The most important Christian thinker in the last 400 years? I would say:
Cornelius Van Til.
Implications of his work have barely begun to be realized. He defrocked the great imposter for God’s law... pagan natural law theory which has deep in-roads in the Western Church.
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Cornelius Van Til.
Implications of his work have barely begun to be realized. He defrocked the great imposter for God’s law... pagan natural law theory which has deep in-roads in the Western Church.
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Van Til is not an easy read.
A first book I recommend is “Christian Apologetics” by Van Til.
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Or an easier but excellent approach to his thought is:
By What Standard? By RJ Rushdoony
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A first book I recommend is “Christian Apologetics” by Van Til.
amzn.to/39XvkY1
Or an easier but excellent approach to his thought is:
By What Standard? By RJ Rushdoony
amzn.to/39TRQBp
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Van Til speaks of “apologetics” in the broadest sense, the Biblical, intellectual foundations of all of human activity.
The giant takeaway?
Intellectual “neutrality” is a myth. All men reason based on one central presupposition - the response of their own hearts to God.
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The giant takeaway?
Intellectual “neutrality” is a myth. All men reason based on one central presupposition - the response of their own hearts to God.
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The implications of that truth from Romans 1:16-32 touch every area of human life.
Example: The Creationist and the evolutionist are both capable; they obey the same laws of logic; and they look at the same data but reach vastly different conclusions. Why?
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Example: The Creationist and the evolutionist are both capable; they obey the same laws of logic; and they look at the same data but reach vastly different conclusions. Why?
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Creationist and evolutionist reach different conclusions not b/c they reason differently but b/c they approach reasoning with different faith assumptions. “The fool says in his heart there is no God.” Ps. 14:1. Based on that assumption he interprets the data accordingly.
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A 2nd major application of this same truth is that we cannot rely on fallen man to interpret general revelation as a basis for just laws in society. God’s revelation is just but fallen man will not see it. He covers it (Ro. 1:18).
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That is why God gave His law a 2nd time, so that we may see it clearly.
The first giving of the law was in creation (Romans 1:18-32, 10:18). The second giving of the law is the Scriptures, a means of grace to His people to grow in holiness and disciple the nations.
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The first giving of the law was in creation (Romans 1:18-32, 10:18). The second giving of the law is the Scriptures, a means of grace to His people to grow in holiness and disciple the nations.
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