheists who claim cash flow is the true ambition of the apologist – that was a joke), I want to write something a bit less related to apologetics and a bit more personal. It should be noted, however, that what I reveal below applies in the case of this site every bit as much as it does anywhere else.
Lord willing I will graduate from seminary today with a Master of Divinity degree completed this past summer. There are many, …
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“Atheists Are Moral People!”
Just not this atheist:
…People like Sye, Eric, Joe, Chris, and all the rest of the reality denying crowd, deserve nothing but ridicule for their witlessness. They seem to be getting upset that they aren’t treated with reverence and respect either here, or on the podcast, but you know what? They don’t DESERVE reverence or respect for their idiocy, if anything they deserve even more ridicule. For the ******** they peddle, often for money, they should be laughed out of town, they should be hounded by angry townsfolk armed with pitchforks and flaming torches. They should be confronted by the
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Congratulations Dr. White!
This post has virtually nothing to do with apologetics, but oh well.
I just finished reading this post by Dr. James R. White of Alpha and Omega Ministries.
Most people do not realize how much it really takes to accomplish something like the feat described in that post. As a wannabe cyclist, I have some idea, though I cannot touch Dr. White. He’s a beast on a bike!
So, congrats to Dr. White!…
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Jared Wilson on the Gospel-Saturated Life
The following was forwarded to me from what appears to be a Desiring God mailing list:
…One of the attendant aims of missional evangelicalism is to challenge the compartmentalizing of the Christian faith that we see within the Western church. We are fantastic at itemizing our schedules, and even if we don’t assign God a very large bracket, we are constantly remorseful that we “haven’t made much time for him.” While such compartmentalizing — as if “time with God” can or should be hermetically sealed off from everything else — is a natural symptom of our culture and environment, it
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God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness – You Will Want This Book!
!!!GET THIS BOOK!!! !!!GET THIS BOOK!!! !!!GET THIS BOOK!!!
God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness
…Publisher’s Description: The doctrine of divine simplicity has long played a crucial role in Western Christianity’s understanding of God. It is claimed that by denying God is composed of parts Christians are able to account for his absolute self-sufficiency and his ultimate sufficiency as the absolute Creator of the world. If God were a composite being then something other than the Godhead itself would be required to explain or account for God. If this were
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Dustin Segers and Sye TenBruggencate on Goodness Over God Podcast
One of my favorite podcasts, Goodness Over God, recently had Dustin Segers and Sye TenBruggencate on to discuss, well, the usual! I have not had the opportunity to listen to more than 30 minutes so far, but I trust that the remainder of the podcast will be as great as the beginning.
http://goodnessovergod.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-11-special-guests-sye-ten.html…
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Audience Question and Answer Period in Next Debate Between Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley!
It’s true! There will be an Audience Question and Answer Period during the next part of the informal debate between Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley. Submit your questions now by following the steps below!
1. Listen to the first recording of the debate here – https://choosinghats.org/2011/11/praxis-presup-episode-18-brian-knapp-and-matt-oxley/
2. Address your question to “Brian,” “Matt,” or “Both.”
3. Write your question.
4. State at least your first name or nick.
5. Email to chrisbolt@ymail.com
DO NOT USE THE CONTACT FEATURE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS! As many suitable questions as we have time for will be directed toward the debate participants in …
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Providence, Preservation, and the Problem of Induction
…God’s providence provides a basis for science: God has made and continues to sustain a universe that acts in predictable ways. If a scientific experiment gives a certain result today, then we can have confidence that (if all the factors are the same) it will give the same result tomorrow and a hundred years from tomorrow. The doctrine of providence also provides a foundation for technology: I can be confident that gasoline will make my car run today just as it did yesterday, not simply because “it has always worked that way,” but because God’s providence sustains a universe in
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Atheist Triumphalism
In this clip, a Christian apologist named Arthur runs into a fundamentalist atheist on his way to engage with others in sober rational discourse. Arthur politely asks the atheist to join him, but the atheist will have none of it. Instead, the atheist makes sure that all of the attention is given to him, makes some ridiculous demands of the apologist, and proceeds to argue with him. After making the first devastating point, the apologist asks the atheist to step aside, but the atheist denies any harm has befallen him. The apologist is forced to show the atheist what he …