Posted in Apologetic Links, Christianity, Reformed, Theology, Presuppositional Apologetics, Greg Bahnsen, Van Til, presuppositionalism, christian apologetics, Cornelius Van Til, biblical worldview, Bahnsen Conference on November 19, 2022| 18 Comments »
Here are the videos from 2022 Bahnsen Conference. The Bahnsen conference celebrates the life of Greg Bahnsen, a pastor, theologian and apologist for the Christian faith.
Bahnsen is one of the apologist that influenced me the most.
These are the videos:
Posted in biblical economics, biblical worldview, Christianity, God, Reformed, Theology, tagged biblical economics, Biblical Worldview, Christianity, God, Reformed, Theology on February 2, 2021| 23 Comments »
Here’s a series that looks at the topic of Economics form a Biblical worldview. With some of the national conversations some of the issues has an economic dimension so its impotent to see what implications from Scripture with things economics; in fact I think have a biblical worldview of economics checks some of the extreme ideologies out there today with a study with nuances. The lectures are downloadable as MP3s. I think you might be edified with this.
Posted in biblical worldview, Christian worldview, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged Biblical Worldview, christian worldview, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on August 26, 2019| 16 Comments »
I know I love learning about the Bible, theology, apologetics and philosophy. But the last few years I discover I love learning in many other academic sphere because of my beliefs of the Christian worldview, knowing that this is the world that God has created and allowed man to flourish with insights and understanding.
A great introduction to a Christian worldview of various academic sphere is The Faithful Learning series published by P&R Publishing (one of my favorite publishers). They bring Christian scholars from their respective field and have them write about their discipline and they write it in a way that’s friendly to the general reader and yet also insightful of its relationship to the Christian faith! One of the things I learned from reading Cornelius Van Til both directly and indirectly is the fact that this is God’s creation and a right interpretation of God’s creation involves His revelation of His Word and both are compatible and needed.
While looking up to find more of this series I discovered I actually finished the booklets in this series. So here below are links to my review of the seven titles in this series. I highly recommend them.
Jay D. Green. An Invitation to Academic Studies. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, July 14th, 2014. 36 pp.
Purchase: Westminster | Amazon
The introduction to the series. The author has a point in balancing between worldview foundation and actual knowledge and skill of the academic disciplines. Link to my review here.
Posted in Biblical Creationism, biblical worldview, Christianity, Creation, first grade, God, homeschool, homeschooling, Plants, Reformed, Theology, tagged Biblical Worldview, Christianity, Creation, Creation Science, God, homeschool, homeschooling, Plants, Reformed, Theology on December 19, 2018| 15 Comments »
This is part two of a five part Christian Home School Lesson Series for first graders on plants that aims to fulfill the Science Content Standards from the California Department of Education.
Lesson 2: Plant Life Cycles
Purpose: To explore and know more about God’s work of plant life cycles.
Book(s) read:
Aaron Carr’s Plants (Science Kids Life Cycles).
Gail Gibbons, From Seed to Plant.
Other tools:
Paper
Pencil
Crayons
Learning Objectives:
Posted in biblical worldview, Christianity, homeschool, Kindergarten, Reformed, Theology, valley, tagged Biblical Worldview, Christianity, homeschool, Kindergarten, Reformed, Theology, valley on May 23, 2018| 6 Comments »
This is a Christian Home School Lesson Series for 4-5 year old children on earth science that aims to fulfill the Science Content Standards from the California Department of Education.
Lesson 5: Canyons, Gorges and Rift Valleys
Purpose: To know three of six kinds of valleys.
Posted in biblical worldview, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Jason Lisle, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged Biblical Worldview, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Jason Lisle, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on March 30, 2018| 11 Comments »
As I’m going over this with a group of guys from my church I thought the following questions might be helpful for individuals and small groups to facilitate discussions and learning based upon the apologetics’ book “Ultimate Proof of Creation” by Jason Lisle. It is a book that teaches Presuppositional apologetics that engages apologetics at the level of worldview. Cornelius Van Til was instrumental in beginning this form of apologetics and others have developed and applied it.
For discussion questions for previous chapters click on the following:
The questions in this post will be for chapter 10 and conclusion of the book. Each question is followed by page numbers in parenthesis where the answer can be found.
Posted in biblical womanhood, biblical worldview, Book Review, Christianity, complementarianism, new testament, Reformed, Theology, tagged biblical womanhood, Biblical Worldview, book review, Christianity, complementarian, God, New Testament, Reformed, Theology on October 30, 2017| 11 Comments »
Benjamin Reaoch. Women, Slaves, and the Gender Debate : a Complementarian Response to the Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, August 17th 2012. 193 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Westminster | Amazon
Christian theologian John Frame once said that “The discussion of the man-woman relationship has greatly intensified since the 1970s.” I think Frame is right. Much discussion has been ongoing and many books have been written on the topic. Different movements have also arise over the decades. One such movement focuses more on the hermeneutics of how we approach the Scriptures and how we interpret passages concerning the relationship of man and woman. It is called the redemptive-movement with William Webb being the notable leader of the group. While different people affiliated with this movement may differ in some of their conclusion nevertheless we can safely say that their hermeneutics lead them to the conclusion of egalitarianism. This is a book length critique of the movement from a Complementarian perspective.
Posted in Biblical manhood, biblical masculinity, biblical worldview, Christianity, Reformed, Theology, tagged Biblical manhood, biblical masculinity, Biblical Worldview, Christianity, Reformed, Theology on July 28, 2017| 6 Comments »
This is point 3 of our series on “God created roles for Men from Genesis 2.”
This series is exploring four truths about manhood from Genesis 2:15-18a so that men would live up to God’s design of your identity today.
