reason

What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Think of Black Lives Matter?

Jeffrey Stivason
Jun 25, 2020
What would Martin Luther King, Jr. think of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the violence it has spawned? What would he think of the death of Horace Lorenzo Anderson in CHOP? [1] What would he think about the shooting in Chicago that claimed the life of Mekhi James, a three year old boy? [2] What would...

How One Book Changed My Life (Part 2)

Michael Spangler
Sep 19, 2018
In addition to modeling and teaching submission to the Word of God , Petrus van Mastricht-- in the recently translated prolegomena of his Theoretical-Practical Theology-- powerfully corrected my thinking on the relation of reason and theology. Reason is incorporated into theology. First and...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of Aquinas becomes clear. The assumption that Aquinas, given his attachment to Aristotle, attempted to merge two antithetical principia comes from...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of Aquinas becomes clear. The assumption that Aquinas, given his attachment to Aristotle, attempted to merge two antithetical principia comes from...

Aquinas Reconsidered (Part 3)

Richard Muller
Mar 5, 2018
This is the third and final installement of Dr. Muller's review of Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint. Read part one here , and part two here . It is in Oliphint's final critique of Aquinas' views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of...

A Hamster Wheel Floating

Scott Oliphint
Jun 29, 2015
We have been dealing with a well-worn objection to Covenantal apologetics. As we have seen, the objection goes back, at least, to the time of the Reformation. It is an objection that Roman Catholics used against those who would hold to the Reformed view of Sola Scriptura . In modern discussions, it...

A Hamster Wheel Floating

Scott Oliphint
Jun 29, 2015
We have been dealing with a well-worn objection to Covenantal apologetics. As we have seen, the objection goes back, at least, to the time of the Reformation. It is an objection that Roman Catholics used against those who would hold to the Reformed view of Sola Scriptura . In modern discussions, it...