The complaint against the ordination of Gordon Clark to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1944 consisted of four theological issues (The incomprehensibility of God, divine sovereignty and human responsibility, the faculties of knowledge, and the Free Offer of the Gospel ) but underlying these issues was a single concern; one of hermeneutical method. The method
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I’ve been continuing to make significant progress on the biography of Gordon Clark I am researching and writing. Here are a number of items I’ve recently discovered. 1. I’ve found that in the 1940’s there was a movement started in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church to form a Christian University. They had already had a seminary
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10. Slieve Donard. The highest mountain in N. Ireland. A 3,000 ft climb in the unpopulated reserve in Country Down with mountain mists passing by and the expectation of a leprechaun around every turn. I hiked this alone while on business in the country. 9. Monteith’s Brewery, Greymouth, New Zealand. 8. Labrador City, Labrador Canada. An iron mine
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I met him one evening in North Carolina. On a day where I covered more miles than I should have, Shady came to the shelter after me meaning he had hiked even further. Yet he was full of energy. Shortly thereafter a hiker partner of his arrived. To my surprise they even considered hiking on
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On the last post I had 4 items which were listed as Preconditions of Knowledge. These items are required preconditions to any epistemology in that not meeting these criteria makes knowledge impossible, thus defeating the epistemologies own implied claim to be a true. Item 3 of the last post is “A process must exist by
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Expanding my study of Christian Epistemology I’ve started reading a number of thinkers beyond Gordon Clark, on whom I am writing a biography. Included in my recent readings have been Cornelius Van Til and John Frame who each put emphasis on the Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God (TAG). The TAG attempts to prove
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On the assumption that Cretans tell nothing but lies, it is impossible that any Cretan should say, ‘I am a liar.’ The so-called paradox arises because the paradoxer asserts two contradictory propositions. It impossible for both to be true. Therefore the person who wishes to puzzle us, if he is to say anything meaningful, must
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John Frame rightly calls the Problem of Evil (POE) “probably the most difficult problem in theology.” Although I believe epistemology to hold that singular honor, Frame’s point is well taken; this is a really hard topic. But not so hard that we should give up. Rather, we look to Scripture for the answer. Frame has
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On Pg 700 of John Frames Systematic Theology he writes: 1. “Clark assumed that any difference between God’s thinking and man’s thinking was necessarily a difference in truth value.” and 2. “Actually, Clark and Van Til were not as far apart a they seemed to think. Clark allowed that there were important differences between divine
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Obligations are those requirements which claim a right to your time, energy, person, life, or property. The secular libertarian axiom is the “principle of self-ownership.” Since you “own yourself” you have the RIGHT to your life, the actions you do (liberty), and the fruits of these actions (your property.) Because you “own yourself” no one
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One of the most common arguments against orthodox Christianity is the so-called “Problem of Evil” (POE). This argument is that there is supposed to be a logical contradiction in that these three particular doctrines are held in combination: 1. God is loving, 2. God is omnipotent (all powerful), and 3. There is evil in the
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