as attacks on Christianity become more numerous and pronounced, Cornelius Van Til classic treatment on apologetics endures as crucial reading for our time. Designed to stop securalists in their tracks, it is the kind of seminal work that serious defenders of fatih cannot afford to ignore. After laying a foundation in the Christian views of God, man, salvation, the world, and knowledge, Van Til…
A Survey of Christian Epistemology gives readers an excellent introduction to the basic elements of Van Til's Christian theory of knowledge that inform all of his later writings. It calls us to interpret ourselves, the knowing subjects, as sinful creatures who suppress our knowledge of God (particularly by means of various philosophical systems), rather than as neutral, autonomous knowers. The …
KARL BARTH IS NOW REGARDED AS THE GREAT PROPHET OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. "Barth's Christology has, it is said, spoken the liberating word for our day. In it, we are told, God's sovereignty above man and his gracious presence with man, are kept in proper balance. "Barth's theology is rapidly becoming the rallying point for mod-ern ecumenism. Roman Catholic and New Protestant theologians a…
In earlier publications the present writer pointed out that the synthesis between a theology based on that of the Ref'ormcrs and a theology based on the philosophy of Kant is an intellectual and spiritual monstrosity. In it Kant, not Calvin is the real victor. The result is the destruction of an intelligible basis for human predication. What is needed is a really Reformational philosophy and th…
"~""All that you expect me to do is to make it reasonable for you to believe in God. And I should like to respond quickly by saying that that is just what I am trying to do."" Why I Believe in God is a one of Van Til's most well-known essays. As one of the leading Reformed apologists of the 20th century, Van Til's argumentation possessed rare and pristine form–logic which only his unique cast…
Dear Pilgrim, It is with great joy that we welcome you to this land, a land that is unlike any other. The journey that you are about to take in this region has been called by various names such as Canaan, Palestine, and now Israel. In biblical times it was considered to be THE CENTER of the world and for the three monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - it has become the …
Bagaimanakah kita harus hidup sebagai orang Kristen dalam konteks kebudayaan kita? Lebih khusus lagi "dalam kebudayaan setempat di mana kita tinggal sekarang ini juga?". Pertanyaan ini sangat hakiki dan relevan dengan kekinian. Apalagi berkaitan dengan Indondesia sebagai satu bangsa yang Bhineka Tunggal Ika lagi serba tradisi. Salah satu kebijakan yang ditempuh oleh penulis ialah membukukan apa…
In the opinion of B.B. Warfield, the Westminster divines left to posterity not only ‘the most thoroughly thought out statement ever penned of the elements of evangelical religion’ but also one which breathes ‘the finest fragrance of spiritual religion’. Their most influential work, ‘The Shorter Catechism’, was intended as a teaching basis for an introduction to the Christian Faith. …