Finally finished TH300 for the Jesus Bible Institute, Introduction to Apologetics for Rapid City, SD. I delivered 16 lectures on a variety of subjects, and they are now available as a part of RealApologetics.org Scholarship. Feel free to download and share as you please (but keep in mind each lecture is an organic unit; they [...]

I responded to some comments sent to me by a Ph.D graduate of Marquette University (Max Herrera) on the last Provocative Microphone podcast. Max responded to a video link (Bahnsen vs. Stein debate, see here) posted on facebook that involved a critique of the podcast (out of all the places to critique a person’s work, [...]

When creatures sit back and think about what’s absolutely certain, history usually shows that we arrive at conclusions like “I exist,” and “2+2=4″ and “blue is blue” and so forth. It’s not hard to see why. How could we assert the contrary? As Descartes observed, to deny that I am thinking would lead to the [...]

I come across this question an average of about once a week. So instead of repeating myself, and even though there are several people more qualified to answer such questions (e.g. Oliphint, Edgar, etc.), I’ll just say once and for all what’s my take: For the question, “I want to read Van Til, where should [...]

I can’t tell you, after publishing The Portable Presuppositionalist (2nd ed. forthcoming), how many people have come to me and said things like, “so presuppositionalism is anti-evidence,” or “so it’s impious to look at evidence for Christianity” or “so it would be wrong to read Strobel’s Case for Christ, right?” The idea is that, because [...]

(The following is a comment I recently posted on my blog under a discussion on epistemology.) Rom 1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Rom 1:19  For what can be known about God is plain to them, because [...]

Classical Apologetics: Argues from natural theology to theism, and then from theism to Christian theism. Evidential Apologetics: Argues (depending) more from miracles and historical evidences to theism or Christian theism. Cumulative Case Apologetics: Argues from everything there is to produce a compelling case for Christianity.