The Biblical Case for Classical Apologetics (Pt. 3: All the Objections)

Goal of Post Here I shall try to briefly answer several objections that often arise against classical apologetics. These objections fall into three broad categories. Theological Objections Textual Objections Practical Objections 1. Theological Objections First Theological Objection: Apologetics is Opposed to Faith This first objection expresses an often-felt general concern that somewhere along the way …

The Biblical Case for Classical Apologetics (Pt. 2: The Biblical Grounds)

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power …

Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 11: Molinism Defended)

I'm not surprised, but my last post (on Molinism) received far more push back than usual. This is good and normal when discussing Molinism. It's controversial and confusing (I have yet to meet someone who seemed to have a firm grasp of what Molinism actually proposes on their first try -- I'm still trying to …

Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 10: Molinism)

I apologize for two things: first, how long I have been writing about Calvinism (ten posts now!), and second, for how long I have not been writing at all -- the last few months of school were busy, and I couldn't justify writing 3000 word blog posts when I had papers to write. But now …

Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 7a: William Lane Craig)

Intro It was freshman year, near the end of the Fall semester, I was wrestling with the problem of evil, but I wasn't able to make any headway. Then, one day, my roommate, Tony, quite randomly showed me a video of a Christian apologist named William Lane Craig, and he was answering random objections to …

Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 6: Job & Ecclesiastes)

Intro My apologies, but I lied. In my last post I said this one would be about William Lane Craig. But I forgot about two very important steps forward in my journey of faith that preceded the discovery of Craig's work. And these two steps took place during an Old Testament survey course, both relatively …