Notable Van Tillian Links: End of March 2013

April 4, 2013 by SLIMJIM

Here are some links that those who are interested in Presuppositional apologetics would like to check out from the end of March 2013.  Lots of notable links this time.  And lots of focus on Francis Schaeffer!

1.) Evolution and the Soul–Ben Holloway’s thought on Evolution and the Soul.

2.) PRESUPPOSING: A REVIEW– This is a review of a book titled Presupposing: How to Defend the Faith – The Methods of Francis A. Schaeffer & Cornelius Van Til.  There seems to be ongoing debate of whether to understand Schaeffer as Van Tillian or not, this particular book examines Schaeffer in light of Van Til’s thought at the time when he taught Schaeffer at WTS according to the class syllabus.  Interesting approach.

3.) Bringing Schaeffer and Van Til Together–-Camden Bucey quotes a famous account in an article for WTJ of Van Til lecturing Schaeffer and Schaeffer wishing he recorded it.

4.) It Is There and It Should Not Be Silent: Van Til’s Critique of Schaeffer–Essay on Van Til’s little known written critique of Francis Schaeffer.

5.) Francis Schaeffer’s Christian Spirituality– A Reformed Forum interview with William Edgar on his new book, Schaeffer on the Christian Life: Countercultural Spirituality.

6.) A Review of Schaeffer on the Christian Life by William Edgar–Audio recording of a review by Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy.

7.) Trailer for a documentary coming out in May!

“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’.” – Psalm 14:1
Not since the late Dr. Greg Bahnsen debated Dr. Gordon Stein in The Great Debate: Does God Exist? have we really seen presuppositional apologetics in action. And few have taken it into culture to show that there are only two positions, Christ…or absurdity.
But wait no more… Apologist Sye Ten Bruggencate takes this apologetic to the streets and Universities exposing the logical inconsistencies of the unbeliever (and dare we say some ‘Christians’) by showing that we don’t need ‘evidence’ to prove that God exists. For as Romans 1:18-21 declares:
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.”
Primarily designed for small group and Sunday School classes, How to Answer the Fool is a useful tool for individual study as an eye-opening, cinematic message, deliberately and strategically teaching you how to defend the Faith. Answering the call of Scripture to ‘be ready in season and out of season’ in order that we may ‘…always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in [us].’
“Within a minute or two you’ll see highly intelligent college students stunned at their inability to answer questions about knowledge and ethics. This six-part video series is a game-changer, not only for the unbelieving world but also for Christian apologists who compromise the gospel by arguing for the possibility that God exists and not the certainty of God’s existence.” – Gary DeMar

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