The Apologetic Front

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Who's glory did Isaiah see in John 12:41? (Part 3 of 3)

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Who's glory did Isaiah see in John 12:41? (Part 2 of 3)

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Who's glory did Isaiah see in John 12:41? (Part 1 of 3)

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

How do atheists account for logic and rationality?

Here are some more explanations of the TAG argument, and addressing some of the common objections. Personally, I have somewhat of a difficult time defending as well as explaining the argument in light of the objections, which is why I haven't really spent too much time arguing these points publicly. However, the explanatory power of the presuppositional approach is still at the top of my list for defending the existence of God. If anyone knows of any serious, published responses to the TAG argument, i'd love to check them out.

Matt slick explains some more tenants of the TAG argument:

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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Discussion/debate with a non-Trinitarian

The topic for discussion is "The Trinity". The question is: Are
the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all one God? Our guests are
Patrick Navas, author of the book "Divine Truth or Human
Tradition, 'A Reconsideration of the Roman Catholic-Protestant
Doctrine of the Trinity in Light of the Hebrew and Christian
Scriptures". In defense of the Trinity is Brian Garcia, former
Jehovah's Witness apologist and now Christian apologist.


I thought this was a good discussion for the most part. But towards the end it got difficult to listen to when people started calling in. However, these types of conversations are very rare, so if you are interested in hearing both sides of this issue, i'd recommend this.

You can listen to the full audio HERE

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Monday, June 29, 2009

The Transcendental Argument for God's Existence

In this presentation, Matt Slick of CARM explains the Transcendental argument for the existence of God. From what I know about Matt Slick, he advocates the argument as used by the late philosopher/theologian Gordon Clark. From what I know about Clark, he differs in a few ways from that of Van Till or Greg Bahnsen, who usually shy away from presenting "evidences" without first presupposing God or the Bible. Rather, Clark seemed to be a little more "edgy" as a presuppositionalist and use "logic" and how we account for it as his evidence for the existence of God.

Though the argument can go much deeper, I think Matt Slick does a great job of explaining it from a Clarkian perspective:

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Book Review: "Two Views on Women in Ministry."


This was the first “counterpoint series” book that I’ve ever read, and I must say that I was very impressed. I’m the sort of person that likes to read all sides of the issue and come to my own conclusion. And rather than pick up 5 different books on the subject, I thought that I would pick up one like this and see if there was enough information to make a reasonable decision. I must say that my expectations were met.

The issue is, what roles do women play in church ministry and what are the limitations? Though only two primary views are given, four authors contributed. I was impressed by this because each author offered unique perspectives. In particular, I was very impressed by Linda Bellville’s egalitarian perspective because of the technical insight that was given. And judging from the other views that were given, Linda Bellville is probably the best that the egalitarian has to offer.

Though the complementary contributors didn’t offer the technical insight that Bellville gave, their arguments were solid and well established. At any rate, this is a book that is worth reading and worthy of in depth study. And I couldn’t imagine a better resource than this book. From now on, when I am researching a controversial topic, the counterpoint series books will be the first on my list.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Hebrews 1:10-12, Psalm 102:25-27 and Jesus Christ the Creator (All 3 parts)





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Critique of the 2009 Annual Memorial of the Jehovah's Witnesses (All 7 parts)













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Friday, May 29, 2009

Hebrews 1:10-12, Psalm 102:25-27 and Jesus Christ the Creator (Part 3 of 3)

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Hebrews 1:10-12, Psalm 102:25-27 and Jesus Christ the Creator (Part 2 of 3)

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Hebrews 1:10-12, Psalm 102:25-27 and Jesus Christ the Creator (Part 1 of 3)

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