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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.3: Apologetics Method: Evaluating Worldviews

“…there is nothing impious in using arguments with unbelievers that employ their God-given reasoning abilities.  Good reasoning is not ‘autonomous’ or ‘apostate,’ but rather a God-given way to discover truth.” p. 63 (Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics) “Simply put, if a worldview … Continue reading

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Different methods in apologetics

http://noblindfaith.com [ updated after re-reading chapter 3 of Douglas Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics ] [ updated again after reading the introduction to Five Views on Apologetics by Stephen B. Cowan, as well as John Frame’s main article on presuppositionalism, and his … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.2: The Biblical Basis for Apologetics

“False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel.  We may preach with all the fervour of a reformer and yet succeed only in winning a straggler here and there, if we permit the whole collective thought … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.1: Introduction: Hope, Despair and Knowing Reality

At my church we just started a book discussion of Douglas Groothuis’ “Christian Apologetics”.  Wanted to share my favorite quote from chapter one, page 16: “In one sense, we are alone.  No one else will live our life or die … Continue reading

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Poetry and Fiction Groothuis’ “Christian Apologetics” (buy book) Divine Essentialism

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It is okay and good to question our beliefs.

In “The Reason for God” Tim Keller points out “A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it.” He sees that all doubts emerge from a starting point of alternate belief and encourages skeptics to … Continue reading

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"Christian Apologetics" (Groothuis) Read Along with Apologetics 315

more info I currently just finished chapter ten on the ontological argument, but I am definitely joining this read-along and encourage all to do the same.  Starts September 9. :) Douglas Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics.

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Outside the Box: on the ‘extended mind’ hypothesis by Christopher Norris

Philosopher Christopher Norris, whose book Epistemology is discussed here on Ichthus77, has granted me permission to post the following as a guest post and enter it into the most recent Philosophers’ Carnival.  It was written a couple weeks back and … Continue reading

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Philosophers’ Carnival #127

Welcome to the June 27, 2011 edition of Philosophers’ Carnival.  First those blog posts which were actually submitted will be listed, followed by blog posts which were gleaned.  If you submitted a good post that was not included, please know there … Continue reading

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Philosophers’ Carnival call for submissions

I’ll be hosting the next Philosophers’ Carnival on June 27 (submit by June 25).  Email submission if need be. . Some topics I’d like to see in the submissions: How can an objectively true moral ‘ought’ correspond to the ‘is’ of reality? … Continue reading

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