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Review: Escape from Reason (Schaeffer)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

In Schaeffer’s other works he shows you step by step on how to “take the roof off” of a stoned-up hippie.  He doesn’t do that in this one. This is more of a Dooyeweerdian (though he never acknowledges it) deconstruction … Continue reading →

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Review: He is there and he is not silent (Schaeffer)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Schaeffer, Francis.  He is There and He is Not Silent.  Tyndale.  1979 reprint. On page 1 Schaeffer defines metaphysics as “the existence of Being.”  That’s an ambiguous statement at best. Does he mean that there is an entity called Being which … Continue reading →

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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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