Apologetics

Primary or Secondary Importance?: Interpretive Anarchy?

Stephen Unthank
May 28, 2018
It could be argued that the very concept of primary and secondary doctrines is a very Protestant problem, precisely because it comes down to an understanding of interpretive authority. Older writers referred to primary doctrines as dogma, those doctrines which have a definite and decidedly fixed...

Being a Pentecost Christian: The Spirit & Inspiration

Amy Mantravadi
Mar 15, 2018
What do we mean when we say that the Bible is the Word of God? We mean that while it was written by men, it was not the product of their independent and fallible thoughts. It was inspired by God Himself, and specifically one Person of the Godhead: the Holy Spirit. In this book, the eternal God of...

Braving Hard Passages: Baptism for the Dead

Tim Bertolet
Mar 5, 2018
I have always taken comfort from the fact that if Peter could find some of Paul’s saying as hard (2 Peter 3:15-16), so can I. One hard saying in the Apostle Paul’s writing is his remark in 1 Cor. 15:29 regarding the baptism of the dead: 1Cor. 15:29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of Aquinas becomes clear. The assumption that Aquinas, given his attachment to Aristotle, attempted to merge two antithetical principia comes from...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of Aquinas becomes clear. The assumption that Aquinas, given his attachment to Aristotle, attempted to merge two antithetical principia comes from...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
This is the third and final installement of Dr. Muller's review of Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint. Read part one here , and part two here . It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 2)

Richard Muller
Feb 26, 2018
Oliphint's discussion of Aquinas' view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic points of critique is that Aquinas' "idea of the analogy of being compromises the biblical doctrine of creation." 1 In Van Til's view, the notion of an analogy of being comes directly...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 2)

Richard Muller
Feb 26, 2018
Oliphint's discussion of Aquinas' view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic points of critique is that Aquinas' "idea of the analogy of being compromises the biblical doctrine of creation." 1 In Van Til's view, the notion of an analogy of being comes directly...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 2)

Richard Muller
Feb 26, 2018
Note: This is the second part of Richard A. Muller's r eview of Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint. Read part one here . Oliphint's discussion of Aquinas' view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic points of critique is that Aquinas' "idea of the analogy of...

Determined to Believe: A Critique

Jack O'Grady
Feb 16, 2018
In the epilogue to Determined to Believe , John Lennox says that he does not expect those who disagree to take an ad hominem approach against him. It occurred to me when reading this just how difficult it would be to launch an ad hominem attack on John Lennox. His incredible warmth makes him...