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.

Acts 18:24-28 (Paul’s Third Missionary Journey): “Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only [...]

Presuppositional Apologetics (antithesis – one superb argument) Cumulative Case Apologetics (piecemeal fashion – several arguments)

Biblical/“Presuppositional” “Traditional” Apologetics Scripture… Is sufficient to tell us how to defend the faith, and it teaches a “presuppositional” method of apologetics. (a)    Is not sufficient to tell us how to defend the faith, or (b)   Is sufficient to tell us how to defend the faith, but it doesn’t. (c)    Is sufficient to tell us [...]

Descartes said “I think, therefore I am.” Self-consciousness, self-awareness, certainty of introspection as the foundation for knowledge was his conclusion. All things begin between our ears. Thence came the Enlightenment – man as the measure of all things. Of course, many philosophers have pointed out the flaws in his basic argumentation (i.e. why exactly does [...]