When an apologist attempts to be autonomous in his reasoned argumentation he indicates that he considers God to be less certain than his own existence and that he places greater credence in his independent reasoning than in God's Word. — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“Most philosophers do not want intellectual matters to reduce to a question of morality (obedience or rebellion to God's Word). They want to hold… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“The task of the apologist is not simply to show that there is no hope of eternal salvation outside of Christ, but also that… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
A god or revelation capable of proof or rational verification by an autonomous man would be worthless. — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
If no divine law is recognized above the law of the State, then the law of man has become absolute in men's eyes--there is… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“Since the fall of man was ethical in character (not metaphysical) the unregenerate and regenerate share the facts of the world and the rules… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“Without faith, there is no proper understanding by which a man can judge. As Augustine well said, 'I believe in order to understand'.” — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“To avoid Christ in your thought at any point, then, is to be misled, untruthful, and spiritually dead.” — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“To reason with the non-Christian in a fashion purporting to be independent of God or independent of reliance upon revelation is to honor the… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“We must not defend our message (that Christ's Word is self-attesting and possessing ultimate authority from the Lord) with a method that works counter… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
When an apologist attempts to be autonomous in his reasoned argumentation he indicates that he considers God to be less certain than his own… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“Christian apologetics is a defense of religious faith, thus pertaining to the question of one's ultimate commitment in life. Apologetics entails intellectual reasoning in… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“By reversing the proper order of things, the non-presuppositional apologist sees submission to God's Word as secondary, rather than primary, sees demonstration as the… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“John Gerstner similarly observes, “Christ’s affirmation of the moral law was complete. Rather than setting His disciples free from the law, He tied them… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
There is no way to use non-Christian language and logic to arrive at Christian utterances, conclusions, and behavior. — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
“With its continued dismissal of the law of God in ethics, Fundamentalism expressed both a "spiritualized" form of situational ethics and a "Christianly submissive"… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
