The objectives of this brief introduction to metaphysics are as follows: Provide a brief definition of the branch of philosophy known as metaphysics Understand the basic theological issues related to metaphysics Distinguish between a Christian view of reality and a non-Christian view of reality Recognize the importance of developing a […]
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“Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” Ex. 33:13 The Background The people of […]
Unless you accept the belief that all knowledge is revelational in nature, and that Christian knowledge is due to special revelation and divine illumination in particular, you cannot know that Christianity actually is true. The best you will be able to do as far as Christianity goes is to conclude […]
I was interested to read a recent article by Dr. Jason Duesing of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City (my alma mater). The title of the post is “Where are the Gentleman Theologians?” The post is helpful and appropriately challenging in many ways. Source: What is a gentleman to […]
For anyone reading this blog post, you may want to visit this link “Open Question to Presuppositionalists” before continuing. You see, I am a Calvinist and a Presuppositionalist and it is my honest desire to know the truth as God has revealed it in Scripture and I will follow God’s […]
In light of the recent dust-up concerning Andy Stanley’s sermon regarding the relationship of Christianity and the Bible, and the subsequent defense of Stanley’s sermon by men from the classical apologetics bastion, Southern Evangelical Seminary, men like Norm Geisler and Frank Turek, it seems to me that a crucial question […]
Below is a link to a learning solution using Microsoft Sway on the subject of defending Christian Scripture. If your apologetic method cannot defend Scripture, and certain features of Christian Scripture, then it will not be able to defend Christianity. And if an apologetic method cannot defend Christianity, it should […]
From the beginning of Hubner’s preface, we almost hear the faint quote from the Astronauts of Apollo 13, “Hubner, we have a problem.” Well, we hear something like it. At the very beginning of the section The Bible in Presuppositional Apologetics, in his “Preface to the Third Edition,” of his […]
So, Mr. Stanley, I understand that you believe that the foundation of Christianity is not the Bible. Is that correct? Yes skeptical baby, that is correct. Additionally, Mr. Stanley, you have said that it was a mistake for Christian leaders to teach Christians that they ought to believe the claims […]
Andy Stanley is at it again. Many people are up at arms over Stanley’s latest comments concerning the fact that Christianity does not need the Bible. In fact, Stanley implies that there was a “pre-bible” version of Christianity. Stanley insists that Christianity is all about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, […]