Jun
1
Morality as a Clue to God
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Morality as a Clue to God – by Gregory Koukl
When faced with the facts, most people would say there are moral absolutes. That established, a whole set of world views become untenable, like Hinduism or atheism or agnosticism.
I’ve been talking about the issue of moral relativism this weekend which we have discussed frequently here on this show. I was speaking at Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach this morning, last evening and Friday evening about how relativists are like people who have both feet planted in mid-air — those people who believe that morals are just the kind of thing that you make up yourself. After we were done with our analysis, I think it was pretty clear that relativism is a bankrupt moral point of view. It’s self-refuting. It’s self-defeating. It’s afflicted by serious counter examples.
May
14
No one is born an atheist. People choose to become atheists as much as they choose to become Christians. And no matter how strenuously some may try to deny it, atheism is a belief system. It requires faith that God does not exist.
When dialoguing with atheists, it is helpful to point out the logical problems inherent in their belief system. If you succeed in showing an atheist the natural outcome of some of his (or her) main claims and arguments, you are in a much better position to share the gospel with him. Let us consider two prime examples here.
Feb
19
God And Logic
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God and Logic – by Gordon H. Clark
- from The Trinity Review, November-December 1980 -
In thinking about God, Calvinists almost immediately repeat the Shorter Catechism and say, “God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable.” Perhaps we do not pause to clarify our ideas of spirit, but hurry on to the attributes of “wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.” But pause: Spirit, Wisdom, Truth. Psalm 31:5 addresses God as “O Lord God of truth.” John 17:3 says,” This is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God….” 1 John 5:6 says, “the Spirit is truth.” Such verses as these indicate that God is a rational, thinking being whose thought exhibits the structure of Aristotelian logic.
Feb
19
The Importance Of Apologetics
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Is Apologetics really necessary? – by Richard Gagnon
If you are like me, you certainly see that the manifold of biblical studies, which are worldwide made, are not always edifying. It is enough to browse on the Internet to see it. Some people can also testify of it on a personal basis, whether in their immediate environment or even local church. The reason of this problem is that some of these are not made with the right and pure motives or, still, others do not make them with the right tools.
Feb
19
The Problem Of Evil
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The Problem of Evil – by Dr. Greg Bahnsen
We want to turn now to examine some of the recurring and most basic kinds of objections which are raised against the Christian faith by those who disagree with the Biblical worldview — whether its intellectual antagonists, cultured despisers, or competing religions. Our aim will be to suggest how a presuppositional method of apologetics would answer these types of argument against Christianity (or alternatives to it) as a philosophy of life, knowledge and reality.