Words of the Wise

A collection of articles by well known heroes of the Reformed faith, intellectual giants, scholars, theologians, preachers, and leaders of the past whom served the Lord Jesus Christ with every fiber of their being.

Christian Philosophy Posted 22nd June 2011 at 05:43 PM by Apologetic_Warrior Christian Philosophy by Cornelius Van Til Phillipsburg, NJ: Lewis J. Grotenhuis, 1956. For many thinkers the idea of a Christian philosophy is a contradiction in terms. Christianity, they say, is based on authority and philosophy is based on reason. The Christian gets his beliefs about God and himself from Scripture. Even if his beliefs include a view of the origin, nature and destiny of the universe they are still accepted for true on the... Continue reading... Apologetic_Warrior Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving

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The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture Part III Posted 20th June 2011 at 07:21 PM by Apologetic_Warrior Selection From "The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture" by Cornelius Van Til 1967 It is this stress—that from the beginning, revelation both in the facts of the created universe and by means of direct thought communication to man from God with respect to those very facts and man’s task with respect to those acts—that marks the particularity of the Reformed outlook on Christianity. It is the idea of the interrelatedness of every aspect of the revelation of God to man that is all... Continue reading... Apologetic_Warrior Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving

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The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture Part II Posted 20th June 2011 at 07:05 PM by Apologetic_Warrior Selection From "The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture" by Cornelius Van Til 1967 3. The Sufficiency Of Natural Revelation Christ tells us in his word that nature was never meant to function by itself apart from the direct word-revelation of God. From the beginning, it was insufficient without its supernatural concomitant. It was inherently a limiting notion. It was but the presupposition of historical action on the part of man as covenant personality with respect... Continue reading... Apologetic_Warrior Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving

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The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture Part I Posted 20th June 2011 at 06:40 PM by Apologetic_Warrior Updated 20th June 2011 at 06:48 PM by Apologetic_Warrior The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture Part I Selection From “The Protestant Doctrine Of Scripture” by Cornelius Van Til 1967 Recently, a large number of “statements” and discussions on the doctrine of Scripture written both from the “conservative” and from the “liberal” view have appeared. It is not the purpose of this pamphlet to deal with these. Its purpose is rather to deal with some quite striking differences between representative “evangelical” and Reformed... Continue reading... Apologetic_Warrior Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving

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The Resurrection As A Part Of Christian Truth Posted 18th June 2011 at 11:49 PM by Apologetic_Warrior Updated 22nd June 2011 at 03:12 PM by Apologetic_Warrior The Resurrection As A Part Of Christian Truth by Cornelius Van Til The Banner 1939 Volume 74, Page 339 It is not my purpose in this article to set forth with any fulness the significance of the resurrection of Christ. It is rather my purpose to dwell on the necessity of relating the fact of the resurrection to the system of Christian truth as a whole. The resurrection of Christ is a fact, the meaning of which will be unintelligible... Continue reading... Apologetic_Warrior Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving

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