I recently heard William Lane Craig speak at a conference and he made what I thought was a very basic but very important point. Much of what goes on in … Read more→
Archive for the ‘Apologetics’ Category
Birds of a Feather
I’m reading Five Views on Apologetics again—this time in preparation for a seminar discussion. William Lane Craig presents an argument for classical apologetics and Gary Habermas argues for an evidentialist approach. … Read more→
The Philosophical Revolution as Matryoshka Doll
Matryoshka dolls (aka babushka dolls) are those fun little wooden nesting dolls. You open the first only to find a smaller, second doll, which in turn contains another, etc., etc. … Read more→
Apologetics with Kline and Van Til
I continue to be amazed at the relevancy of both Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology for the task of apologetics. In other words, apologetics differs greatly from philosophical theology, … Read more→
Van Til’s Universe
Recently, I have been working through Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism, edited by Bruce L. McCormack and Clifford B. Anderson. This new book from Eerdmans is an interesting volume, compiled from … Read more→
Christian Metaphysics
Continuing our look into some of the salient points of Van Til’s The Defense of the Faith, and lately, of his view of metaphysics, we must ask what Van Til … Read more→
The Essence of Idealism
In his work The Defense of the Faith, Cornelius Van Til sought to demonstrate the shortcomings of all kinds of unbelieving philosophy while exalting the truth of Scripture as the … Read more→
Authority in Modern Theology
Much of Van Til’s apologetic is about uncovering the authority within a theological and epistemological system for making truth claims. While many contemporary and post-modern theologies possess a general aversion … Read more→
Rob Bell and Scholasticism
Right about now I’m ready to go back to debating about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
Well, maybe not. Though I wonder … Read more→
Hilbert’s Hotel
From the moment I heard the illustration of “Hilbert’s Hotel,” commonly used in defense and explanation of the cosmological argument, there has seemed something “off” about it, to put it … Read more→