There’s Humor in Theology 10

Imagine that Martin Luther is your pastor (which is easier to do if you are paedo-baptist). As wonderful as this may seem, he would be an exacting pastor. He would not be afraid to chastize his congregation. Luther would not be one to follow contemporary church growth strategies and would not use gimmicks and campaigns [...]

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Van Til, Knowledge and Certainty

I’d like to discuss beyond my previous post, and show the significance of certainty and skepticism as it relates to Christian and non-Christian thought. The kind of certainty I spoke of in the previous post might best be called subjective certainty. It is the degree to which one is confident in one’s beliefs. As I [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 9

You may have heard about Augustine’s condemnation of Pelagius early in the 5th century because Pelagius thought that a person had the ability to fulfill God’s law without any need of divine grace. But you may not know what semi-Pelagianism is. If you don’t, you’ve almost certainly seen it first-hand many times in churches and para-church conferences. This [...]

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The Certainty of Skepticism

Philosophical skepticism is a hard man to keep down. There is nothing to prevent someone from being skeptical about any feature of this world. It is the ultimate conspiracy theory, equipped with a built in self-protection system. Attempting to combat skepticism by means of some supporting argument designed to reinforce a claim to knowledge of [...]

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There’s Humor in Theology 8

With all the hubub surrounding this man in today’s debates concerning Holy Writ, we wanted to show a lighter side to this heavy thinker.
Speak of an introduction to God, or to the science of God, and some people are sure to look for the nearest exit. An introduction to sex techniques — now there’s a [...]

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