Category: apologetics
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There are four areas of apologetic defense (tolerance, rationality, gospel and orthodoxy), two from general knowledge (general revelation) and two from special knowledge (special revelation). TO THE WORLD TO THE CHURCH FROM GENERAL REVELATION TOLERANCESeeking tolerance for the faith RATIONALITYPhilosophical arguments for Christian theism FROM SPECIAL REVELATION GOSPELDefense of Christian…
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There’s an old saying – “There is no doctrine a fundamentalist won’t fight over, and no doctrine a liberal will fight over.” Not every error is a heresy. And when the error we oppose is fatal heresy, the goal should be to heal, not to destroy. Most Christians have a…
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by Bob Pratico, submitted at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Mar 2022 William Lane Craig. Reasonable Faith, Christian Truth and Apologetics. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1984, 1994, 2008 IntroductionWilliam Lane Craig is a world-renowned, respected philosopher and Christian apologist. He is a Visiting Scholar of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology…
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Last February, Tom Dallis offered a brilliant argument here for the existence of God from “counterfactuals”, asserting that counterfactuals are “one of the most overlooked yet powerful arguments for God.” His argument follows and is both beautiful in logic and elegant in simplicity. Here is his argument: Premise 1: If…
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From the Collaborative International English Dictionary we get the following definition: teleological:– Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.– Showing evidence of design or purpose, especially in natural phenomena.– Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose. The Christian account of reality claims that:…
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I was asked to respond to two posts by Scott Bignell. Here is the first post. The first thing I would note is that the author, Scott Bignell, claims to have been “studying Judeo-Christian Origins” as a “passionate hobby”. Scott provides nothing on his background so the reader literally has…
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by Bob Pratico, submitted at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Mar 2023 IntroductionIn the 680s a monk called John Bar Penkāyē was working on a summary of world history in his remote monastery by the swift-flowing River Tigris, in the mountains of what is now south-east Turkey. When he came…
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There are different categories of ethical actions: Forbidden – clear commands; no ethical difficulties Dubious – not explicitly condemned but appear problematic; require ethical investigation and analysis Obligatory – opposite of forbidden; morally right and good Permissible – acts that are morally neutral (most of your daily decisions) Supererogatos –…
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+ Antinomianism, Conflicting Absolutism, ethics, faith, Graded Absolutism, Justification, Legalism, Moral Reasoning, Nonconflicting Absolutism, Obedience, Old Testament, sanctification, Situationalism, Works+
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There are differing positions on adherence to Ethics (Moral Law) as depicted in the following figure. You want to be in the middle where true freedom exists. Here are the characteristics of Christian Ethics: Jesus-centered Spirit-enabled Love-directed Oriented on Justice (rooted in the nature of God) Creational (moral law is…
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