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Category Archives: Calvinist Theology
Another Round of the Thomist Rumor Mill against Van Til: Keith A. Mathison’s “Christianity and Van Tillianism”
PDF version In the August 2019 issue of Ligonier Ministries’s magazine Tabletalk, Keith Mathison writes a lengthy essay titled “Christianity and Van Tillianism,” which is written from the perspective of Reformed Thomism in criticism of Cornelius Van Til’s apologetic program. … Continue reading
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Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts: Part 2 of a Review of J.V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics
So what exactly is Van Til’s beef with Aquinas? First, there is the issue of Aquinas’s claims about Aristotle contradicting the biblical teaching about man’s depravity. That a pagan like Aristotle, who, according to the Bible, hates God, suppresses natural … Continue reading
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Common Notion Confusion: Part 1 of a Review of J.V. Fesko’s Reforming Apologetics
A group of crows is called a murder, a group of owls a parliament, and a group of geese a gaggle. But what do you call a group of strawmen? Reforming Apologetics by J.V. Fesko. I commend the author for … Continue reading
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The Failure of Popular Christian Apologetics: Part One of a Review of Andy Stanley’s “Irresistible”
Pastor Andy Stanley wants to be rid of having to defend the Old Testament. The thrust of his book is that he sees the Old Testament as an unnecessary drag on the New Testament gospel, so he wants to unhitch … Continue reading
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A Thomistic Transcendental Argument that Needs Van Til
A Review of Edward Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (St. Augustine’s Press, 2008). I recently read Edward Feser’s book, The Last Superstition, because someone who claimed to be a former Van Tilian said it … Continue reading
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Will the Real Nazis Please Stand Up?!! (Part 2)
Part 2: Is Luther to Blame for Nazism? Luther and Racism “Anti-Semitism” often carries two different meanings, and unfortunately people often equivocate between the two. “Anti-Semitism” can refer to being against the race of the Jews. The genetic inheritance of … Continue reading
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All Evangelicals are Logically Committed to Limited Atonement
All evangelical Christians except five-point Calvinists believe in universal atonement, that Christ died on the cross to pay for the sins of every person in history. So if they explicitly deny limited atonement, how can they be logically committed to … Continue reading
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