Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links: Third Week of June 2019

Here are links related to Presuppositional Apologetics gathered between June 15th-21st, 2019.

1.) Logical Positivists (Naturalists) Fail To Be Consistent Within Itself (Ep.24)

2.) Bible Contradiction? Who were the sons of David born in Hebron?

3.) Secular researchers agree: worldviews control science!

4.) Reformed Forum Show: The Problem of the One and the Many

5.) DEBATE: Apologetics Methodology Presuppositionalism vs Evidentialism Pt. 3

6.) Van Tilian or Van Tillian? The Debate Settled

7.) Thank You Reformed Fellowship Inc.!

 

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Bible Contradiction? Who were the sons of David born in Hebron?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Who were the sons of David born in Hebron?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

Amnon, Chileab, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, Ithream.

“Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; 4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; 5 and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron.” (2 Samuel 3:2-5)

Amnon, Daniel, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, Ithream.

“Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3 the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth was Ithream, by his wife Eglah. 4 Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.” (1 Chronicles 3:1-4)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

 

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Mid-June 2019 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are links related to Presuppositional Apologetics gathered between June 8th-14th, 2019.

1.) Ep. 23 – How To Be An Atheist – Ch.4 – Science & The Humean Condition

2.) Review: Richard Dawkins

3.) Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts:  Part 2 of a Review of J.V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics

4.) Pluralism as Dogma

5.) I was a teenage fundamentalist

6.) Bible Contradiction? Where did Joseph’s brothers find the hidden money?

7.) Which side has the most to lose?

8.) Reforming Apologetics (Introduction)

Bonus: Ten Principles When Considering Alleged Bible Contradictions (Not necessarily Presuppositional but still helpful)

 

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Bible Contradiction? Where did Joseph’s brothers find the hidden money?

 

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Where did Joseph’s brothers find the hidden money?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

At home.

“When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, 30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’ 33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. 34 But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but [k]honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’” 35 Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.” (Genesis 42:29-35)

At the inn.

“As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.” (Genesis 42:27)

“and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand.” (Genesis 43:21)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

 

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Review: Richard Dawkins

Ransom Poythress. Richard Dawkins.  Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, November 30th 2018. 192 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Westminster | Amazon

No doubt many people today would have heard of atheist spokesman Richard Dawkins.  What does a Christian and Reformed response to Richard Dawkins looks like?  This work is a defense of the Christian faith that deals with Richard Dawkins by also beyond him in dealing with the subject of atheism.  This book is part of the Great Thinkers series published by P&R Publishing and thus far of the three volumes (this work and the ones on Aquinas and Marx) I have read this one is by far my favorite one.

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Early June 2019 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are links gathered from June 1st-7th, 2019 concerning Presuppositional Apologetics or related topics that those into Presuppositional apologetics would find interesting.

1.) What About Those Who Never Heard the Gospel? John 14:6 and Lost Tribes

2.) Problem of Suffering in light of Christ and Psalm 23

3.) Four Distinct Advantages of a Theistic Worldview — Cold Case Christianity

4.) Three Methods of Apologetics and Why it Matters

5.) Common Notion Confusion: Part 1 of a Review of J.V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics

6.) Leftists living at home and unemployed

7.)There Are Good Scientific Reasons To Believe Science Does Not Replace God (Ep.22)

8.) The Secularist Dilemma

9.) J. V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics—Retrieving the Classical Reformed Approach to Defending the Faith—A Critical Review (1 of 4)

 

 

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Problem of Suffering in light of Christ and Psalm 23

I have posted in the past “Chuck Norris Apologetics with the Problem of Evil.”  That post was about how the alleged problem of evil presupposes Christian theism.  In this present post I’m assuming what’s taught in that previous post.  Yet what is presented here is not just looking at the problem of evil in terms of suffering from another angle but should be joined with the first post as reinforcing a Christian treatment of theodicy.

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