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Faith and Reason in Christian Perspective

Faith and Reason in Christian Perspective

It appears to me that one of the first things a faithful theologian needs to do is to straighten out the confusion brought about by the world’s separation of faith and reason. This relationship is so vital to a biblically fastened worldview that to neglect it will involve the believer in a host of conflictingContinue Reading

David Bentley Hart’s, ‘The Experience of God’ – The Full Review

David Bentley Hart’s, ‘The Experience of God’ – The Full Review

“A reductionistic god belongs to a reductionistic world picture, just as much as a vitiated view of consciousness and intentionality results from an outlook which doesn’t care to explain such “directed” mysteries.”

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Apologetics and Your Children (Pt.10)

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

“this way of putting things leads to thinking that the Bible only touches upon the thin aspects of living which we call “spiritual”; all the rest of reality is then thought to be open to independent reasoning virtually unrelated to the pronouncements of Scripture.  Once this thought enters the Christian’s mind it acts like a cancer, and very soon what we proudly call “the Christian worldview” becomes a small timid thing, with little relevance for most of the “non-spiritual” spheres of life.”

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CONNECTED TRUTH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY

CONNECTED TRUTH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY

A Brief Testimony Before I became a Christian at the age of 25 I had a yearning for truth.  I tried to find it, of all places, at the local pub, ‘The Bull’.  Not the deep truth of philosophers; just the everyday truth of belonging.  Real Ale and parties and pub banter provided the backdropContinue Reading

Creation and Worldview: Twenty Theses

Creation and Worldview: Twenty Theses

“God made us and our world because He wished to do so.  This means that the world is contingent not necessary.  The only thing that is necessary is the existence of the Triune God.”

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Should ‘Presuppositional’ Apologetics Be Rebranded As ‘Covenantal’ Apologetics?

Should ‘Presuppositional’ Apologetics Be Rebranded As ‘Covenantal’ Apologetics?

As Greg Bahnsen showed in his Always Ready, there is plenty of biblical justification for presuppositional apologetics, without the need to appeal to covenant theology.  While Bahnsen was a proponent of covenant theology, he wisely sought to establish his apologetics on a different and firmer foundation.  What we want to know is whether Van Til’s apologetic is biblical, and indeed it is.”

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Ukiah Apologetics Conference (Audio)

Ukiah Apologetics Conference (Audio)

Five talks on some of the crucial issues for Christians as they defend their faith in today’s world.

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Reviewing ‘Covenantal Apologetics’ by K. Scott Oliphint

Reviewing ‘Covenantal Apologetics’ by K. Scott Oliphint

“Looked at simply as a book about presuppositional apologetics this is a welcome addition.  Between the customary Introduction and Conclusion there are seven informative chapters… the author has thought through how best to present the logic of the approach, and he brings in some useful refinements in this area; refinements which readers will appreciate.”

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Apologetics and Your Children (Pt. 9) – Is “All Truth God’s Truth”?

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

“What I am saying is that if the phrase “All Truth is God’s Truth” is to be of any acceptable use to us it has to bear a meaning which we can take to God as in agreement with His Word.  We must not let our kids leave our homes with the slippery notion that we can decide what is true and then expect the Lord to place His Divine imprimatur on our assessment.”

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Apologetics and Your Children (Pt.8) – Do The Facts Speak For Themselves?

This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

“How can soft tissue survive for so long?  Answer..it can’t.  But there it is.  Does this evidence persuade dinosaur experts that dinosaurs lived in recent times?  That would be where the evidence led, right?  But of course not.  No more than ancient drawings of dinosaurs from all over the world influence them.  Worldviews get in the way!”

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