Tag: Scripture
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Church History and Apologetics Classes
Recently, I had the opportunity of teaching two classes for my local church, on the subjects of Church History and Apologetics.
Chris asked me to post them, so here they are!
Note: I wasn’t professionally recorded – I did it myself – so the quality is only so-so.
Church History: I used a primarily biographical method in teaching a quick overview of the history of the Church – and it’s isn’t nearly as comprehensive as many classes might be. It’s only 12 sessions, so I obviously had to go fairly quickly. This was taught as an introduction to the …
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Always Ready Study : Parts 1-5
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Do Yourself A Favor
Check out Lane G. Tipton’s Westminster Trinitarianism.
Go here and sign up in order to access resources from Westminster Theological Seminary.
Once you receive your confirmation email you can log in via the link included with that email and then search for the title of the lecture.
Lots of good stuff there! Thanks to Jeff Downs for recommending it.…
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SBTS Panel Discussion On Brian McLaren’s “A New Kind of Christianity”
I was asked about the recent panel discussion at SBTS on Brian McLaren. I had planned to post the video. Pay attention especially to Dr. Wellum (addressed by Dr. Mohler as “Steve”).
For audio only Click Here…
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Knapp’s “Induction and the Unbeliever”
Recently the “Bahnsen Burner” Dawson Bethrick took a swing at Choosing Hats founder and administrator Brian Knapp’s contribution to The Portable Presuppositionalist as a part of his ongoing attempt to provide an answer to the Problem of Induction from within the confines of the Objectivist worldview. Mr. Bethrick quotes from page 124 of Knapp’s “Induction and the Unbeliever” in The Portable Presuppostionalist where Knapp asks, “Why do you believe nature is uniform, and how is that belief rationally justified?” Bethrick begins to provide an answer early in his post as follows:
…[N]ature is uniform on its own, independent of
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Nature Grace Dualism
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
Genesis 1:26 (ESV)
Even this portion of a verse of Scripture has serious ramifications for apologetic methodology.
When “image” and “likeness” are taken not to be synonymous but rather to refer to two different concepts a false anthropological dichotomization is created which either extends to or finds inductive support from other doctrines similarly understood. Thus the ‘image’ of God might incorrectly be thought of as being natural to humans while the ‘likeness’ of God is thought of as supernatural so that an instance of a fabricated distinction …
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Finding the Freedom to Let the Faith “Defend Itself”
You Are Not Your Worldview: Finding the Freedom to Let the Faith Defend Itself By Russell D. Moore…
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Check out this offer on “Speaking the Truth in Love: The Theology of John M. Frame”!
Thanks to Zao Thanatoo for contacting me about a 50% discount on John Frame’s festschrift Speaking the Truth in Love: The Theology of John M. Frame edited by John J. Hughes (P&R, 2009) through Dr. James N. Anderson’s blog. Click here to find out how to take advantage of this generous offer!
You may also read Dr. Anderson’s contribution to the book here. Many thanks to Dr. Anderson for the work he has done through the years developing his ‘attenuated’ Van Tilianism. I look forward to more of his work in the future.…
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A Fristian Strikes Out Revisited: Response to “Theo Beza”
Not too long ago I posted regarding a Fristianity Style Counter (FSC) to TAG from “John Calvin”. You may find the post here (https://choosinghats.org/?p=876) but it is reposted below.
In that post the particular FSC that John Calvin had offered was in my view successfully refuted by appealing to an analogous argument offered by Paul Manata. An individual commenting on the post using the name “Theo Beza” offered a series of irrelevant and hence unsuccessful objections to my critique of the FSC. Here I will repost A Fristian Strikes Out in order to provide the context needed to …
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Honesty In Apologetics
For some time now I have wanted to post concerning honesty in apologetics. Honesty appears to be just as scarce in much apologetic material as humility. There are a number of reasons I have not yet written the post. One such reason is that I have been a bit under the weather. My desk is rather full at the moment as well and I owe several people responses. Thankfully I found a well written post on the topic here that I can just link to and encourage you to read.
See you when I am well, Lord willing!…