“Caner’s Apologetics Book” and Presuppositionalism »

A few hours ago I received A Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics, edited by Ergun Caner and Ed Hindson (both editors, as well as over a dozen of the contributors, are professors at Liberty University and Seminary; thus, the book might be said to be a “product of Liberty”). I admit, I had a bad taste [...]

A Concise Outline for the Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence »

I’ve finally taken the time to write my own little digest of TAG in the context of Christian apologetics: The argument is indirect, not direct. That is, transcendental arguments do not argue from facts and evidences to a conclusion by induction or deduction like traditional arguments (which assumes that logic is more fundamental/ultimate/epistemologically necessary than [...]

Caner and Presuppositionalism? »

“Walking into Ergun Caner’s theology class, I was a bit skeptical of what the day had in store. Rumors were flying (they still are) and I didn’t know what to believe (that has changed now).  I love theology, but most students at Liberty don’t wait until their Junior year to take it. I did…. We also [...]

The Classic Error of Classical Apologetics »

I was doing a brief skim of some of Norman Geisler’s material (no, it’s not something I do regularly) and came across the following quote: “General revelation is manifest in several areas: for example, physical nature, human nature, and history. In each case God has disclosed something specific about Himself and His relationship to His [...]

Sunday Snafoos »

I enjoyed the opportunity of attending Black Hills Community Church (PCA) this morning and meeting Pastor Arthur Sartorius and conversing with the other brethren; it was a nice ending to a quick trip in the Hills. I posted a podcast during my stay in Rapid City and promised the full audio clip of Greg Koukl’s [...]

A Brief Response to Richard Howe on Presuppositionalism »

As most of you know, RealApologetics.org has (at least) three distinguishing marks that set it apart from other apologetics organizations: it is not dispensational in its approach to general theology and hermeneutics (but loosely “covenantal”), it is not evidential or classical in its method of apologetics (but presuppositional, in the line of Van Til and [...]

Monergist Meditations: Presuppositionalism, Love, and Romeo and Juliet »

Introduction Today I substituted for a Spanish and Literature teacher at the same public school where I studied for 12 years of my life. This morning’s assignment should have been a delight; the students, myself, and another teacher were going through the balcony scene in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. But, for some reason, the [...]