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If Kant taught the world of secular unbelief the essentials of its own (until then, subconscious) theory of knowledge (“epistemology”), Van Til did the same thing for the Christian. As Kant said that we must avoid any trace of the attitude of bowing before an external authority, so Van Til taught that the only...
MT 1:20-23, LK 1:26-33 An angel announces to Joseph and/or Mary that the child (Jesus) will be “great,” the “son of the Most High,” etc., and …. MT 3:13-17, MK 1:9-11 The baptism of Jesus is accompanied by the most extraordinary happenings, yet …. MK 3:21 Jesus’ own relatives (or friends) attempt to constrain...
MT 1:18-21 The Annunciation occurred after Mary had conceived Jesus. LK 1:26-31 It occurred before conception. MT 1:20 The angel spoke to Joseph. LK 1:28 The angel spoke to Mary. Wow! How simplistic can one be? It only takes a cursory reading of the text to see that there are two different events recorded. ...
MT 1:17 There were twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus. LK 3:23-38 There were forty-three. Is this truly an issue of an inconsistency or discrepancy? Could it be that the Biblical writers wrote with a purpose? Could that purpose not necessitate a strict listing of every person in the lineage of Jesus? We have...
GE 22:1-12, DT 8:2 God tempts (tests) Abraham and Moses. JG 2:22 God himself says that he does test (tempt). 1CO 10:13 Paul says that God controls the extent of our temptations. JA 1:13 God tests (tempts) no one. On the surface this does indeed look like an inconsistency. Why is it not? It...
Below one will find an exchange between a commenter on this blog and myself. I stated to him (David) that the Bible has demonstrated itself sufficient to withstand the onslaught of criticisms directed its way.” David replied to me with the following (my remarks are in blue): “It has indeed demonstrated itself sufficient to...
GE 19:30-38 While he is drunk, Lot’s two daughters “lie with him,” become pregnant, and give birth to his offspring. 2PE 2:7 Lot was “just” and “righteous.” This is one of the most glorious of truths that is set before us. It is certainly to be understood that the skeptic does not understand such...
GE 18:20-21 God decides to “go down” to see what is going on. PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view. Answer: Anthropopathy –noun ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, esp. to a deity. Also, an⋅thro⋅pop⋅a⋅thism....
GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half sister, Sarai, are married and receive God’s blessings. LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is wrong. What is the true issue here? Is it that there is an inconsistency in the Scriptures, or is it that there is a misunderstanding of the nature of revelation on the...
GE 17:8 God promises Abraham the land of Canaan as an “everlasting possession.” GE 25:8, AC 7:2-5, HE 11:13 Abraham died with the promise unfulfilled. This is only a problem if one refuses to accept the fact of the resurrection and the millennial kingdom of Christ. Of course, even amillennialists have a response that...
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