Tag Archives: Apologetics

Review: The God Who Is There (Schaeffer)

Posted on June 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I first read this book in 2002 and it was the primer that got me into apologetics and philosophy.  From Schaeffer I moved to James Sire; from Sire to Douglas Groothuis, and from Groothuis to Cornelius Van Til. The book … Continue reading →

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Review: Gordon Clark, A Christian View of Men and Things

Posted on June 5, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This book isn’t perfect but it does exhibit all of Dr Clark’s strengths as a communicator  My main problem with the book is the chapter lengths: they are excessively long. This isn’t too much of a problem, except Clark will … Continue reading →

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An Apologetics Primer

Posted on May 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

My church group began discussing ideas about an apologetics course this summer.  I’m wondering what kind of books to use.  Nothing too advanced.  And I don’t want this to become a “different styles of apologetics.”  Those discussions are usually as … Continue reading →

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Review: For Faith and Clarity

Posted on May 5, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Beilby, James. ed. For Faith and Clarity: Philosophical Contributions to Christian Theology. This book is not an intro to apologetics. It’s not even an intermediate text. It’s more like a supplement to some theological issues in apologetics. On the whole it … Continue reading →

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End of a year, shoring up conclusions

Posted on January 1, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

My theology doesn’t “change” much anymore, although I do explore different emphases and distinctives.  I consider myself in the Reformation tradition, even if I don’t “truck” with current TR distinctives.  The following is a list of what I found that … Continue reading →

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DKG: Opening Questions 1a

Posted on June 2, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is taken from Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. It’s a prolegomena to apologetics. There are many possible ways to refer to the world by means of language. Languages differ from one another not only by using different words to … Continue reading →

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Frame Paper, Part 1

Posted on June 2, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is a paper, or rather part of an exercise, we had to do in seminary.  It was 12 years ago.  The italicized is the issue under discussion 1. Implication is something that pervades our experience. Men are rational creatures … Continue reading →

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The Babel Answer Man

Posted on May 11, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Originally posted on Energetic Procession:
Haven’t you heard? Hank Hanegraaff has become Orthodox! Well, yes I have heard. The noise produced by the collective freak out at one end of the theological spectrum from the Pauper and Pooper blog representing the bottom…

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ePistemologian’s Progress

Posted on April 23, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Courtesy to Bunyan, This list was taken from Craig and Moreland (2003): 627-639.  It’s a specialized list of technical works in philosophy and theology.  The theology section was kind of soft, so I didn’t spend too much time transmitting those … Continue reading →

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