Apologetics to the Glory of God

Tag: presup

  • Commenting on Canon

    “Do you mean why should we accept Hebrews rather than the Gospel of Thomas as canonical?

    Well, the primary reason is because Hebrews *is* canonical, whereas the Gospel of Thomas is not.

    But then I guess you’re asking how we know that.

    I would say that it is self-attesting.

    See, self-attesting is always objective.

    This is strange to me – people usually take that to be subjective.

    I’m not talking about a subjective mark, but an objective one.

    But it presumes itself authoritative in the same way as other Scripture.

    And is qualitatively the same.

    I’m not talking about the …

  • Christianity Today Article, Harold Camping, and Intro to Apologetics

    Jim Spiegel wrote in Christianity Today on Unreasonable Doubt.

    Check out a site pertaining to Harold Camping called Rapture Fail.

    Remember that the introductory series on Covenantal Apologetics is done and can be bookmarked here. It is also available by clicking on the Series button at the top right of the page.…

  • A Tale of Two Philosophers

    Those of you who are actually good at philosophy spend so much time reading and studying it that you forget what it is you started studying it for in the first place. You are more concerned about the accuracy of your abstract analytic philosophical musings than you are about defending the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. You look down upon those who are not gifted the way that you are and immediately dismiss entire realms of Christian thought in the areas of historical and systematic theology (etc.) because of it. You are more concerned about how the philosophical community …

  • The Gravitas of Gravity

    In response to a particular podcast in a “counter-apologetics” series now offered by Ben Wallis a commenter asks:

    Why should we believe that we will experience the force of gravity on earth a second from now? I have not listened to the entire podcast on causality, but I have not heard this very simple question answered there in what I have listened to thus far. Thanks.

    This seems like an easy enough question to answer, but Ben dodges in his lengthy response:

    You asked a good question, “why should we believe that we will experience the force of gravity on

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  • Introduction to Presuppositional Apologetics by D.S. Smith

    These are recordings of a lecture that our new contributor D.S. Smith gave on presuppositional apologetics.

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  • Sye TenBrugencatte Debate

    Yesterday I ran into Sye TenBrugencatte of www.proofthatgodexists.org and was reminded that I still have not quite gotten around to listening to his debate yet, but you can beat me to it here. He also has some interviews and videos at the bottom of that page.…

  • Christian Kitsch

    Many Christian bookstores stock — and sell — more kitsch than books. Although such work and those who buy it may certainly be sincere, Christians should try to grow in their tastes as well as in the other areas of their lives. The problem with religious kitsch is that its cuteness and self-gratifying nature can domesticate and thereby distort the Biblical faith. Christianity is not a sickly sweet religion, contrary to the saccharine plaques and greeting cards that clutter up the bookstores. The anemic figurines of Jesus Christ are poor testimonies to His deity and His Lordship. The self-congratulatory moralism

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  • Choosing Hats Welcomes Three New Contributors

    Choosing Hats is bringing three new contributors onto the blog. We look forward to having them with us and want to officially welcome them to the site.

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    D.S. Smith

    Keep an eye out for new posts from our new members!

    Please keep us in prayer as we continue to grow and make changes to Choosing Hats in the hopes of better assisting you, our readers, through the explanation and demonstration of covenantal/presuppositional apologetics in defense of the Christian faith for the glory of God.…

  • But you have to start with yourself! (Updated)

    Today on the Dividing Line Dr. White took a call on presuppositionalism concerning R.C. Sproul’s objection that we cannot escape from ourselves and hence must start with ourselves in epistemology. Dr. White did not have any problem pointing out the fundamental reason that Sproul is wrong (and inconsistent) by appealing to the theological argument that we are epistemologically tied to God as it were by virtue of our having been created in the image of God. John Calvin notes this right away in his Institutes. Make sure to listen to Dr. White’s answer provided at the link above as …

  • James Anderson's Response to David Reiter on TAG

    Some time ago I linked to a summary of and posted some Initial Comments on the Reiter Article.

    Shortly thereafter I heard that two different philosophers who have been influenced by Van Til were working on responses to the Reiter article. However, the response is now complete, and was posted today by James Anderson. If I am not mistaken this is the first positive, “peer reviewed journal entry” on the Transcendental Argument for God. I know, I know, some people will argue that Philosophia Christi is not one of the journals that critics of TAG have had in …