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. [...]

I want to repeat a post made by Jeff Downs on the AOmin blog (here). Reformed Forum conducted another interview (here) of K. Scott Oliphint, and it is very, very helpful in understanding Van Til’s contributes to apologetics. Oliphint is probably the most qualified person alive today in summarizing Van Til’s thought. And in my [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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

Abraham Kuyper: Aggressive Reaction (to Traditional Apologetics) and Unnecessary Abandonment (of All Apologetics) (apologetics is “useless” (Lectures on Calvinism, 36). Herman Bavinck: Initial Critique and Summary of Solution (“The Valid Apologetic” in Reformed Dogmatics) Cornelius Van Til: Comprehensive Critique and Reformation (The Defense of the Faith, Introduction to Systematic Theology, A Christian Theory of Knowledge) [...]

Just paging through the interview of William Edgar, apologetics professor at Westminster, in the July 31st edition of World Magazine. He definitely had a few good ones that puts presuppositional (biblical) apologetics in simple terms: Vail Til is considered to be the leading exponent of “presuppositionalism,” an apologetic that looks at issues of the heart [...]