Making Faces
One of the most fearsome phrases in all of Holy Scripture is this: Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field…”(Gen. 3:1). The reference here is to the subtle schemes of Satan himself. This “craftiness”…
Tag Apologetics
Of Adamites and Aromas
A couple of months ago we looked at the antithesis that characterizes all of mankind. It is crucial to remember that God has sovereignly determined how he would relate to his creation, specifically to man. That determination includes God’s unilateral…
Of Adamites and Aromas
A couple of months ago we looked at the antithesis that characterizes all of mankind. It is crucial to remember that God has sovereignly determined how he would relate to his creation, specifically to man. That determination includes God’s unilateral…
The Bridge of Persuasion
Last month we explored the biblical notion of antithesis. It is important to see that this notion has its home in Reformed thinking. Because we confess that man, in Adam, is dead in trespasses and sins, we understand that there…
The Bridge of Persuasion
Last month we explored the biblical notion of antithesis. It is important to see that this notion has its home in Reformed thinking. Because we confess that man, in Adam, is dead in trespasses and sins, we understand that there…
Crossing the Chasm
Last month we began to consider the mode of “persuasion” as a central aspect of our defense of Christianity. We ended our previous article with the affirmation that the Word of God must be our foundation in apologetics. That’s where…
Crossing the Chasm
Last month we began to consider the mode of “persuasion” as a central aspect of our defense of Christianity. We ended our previous article with the affirmation that the Word of God must be our foundation in apologetics. That’s where…
All Other Ground is Sinking Sand
What I would like for us to begin to think about in this post is a Reformed theology of persuasion in apologetics. Possibly one of the more frustrating aspects of a Covenantal apologetic for some may be that, with any…
All Other Ground is Sinking Sand
What I would like for us to begin to think about in this post is a Reformed theology of persuasion in apologetics. Possibly one of the more frustrating aspects of a Covenantal apologetic for some may be that, with any…
Et Tu, Brute?
Jude 1:3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. It…