Introduction The “Transcendental Argument for God” (TAG) is typically understood as resting upon the “Impossibility of the Contrary.” We may be in a better position apologetically if we think about the Impossibility of the Contrary (IoC) in terms of three aspects of the IoC. These three aspects of the IoC are definition, dogma, and demonstration. [...]

The portion will build off of the last, so we will be a bit briefer in our responses. But it will be as equally valuable in exposing the deep logical and theological problems of Molinism. “It is fallacious to infer that x will necessarily happen. It just will happen. It is entirely possible that x [...]

Appeal to Hypocrisy is when a person justifies their action by pointing out that their accuser is guilty of the same action. For example, “You should become a member of a church so you’re under someone’s authority as Scripture says.”   “I disagree, you’re not a member of a church.” “You should really get an ESV [...]

“A Christian Theory of Information.” Reformed Perspectives Magazine 13, no. 28 (2011)

Now the skeletons come out. The next part of Craig’s work essentially critiques D.A. Carson’s doctoral dissertation (revised and published as Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility). This should be a rather helpful part in the series since it uncovers some plain theological errors behind Molinism. If you like being confronted with God, both the inarguable [...]

Admittingly, the first time I opened up Craig’s book, the first sentence (in Preface) had me scratching my head.  Craig says the purpose of the book is about “…how to reconcile God’s foreknowledge with human freedom” (11). Really? I began wondering why. Maybe my seminary courses and books in church history gave me the wrong [...]

Introduction to the Introduction One of the common strategies of legitimizing heresy and false teaching is to keep people guessing about what it is. Create a fog of accusations and denials and charges of “misrepresentation” that is so thick and so persistent that onlooking Christians are forced to hesitate in making judgments. “If there are [...]