Apologetics to the Glory of God

Tag: presup

  • Praxis Presup: Episode 6

    Chris begins to review the recent exchange between Sye TenBruggencate and Justin Schieber.…

  • Ben Wallis and Paul Baird Withdraw Debate Challenges

    Readers will remember that I accepted a call for debate opponents from agnostic Ben Wallis here. He has since taken down the post that included the challenge and let me know that some things came up on his end that would prevent any formal debate right now. At the same time, he has suggested another debate opponent for me, and we are attempting to work something out.

    Recall also that atheist Paul Baird openly challenged such noteworthy apologists as K. Scott Oliphint, Doug Wilson, and James White to debate. That challenge extended as well to Jamin Hubner, Dustin Seegars, …

  • Sermon Illustrations – Presuppositional Apologetics

    I like what “SLIMJIM” is doing here and here and I am looking forward to more in the future!…

  • TAG Does Not Save

    There is an objection to TAG out there that goes something like this:

    TAG cannot save anyone.

    Depending on your context, sometimes it goes like this instead:

    Apologetics cannot save anyone.

    Of course, this is not much of an objection. It is more so just a slightly annoying comment. Perhaps that is an indication that I need to be frequently reminded of it. Apologetics do not save; the Gospel saves. I do not save; Jesus Christ saves. But then, how many times does it take before I have the categories here straight? Could it be that the person raising this …

  • Monergism.com

    July 2011 is presup month at www.monergism.com. Make sure to check it out, and spend some time on the articles that are available there. There are a lot! This is an excellent way to begin feeling one’s way around the presuppositional/covenantal apologetics landscape. The site continues to be a convenient resource for me.

    HT: JM…

  • Dr. Oliphint And The Clark/Van Til Controversy. But Wait, There's More!

    Reformed Forum had Dr. Oliphint on to speak on the Clark/Van Til controversy which I found helpful as an introduction to the issues at hand. This seems like a good discussion to start out your perusal of this controversy if you are so inclined. However the more interesting part of this discussion for me were the following locations:

    • Minute 37 God and Logic – What is the relation? What about paradox?
    • Minute 43 Transcendental Arguments and the Impossibility of the Contrary (as a methodological approach) used in non-Christian Theism.

    In the time after minute 43 the answer Dr. Oliphint gives …

  • The Phantom Menace

    One of the complaints against the use of the Transcendental Argument for God involves a denial of the claim that there are fundamentally only two worldviews. The Christian claim is that all non-Christian worldviews have at root the principle of autonomy. Autonomy is not only rebellion towards the Christian God but an active suppression of the personal knowledge of Him and a turning away to worship the creature instead of the Creator. It is a rejection of the authority of the Creator over all of reality. Van Til illustrated this using Eve and her reasoning at the time of the …

  • A "Serious Problem" with "An Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics"

    Lyndon Unger has a “SERIOUS problem” with my Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics.  He expresses his concerns in the comments here. I asked him a series of questions that he has not answered, so I will go ahead and give a few of my thoughts in response to his comments. His comments are below, followed by my questions, followed by some explanation of why I asked what I did.

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    Why does Bolt attach Covenant theology to his system of apologetics?

    I’m confused as this sure sounds like he’s riding a hobby horse from one field to another and

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  • WTS iTunes Lectures

    I have found these to be quite helpful.

    Apologetics Van Til, Bahnsen, Oliphint (iTunesU link)

    History and Nature of Apologetics by Dr. Cornelius Van Til (iTunesU link)

    Doctrine of God by Dr. Scott Oliphint (iTunesU link)

    Christ and Human Thought by Dr. Cornelius Van Til (iTunesU link)

    * These are all available from the Westminster Theological Seminary Resources website though you may need to create an account to download them.…

  • "Getting to God" – Thomistic Misconceptions of Van Tilian Presuppositionalism (Updated)

    David Gadbois from Green Baggins wrote the following in a comment on Fides, Ratio, et Mysterium:

    I’m definitely in the camp that doesn’t believe that Christianity is transcendentally necessary. I think the VanTilian presuppositionalists overreached in trying to make Christianity, as a package deal, into a transcendental necessity. The various transcendental arguments that have been offered really only get you as far as God’s existence, a personal and just God, not [sic] doubt, but really nothing beyond what is revealed in general revelation. God’s acts of redemption in time and space, as recorded in special revelation, were

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