So what’s point number 3?
Posted in bible study, Biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, biblical worldview, Christianity, complementarianism, Genesis, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, bible study, Biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, Christianity, complementarianism, Genesis, Man, Reformed, Reformed Theology, Theology, woman on July 3, 2017| 6 Comments »
What is a man and a woman?
In this series we are exploring seven truths derived from Genesis 1:26-28 concerning God’s creation of man and woman so that we would understand God’s design of manhood and womanhood for our lives today.
Here’s the two previous three truths that we looked at:
In this post we will look at point 4 and 5.
Posted in Bible, Biblical manhood, biblical masculinity, biblical womanhood, biblical worldview, Christianity, Genesis, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, bible study, Biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, Christianity, Genesis, Reformed, Theology on June 30, 2017| 7 Comments »
What is a man and a woman?
This series of posts we will see seven truths derived from Genesis 1:26-28 concerning God’s creation of man and woman so that we would understand God’s design of manhood and womanhood for our lives today.
Last time we saw Truth # 1: God created both men and female and God has the authority to say what man and woman is supposed to be.
In this post we will look at point 2 and 3.
Posted in Biblical manhood, biblical worldview, Christian worldview, Christianity, John Piper, Manhood, Reformed, Theology, tagged Biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, Christianity, practical theology, Reformed, Theology on May 31, 2017| 12 Comments »
John Piper. What’s the Difference?: Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, June 29th 2001. 91 pp.
4 out of 5
Purchase: Amazon
The author John Piper is one of the editors along with Wayne Grudem of the massive Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. In fact this present book was originally written as a chapter for the larger work and while Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. While that work is more detailed in providing exegetical support and the reasons for why Piper and company takes the position they take yet Piper published What’s the Difference? as a stand-alone book is to present “a Biblical vision of manhood and womanhood as clearly and concisely as possible, and to leave the comprehensive technical discussion for other publications” (14). Piper also wrote in chapter one that he wanted to have What’s the Difference? as a “portrayal of the vision that satisfies the head as well as the heart” (16). In other words Piper’s second purpose is his desire to show how a biblical view of manhood and womanhood is “deeply satisfying gift of grace from a loving God” (16).
Posted in biblical theology, biblical worldview, Book Review, Christianity, Crossway, James M Hamilton Jr, Reformed, Theology, Work, tagged Biblical Worldview, Christianity, Crossway, Reformed, Theology, Work on February 13, 2017| 9 Comments »
James M. Hamilton Jr. Work and Our Labor in the Lord. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, January 31st, 2017. 144 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Westminster | Amazon
Over the years there has been more books coming out on a biblical view of work and vocation but what I like about this particular work is that the author James M. Hamilton Jr. takes a biblical theology approach to the topic. By biblical theology I mean a study of what Scripture has to say with the consideration of the progressive revelation of the Bible in terms of redemptive history and the canonical context of passages that is cited. I have been enjoying more and more books taking a biblical theological approach to a subject as it helps avoid some of the claims that systematic theology is merely engaged in proof text.
Posted in biblical worldview, Book Review, Christianity, Jay Green, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, Reformed, Theology on September 19, 2016| 8 Comments »
Jay D. Green. An Invitation to Academic Studies. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, July 14th, 2014. 36 pp.
This booklet is the first installment for the Faithful Learning Series published by Presbyterian and Reformed that provides an introductory look at various academic discipline from the perspective of the Christian worldview. As the first volume the series’ editor Jay Green lays the foundation for the rest of the works to follow by discussing how the Christian faith and academic discipline intersect. It so happened that I read this series out of order. I have earlier read the series’ work on literature, political science, music and chemistry and have been blessed by them (especially the political science one) that I wanted to read the rest of the series including An Invitation to Academic Studies. Here is my review of this work.
Posted in Apologetics, biblical worldview, Calvinism, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Romans 1, Theology on August 11, 2016| 11 Comments »
Over at the liberal Huffington Post there’s an article titled “6 Things Christians Should Stop Saying To People Who Doubt” written yesterday by one of their associate editor name Carol Kuruvilla. I’m struck at how many millennials are in the leadership and staff at Huff Po. This girl just graduated college in 2011. There’s nothing in of itself wrong with youth but I think sometimes their immaturity shows itself (note: I’m a Millennial myself). In this particular piece the author wrote clearly what the intent of her post is:
here are 6 things I wish Christians would stop saying to people who are doubting their faith.
I’m sure some Christians can sometime say the wrong thing to those who doubt. Some of the things mentioned in the article also made me cringe. Though I cringe at time for different reasons than the reason the writer presented. For the Christian the thing that’s most important is being biblical. So in my post I want to biblically evaluate this Huff Po Religion piece. I do so because she’s specifically targeting Christians and Christians must be biblical in how they engage with others.
Posted in biblical worldview, Christianity, Middle East, Prayer, Turkey on July 15, 2016| 7 Comments »
It seems right now there’s a lot of confusion concerning Turkey.
My concern isn’t necessarily with both the current president or the segment of the military in revolt. My concern is whether there will be instability that as a result allows for the florish of radical Islam. Don’t forget that the Islamic State touches the border with Turkey. There’s a dangerous parallel with Syria. Like Syria, Turkey has become the country in which foreign fighters make their way to Iraq for the jihadist adventure. Like Syria, Turkey had some foreign radical Muslims not go all the way to Iraq but instead have stayed behind and cause problems.
The thing I’m fearful for is to see Turkey get more unstable and as a result bring instability not only to the region of the Middle East and the Islamic world, but threaten to spill over unto Europe with even more refugees and also a gateway for even more radicals.
Pray for Turkey. Pray for the Gospel to advance in the midst of this.
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