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This work was an unofficial festschrift for Cornelius Van Til, edited by Gary North. The story behind this second Festchrift for Van Til is an interesting story in it’s own right. The work attempts to put forth the foundation for a Christian approach towards various academic disciplines that is informed from a Christian worldview. I thought Rushdoony’s chapter on Psychology was worth while. John Frame contribution to the chapter in theology was also good, as he explores the issue of theology as a system, while also it being more than a system, paradoxes in theology, the inter-relationship of doctrines, etc. Van Til’s disciple Greg Bahnsen also contributed to this volume, with a wonderful chapter on apologetics and another on philosophy. His chapter on philosophy discusses the issue and refutes pragmaticism, and Wiggenstein’s language game theory of language. Vern Poythress’ contribution with the chapter on math is also another excellent chapter in the book, and probably is the beginning work done concerning a distinctively Van Tillian flavor Christian worldview approach towards mathematics. I highly recommend this work, and I think it is a tragedy that this work is out of print. Perhaps an update or a new book that is in the same spirit would be excellent in the near future!
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Greg Bahnsen is like the Christian equivalent to Tupac: He’s been dead for HOW many years and he’s still contributing to books?
Is there some sort of secret filing cabinet with unpublished Bahnsen material somewhere?
Haha, wow I’m not the only one who have thought of the similarities between Tupac and Bahnsen…another thing as well is how often Tupac sounds like he’s talking about today…and the same with Bahnsen at times…like his lectures on the first gulf war–sounds like he’s talking about the current Iraq war. Lol.
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