Poor Richard’s Almanac

I’ll be doing my best to respond to an article written sent to me by a friend(Thanks, John). The link is below: How Presuppositionalists Suppress The Truth In False Piety “First, a summary of these positions might be in order. I am a classical apologist.” You seem to be just a plain classical apologist that dabbles in evidentialism. “This means that I will use reason, arguments and evidence to come to the conclusion that God exists.” The issue has always been that facts may be consistent with a theory given certain assumptions. I find a “fact” meaningless apart from a … Continue reading Poor Richard’s Almanac

Presuppositionalist starter kit

Here are the best resources on presuppositionalism I can find. I would like to mention that you are to use this knowledge for a purpose. For furthering the kingdom of God. This is in service to Jesus Christ and not … Continue reading Presuppositionalist starter kit

A pastor`s laments

“I worry that many people get so caught up in covenant theology, NCT, AHA, evolution etc. They actually don’t know the gospel and actually don’t know Jesus. I fear for the souls of men who can give you every minor detail on their pet doctrine, but don’t  know the word propitiation means. I fear for the souls of men who spend all day discoursing about second comings yet, don’t understand why he came the first. I fear for the souls of many people I interact with because their desire to justify themselves before God by good works. We must always … Continue reading A pastor`s laments

Does Christian ethics commit the naturalistic fallacy?

A common charge by non-believers is that Christian Ethics suffers from the naturalistic fallacy, but that has some issues. Hume’s argument, you may recall, was that “you cannot deduce ‘ought’ from ‘is.’” That is, you cannot derive normative conclusions from merely descriptive premises. G. E. Moore used the phrase “naturalistic fallacy” to describe that kind of error. Now in a Christian epistemology, matters are not quite so simple. The reason is that God is both the chief fact and the chief norm. To put it differently: God’s existence is a fact, and he is a person who rightly makes the highest demands on our obedience. Thus he … Continue reading Does Christian ethics commit the naturalistic fallacy?

3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics

3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics  Context,Context,Context : When deriving the meaning of scripture, we must start with the local context that it is being used in, check the surrounding verses first and expand if needs be. Move out to consider the whole chapter, the whole book, other books by the author, and even the whole of scripture if necessary, because… Scripture can not contradict scripture. If your interpretation of scripture contradicts scripture elsewhere, you have an improper interpretation of scripture. Scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, it can’t contradict itself. In order to combat this, you should… Always apply … Continue reading 3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics