Some more links on Presuppositional apologetics on the World Wide web. Are there other links you can share? I do want to know!
1.) Exchanging Truth for a Lie— Ben Holloway puts atheism in perspective in light of Romans 1.
2.) Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated and Defended – A Review— Fred Butler’s review of Greg Bahnsen’s book.
3.) Intellectual Sense,”Giving Reasons,” and the Christian Worldview— Joseph Torres quotes Van Til and cites Bahnsen’s explanation.
4.) Defining Skepticism— Ben Holloway looks at Shermer’s assumption in defining skepticism.
5.) Apologetics: The Fruit of Faith–An essay over at Reformed Forum explaining Bavinck’s theme that apologetics is the fruit and not the root of faith. Good read.
6.) Proof and Presuasion— A Presuppositionalist’s look at Cold Case apologist J. Warner Wallace’s distinction between evidence and proofs.
7.) Van Tilian Old Calendarists— Steve Hays critiques of a previous article I shared last time by Nate Shannon, which critiques James Anderson and Greg Welty.
Thanks SlimJim for these resources. Re item 5, you can find Bavinck’s “Certainty if faith” as a free PDF here.
Click to access TheCertainityOfFaith.pdf
Wow thanks!!!
What do you think about this post? I believe we have strayed away from this point.
http://cfcspn.com/2013/02/25/how-to-id-an-atheists-claiming-to-be-a-christian/
Thanks for sharing this.
From Bavinck’s remarkable little book:
Christianity is not science or philosophy but religion. There are indeed no scientific proofs or philosophical arguments that can move man to ac-cept the gospel. Generally speaking, the rule ap-plies, as we have said, that you can’t argue with someone who is principially opposed to you. This is especially true in the area of religion, because the gospel presents itself as standing above and in opposition to the natural man. It is meant for him, but it does not accord with his thoughts and inclinations. It claims to be of divine origin and therefore demands a different inclination than is man’s by birth. If man could be compelled to accept God’s Word through scientific reasoning, the gospel would not gain but lose force. It would thereby be robbed of its special character, of its divine origin, of its religious content, and of its saving purpose, and it would be reduced to an or-dinary, fallible, rational and human level. If neither rational argument nor moral experience can explain how the Christian faith comes into being, the question arises whether there isn’t a bet-ter way in which man may be led to trustingly em-brace the truth revealed in Christ.
P. 73-74. Certainty of faith.
I’m going to have to read this book! Thanks for sharing this. I can see Bavinck’s influence on Van Til from this quote.
Benabu (son of Abu)
I read the post. With regard to “Now the next time you meet someone claiming to be a Christian, simply ask the key question, “Do you believe Jesus Christ is Lord, and that he came into the flesh?” Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God”.
If he means by Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity, then, yes. (And all that is implied by “Lord” – believing and acting on his words).