I apologize. I’ve been bragging up Bavinck’s one-volume Reformed Dogmatics (here)  for months. And now, I finally get it in the mail after pre-ordering it and waiting and waiting…and my worst nightmare is true: it’s just a selection and editorial synthesis from the wonderful 4 volume Dogmatics. It is not Reformed Dogmatics: Abridged in One [...]

The debate files should be up and running OK (here), complete with links to podcast reviews, commentary, etc. If there are any broken links, don’t hesitate to send a quick email. The RealApologetics.org Recommended reading list (here) has undergone substantial improvements and additions (including a section on Reformed Baptist materials, and even eschatology!) Had a [...]

Forgot to post this continuing email conversation from a few months ago. He hasn’t wrote back since… Hey Jamin, You quoted Dr. Craig saying both: “There is no world feasible for God in which all persons freely respond to His gracious initiatives and so are saved.” and “it is possible that God did not have [...]

There is much concern over the place of women in church government, especially regarding deacons for those in conservative circles. The subject was briefly mentioned in a blog post last week, and it would be helpful to provide some more resources on that subject that explain where I’m coming from. Enjoy! Calvin “He first commends to them [...]

It’s not Scripture or even a piece from a great novel. But I found myself a little emotional while slowly reading through the following quote. When the greatest of truths comes to us in the shortest and simplest of words, it hits us like a ton of bricks, and we remember, as if waking up [...]

Everything reveals God! Why? Because God made everything. Bibles, stars, dogs, information, consciousness, beauty, dirt, and on and on all exist because God created all things. Without God, no such things would exist. Indeed, we unashamedly begin with the Trinity and move outward. That also means we begin with God’s Word, because that’s how we [...]

I received the following in my inbox Nov 9, 2010: realapologetics, I was curious if you could point me to some online articles that deal with the subject of an unbeliever both knowing and not knowing God. This is a subject that Van Til, Bahnsen, Frame, etc. deal with in their books but I am [...]