Part 1: The Context and Logic of Romans 8:28–30 — Who Is Paul Talking About? Ferris’s Core Claim Ferris repeatedly insists that Romans 8:28–30 is not making a definitive theological claim about the nature of salvation. Instead, he claims Paul … Continue reading How Not to Read Romans: A Response to Ferris (How to Be Christian)
By Jimmy Stephens The problem with particularism is spelled out by philosophers who try to handle the problem of the criterion. Namely, it is subjectivism. When the epistemologist calls one of his beliefs or a set of his beliefs a … Continue reading The Problem of the Criterion and Revelational Epistemology
The Eastern Orthodox argument for the canon begins with a familiar move: in order to distinguish divine books from non-divine ones, one must first have a method. That method, they argue, is found in the authority of the Church—through tradition, … Continue reading Canon Chaos: How Eastern Orthodoxy Undermines Divine Revelation
“Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one, … Continue reading Why Then the Law? A Redemptive-Historical Reading of Galatians 3:19–25
This is just a portion of what Dr. Greg Bahnsen wrote to clarify what he believes it means to say “Men know that God exists.” The following excerpt comes from pages 182–184 of Van Til’s Apologetic: Readings and Analysis: The … Continue reading Knowing God Without Argument: Bahnsen on Immediate Knowledge and Romans 1
The doctrine of the Trinity is often regarded as complex and has long been the subject of serious theological and philosophical debate. One recurring issue concerns the law of identity and how it relates to the persons and essence of … Continue reading Trinity, Identity, and the Collapse of the Ousia Dilemma
Jimmy Stephens on God as the Solution to the Problem of Universals You ask: “How can God be both universal and particular? And how does His being these two things ground their presence in the world?” Good question—because it shows … Continue reading God: Universal and Particular
In a previous article, I discussed some of the basic principles of presuppositionalism. Here, I’d like to expand on those foundations and develop a few core arguments more thoroughly. 1. Transcendental Argument In that earlier piece, I briefly introduced the … Continue reading Expanding Presuppositional Principles: Transcendental Argument, Epistemology, and the Impossibility of the Contrary
Ledouche said: How do you know god isn’t an infinite deceiver? Jimmy said: I don’t consider infinite deceivers a possibility. Given the Christian worldview, the existence of the Christian God and His revelation rule out the possibility that there is such a … Continue reading The Infinite Deceiver
Atheists have often presented to me what they call “the problem of starting points.” They argue that we must begin either with ourselves or with logic—because, they say, to start anywhere else is to descend into incoherence. If you begin … Continue reading Do We Start With God? Or Just Pretend We Don’t?
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