human dignity

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Covenantal Apologetics and Other Religions

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ June 22, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

Introduction Nick Norelli recently wrote: “I think the thing is that plenty of presuppositionalists debate (look at James White who debates like every other day) and I’m sure they employ their method, but I think it lends itself to certain subjects better than others. For example, when I reviewed Gary Demar’s book on Bahnsen’s apologetic [...]

Are choices arbitrary?

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ April 30, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Those who wish to defend libertarian free will over against a position like Calvinism often attempt to do so upon the basis of a strictly philosophical rather than exegetical basis. It is often asserted that determinism of any kind (which for the sake of argument includes Calvinism) precludes free will such that if we possess [...]

Nature Grace Dualism

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ March 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 (ESV) Even this portion of a verse of Scripture has serious ramifications for apologetic methodology. When “image” and “likeness” are taken not to be synonymous but rather to refer to two different concepts a false anthropological dichotomization is created which [...]

The Asparagus And The Ape – Part 2

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ August 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the wonderful things about presuppositionalism is that one need look no farther than the very basic teachings of the Bible in order to get one’s answers about philosophical issues which worry and weary the unbeliever. One such problem before the unbeliever is how the essential assumption of human dignity is accounted for in [...]

The Asparagus And The Ape – Part 1

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ August 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

“It was nothing to brag about, just a sort of squishy blob…” The mysterious squishy blob described above is a character in the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. The blob lives “half a billion years ago”. Ishmael, a story telling gorilla, relates the details of the blob’s environment. Nothing at all stirred on the land, [...]

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