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(A response to a friend)
Well it’s a tough one, because those of a Greek orthodox persuasion are very into being Greek, and so the Greek theology is closely tied in with their sense of themselves and their thoughts of their own identity as a people. What I mean is, for them the fact that their […]

To a Friend,
As much as I disagree with much of what Van Til said and wrote, saying that General Revelation, God’s revelation of Himself in creation, is of equal authority with Special Revelation, meaning the Scriptures themselves, seems to be true.
It’s good that you are careful on these distinctions because many under value their necessity, […]

First causes and second thoughts.  (an answer to a friend)
Plato and Aristotle were the big “First Cause” guys.  They wrote quite a bit about it in their books on everything from politics to metaphysics.  It’s must reading for those interested.  Aquinas was the main technical formulator of the Five Ways, or what we call the […]

 On Atheisms and why they are unthinkable.
There are things, we can call them things because we don’t really know what else to call them, like the laws of logic, numbers, consciousness, ethics, relations, things that seem to be eternal and unchangeable, that are inexplicable in terms of eternal material as the singular explanatory fact, or […]

A recent spate of Calvinism. Part Three.
“Only lest any one should presume so to deny freedom of will, from a desire to excuse sin.” Augustine.
“Of our own we have nothing but sin.” Augustine.
Calvinism can make your head hurt. You get into all of the confusing little nooks and crannies of the Christian faith just to […]

A Presuppa-what? (Comments on an ageing Presuppositionalism.)
If I had a’ dollar for every time somebody asked me why I’m a presuppositionalist, I’d have a lot of dollars.  But why is it all so confusing?  I think that the most basic task of an apologist is the examination, analysis, and promotion or refutation of a person’s […]

On Religious Experience: Part Two, A response to a friend.
As to “proof”, it doesn’t seem to be that I am using the word in an erroneous fashion as much as that you are defining the term with an erroneous restriction that does not take into account, not only the common use of the term according […]

On Religious Experience: The use of it as Proof for the existence of God.
Part 1.
Religious experience is, I think, the basis for a very powerful argument, but only powerful upon people that have had such an experience.  (This is a complicated claim that I will expand upon a little later.) With my theological background flowing […]

On History and Evidence. (A Response to a friend)
Interesting stuff. I like the Plantinga thing because one of the worlds foremost philosophers is actually taking the time to say that this guy doesn’t know philosophy from a hole in the ground.1 And you are right in saying that the rubber hits the road in the […]