providence

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Glenn Beck – Mormon Historian?

I was listening to Glenn Beck’s show yesterday morning, and heard this discussion: (Note: This may be a first, me linking to Media Matters – but they have the relevant clip – for some reason, it won’t let me post the video directly. If you’d prefer not to visit, my blog has it embedded.) Here’s [...]

Did the Fathers Know the Gospel?

T4G 2010 — Session 7 — Ligon Duncan from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.    Recommended Texts: The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations (Hardcover) - Michael W. Holmes Early Christian Doctrines: Revised Edition – J. N. D. Kelly Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith – 3 Vol set by [...]

A Fristian Strikes Out Revisited: Response to "Theo Beza"

Not too long ago I posted regarding a Fristianity Style Counter (FSC) to TAG from “John Calvin”. You may find the post here (http://www.choosinghats.com/?p=876) but it is reposted below. In that post the particular FSC that John Calvin had offered was in my view successfully refuted by appealing to an analogous argument offered by Paul Manata. An [...]

If you have ever wondered…

If you have ever wondered why a particular gentleman in a particular cult has spent so much of his time and effort over the course of many years attempting to refute what he thinks is a massively flawed approach to apologetics where adherents merely imagine a magical invisible being who created a cartoon universe as an explanation for everything then you [...]

Discussion With Nocterro Concerning Three Topics: Opening Statement By C.L. Bolt

Introduction Internet user Nocterro has requested that we discuss the three topics of the reliability of Scripture, the self-deception of atheists, and the presupposition of God in Nocterro’s reasoning. Scripture is reliable and is the source of my claim that Nocterro believes both ‘God exists’ and ‘Nocterro does not believe that God exists’. Scripture is [...]

Falling Down

A section of the ongoing discussion between Chris the evil Presuppositionlist (inside joke, sorry) and Mitch over at Urban Philosophy caught my attention today.  It is a section that discusses the concept of “common ground” between believer and unbeliever by using the analogy of gravity.  Here is the entirety of what Mitch stated caught my [...]

Providence and Presuppositions

One of the easiest areas to spot the truth of the claim that presuppositions determine the way people view evidence is in the discussion of the providence of God. Last night a friend of mine told me that his wife left her job. Tonight he told me that his wife had been given a new [...]