It was suggested to me by a seminary professor (not my own, but a friend’s dad) that in order to grasp a clearer understanding of Arminianism and its defense (against my Calvinistic beliefs), I ought to check out the book Why I Am Not a Calvinist by Jerry L. Walls and Joseph R. Dongell (two [...]

IV. The Total Picture
A. My problems with the “traditional method.”
1. This method compromises God himself by maintaining that his existence is only “possible” albeit “highly probable,” rather than ontologically and “rationally” necessary.
2. It compromises the counsel of God by not understanding it as the only all-inclusive, ultimate “cause” of whatsoever comes to pass.
3. It compromises [...]

III. Toward a Christ-Centered Apologetic
Deciding, therefore, to follow the Reformers in theology, it was natural that I attempt also to do so in apologetics. I turned to such Reformed apologists as Warfield, Greene, and others. What did I find? I found the theologians of the “self- attesting Christ,” defending their faith with a method which [...]

II. Christ Writes Me a Letter
I have never met Christ in the flesh. No matter, he has written me a letter. Not he, himself. He chose helpers. By his Spirit, the Spirit of truth, these helpers wrote what he wanted me to know. From heaven my Lord then sent his Holy Spirit on Pentecost to [...]

[Cornelus Van Til, perhaps the founder of presuppositional apologetics, defines his beliefs in "My Credo".  I will copy the paper in four separate posts.]
My Credo
By: Cornelius Van Til

The following essay was taken from the book, Jerusalem and Athens which was written as a Festschrift for Dr. Van Til on his birthday. This book is still [...]

Can whoever believes the Gospel come to Jesus?  Yes.  Does Jesus invite everyone to believe?  Yes.  Does God command everyone to believe and obey the Gospel?  Yes.  Does everyone obey?  No.
Is everyone able to obey?…
When we discuss the Doctrines of Grace with Arminians, one of the most heated disputes always arises on Limited Atonement (Particular [...]

Hello.  Welcome back.  Long story short: Aaron and I have been busy this summer.  We’ve also encountered some issues regarding the role of apologetics in Christianity which have put our operations on hold.  While we’re still figuring things out, we will be turning our attention more to doctrinal discussion than defending the faith.
As some of [...]

I saved this post for part two because I wanted to show in part one that the doctrine of inerrancy is a worthwhile consideration because Scripture itself claims to be inerrant.  That is, Biblical inerrancy is not a doctrine of man, but of verbum Dei.  So from the previous post, we saw that Scripture claims to [...]

This will be part one of a three part series concerning the inspiration and veracity of the Bible.
There is a fallacy among many Christian thinkers which says that the Bible–the Word of God–cannot be infallible or inerrant.  They do not disagree with the idea of inspiration, but their concept of inspiration does not preclude (indeed, [...]

I’ll be relying on the following article by William Lane Craig for this post.  Please read it before continuing.
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5206
[I forgot those articles are only available for members.  However, registering there is free--you just provide a name and email address.]
For the time being, I’m going to focus on a small point the article brings up, specifically [...]