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They have made advances. But I think they are building too many buildings in a confined space. AND Their new library, as cool and state of the art as it is, lacks a great deal in biblical studies and theology. You'd think they would do better in that area. I know this b/c I wrote my thesis...

No... we know because our knowledge is analogical to God's. We can know something b/c God ordains all and knows all and we are in his image. Scientists know things b/c they are image bearers of God and thus have access to that analogical knowledge. The difference is, they cannot account for that...

Yes... but they cannot account for it unless they borrow from the Christian worldview to which they suppress (knowledge of God). God is the precondition for knowledge. They suppress the knowledge of God, but when they know something they are borrowing from our worldview. Calvin referred to the...

Couple things: Quoting verses on propitiation is simply arguing from the doctrine of propitiation. So the more verses you quote doesn't make it less theological and more scriptural. Second, I don't know what point you are arguing for. Yes Jesus efficaciously paid for the sin of his people...

This is the part of presupp apologetics that I struggle to understand or explain. Unbelievers can know facts and things, but only b/c they borrow from the Christian worldview and suppress the truth about God (Rom. 1:18ff). So yes they know things, but they have no way of accounting for what it...

This isn't really what is at stake in terms of knowledge in this debate.

So you inherently do understand not all sin is equal. God may hate all sin, but does he hate them equally? I say no. Plus you didn't answer the verse I referenced which clearly refers to some sins as greater (Jn. 19:11). Sin is sin, but not all sin is equal. The degrees of punishment in the...

Do you believe in degrees of sin? As in Jesus telling Pilate, "Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." (Jn 19:11) Do you believe that the Law of Moses dealt out the same punishment for everything?

Well... VT certainly leaned heavily on the ontological trinity rather than the economical trinity. I think his language on matters gets confusing, especially when you realize that English is not his first. He has to clarify himself often b/c how he uses a word can be held to mean various things...

I'm just at the beginning of studying the presupp approach. Bahnsen's debate w/ Stein was a good listen (check it out on youtube). I need to read more. But in my circuit of reading, I'm in theological method not apologetics. So I may come back to it in a bit.

Since Evangelist6589 likes to keep talking about apologetics, I was wondering how people felt about this method. You should check it out, Evan. Here is a street level version from Sye Ten Bruggencate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM1AWO92Crc Here is theopedia's take on it. FWIW, I recently...

If God created people to bring him glory, and if part of that means to demonstrate his wrath, then I totally think it biblical to create some vessels for destruction to demonstrate his wrath. Rom. 9:22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much...

Nor do we try

"male noun"??? However, in the spirit of civility, I'll admit that this is a reasonable post. Good job, Van.

Do you live in the L-burg area? BTW... the video still displayed the slogan about making champions for Christ. That's something at least. I don't have a huge problem w/ them not explicitly saying "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus" in all of their ads.

:rolleyes: If Paul did it, so will I. SKUBALON!!!! I'll admit, I don't know what verse you are talking about. But I certainly haven't been saying that the word in its plural form should always be translated one way or another. I have consistently been arguing that when it is being used of...

Would it be possible to find these commercials on youtube and link us to them? It's not that I am doubting you. I just want to see what you mean.

Hey TCassidy... do they have a course in remedial reading and thinking??? Sign Van up! I have not "reversed" anything. Even the poll options gave away my bias! Even the name of the title gave it away!!! "Reverse" you say? Ignorance my reply! Prove you don't need remedial reading and show me...

Not sure if you have been following me here, but I've been arguing for "brothers and sisters" over everything else. So there is no paternal bias. That negates the point you tried to make in #2. And I haven't used #1. You can use terms like twaddle all you want. The fact remains that your...

It's not at all off topic to bring up male headship when your argument for "siblings" is that there is no distinction between male and female. And I'm accused of banality? Like I said, I want you to just interact with my points and offer some of your own (and don't accuse me of going off topic...