August 16, 2018 by SLIMJIM
These are links on Presuppositional apologetics gathered between August 8th-14th, 2018.
1.) Atheism: Three Problems that Result in a Strikeout
2.) Apologetics Sermon Illustration #48: Refuting Presuppositions and Fighting Terrorist Financing
4.) Powerful Proof for God 2 Minutes
5.) Review: Karl Marx by William D. Dennison
7.) Duplication
8.) Chris Bolt’s Debate Statements Transcribed
Missed the last round up? Check out the re-blogged post from a friend or here or here.
 | Vincent S Artale Jr on Review: Faith Alone by RC… |
 | Efua on Memorial Day in my 30s |
 | Sonrisa (Crissy) on Memorial Day in my 30s |
 | Tom on Review: Faith Alone by RC… |
 | Gersom Clark on Review: Faith Alone by RC… |
Thanks for this listing. The veneration of Aquinas by R.C. Sproul and other evangelicals is wrong on so many different levels.
I like Sproul for many things, but there’s some areas I disagree with him (among other things, infant baptism). I think he could have been more critical of Aquinas.
Sproul must have become so enthralled with Aquinas’ teachings on natural philosophy that he chose to overlook all of the many Roman Catholic doctrines that Aquinas originated or refined. I just googled “Sproul Aquinas” and a lecture series from Sproul came up in which he identified Aquinas as a “Hero of the Christian Faith” (link below). So disappointing! It’s no wonder that Stephen Nichols felt free to also identify Francis Xavier as a “hero of the faith.” It’s so difficult for me to grasp how Sproul could have missed this when he wrote three excellent books which were mainly about the differences between the RCC and Biblical Christianity.
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/heroes_of_the_christian_faith/thomas-aquinas-part-1/
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The last link mentioned is a friend of mine. We went to Bible college together.
Thanks for the links, Jim. As I was looking at ‘Atheism: Three Problems that Result in a Strikeout ‘ and ‘Powerful Proof for God 2 Minutes’, it occurred to me that the most Powerful proof we have of God’s Existence is the believer’s experience of God’s Presence. True, not all believers experience God’s Power (Manifestations of The Holy Spirit), but what’s common among us all seems to be The Holy Spirit’s Revealing of God’s Presence within us. A skeptic can’t experience this while resisting The Call of The Spirit, because one must accept The Presence of God willingly. I’m sure there are skeptics which try to explain this away, but they can’t really know what they’re talking about unless they experience it. (Hope I’m putting this right; seems so hard to present it in words).
I know what you mean. While I read your comment with concern about subjectivism nevertheless I think because Christianity is true the revealing presence of God through the Spirit is a very real undeniable phenomenon. I also see this presence when I read the Word of God; there’s something about God’s presence with His Word. Now the Bible does have “proof” in the sense of fulfilled prophecies but there’s also that Presence of God when one read it. I think it lines up with the motif in Presuppositional apologetics of how God’s Word is self-evidencing which the Bible also teaches. Hope that makes sense!
I think I see what you mean. I didn’t mean to imply that truth is subjective, but that the skeptic can never understand the experience of God’s Presence until they answer God’s Call willingly. The truth of God’s Existence is there whether we acknowledge it or not. We can’t know this however, until we let Him come into our heart.
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