---
title: "1 Complete Destruction Quotes By Cornelius Van Til"
description: "1 Complete Destruction quotes by Cornelius Van Til. Plus more from Cornelius Van Til and more Complete Destruction sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg"
---

> [ He \[Christ\] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction of the power of darkness. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure-but-the-peace-that-he-came/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg)

## More by Cornelius Van Til

> [The only proof for the existence of God is that without God you couldn't prove anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-only-proof-for-the-existence-of-god-is-that-without-god-you/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [“How shortsighted and how uncultured, then, are the efforts of believers in Christ when they seek for snatches of worldly culture for themselves by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/how-shortsighted-and-how-uncultured-then-are-the-efforts-of-believers/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [ He \[Christ\] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure-but-the-peace-that-he-came/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [Agnosticism is epistemologically self-contradictory on its own assumptions because its claim to make no assertion about ultimate reality rests upon a most comprehensive assertion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/agnosticism-is-epistemologically-self-contradictory-on-its-own/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [To admit one's own presuppositions and to point out the presuppositions of others is therefore to maintain that all reasoning is, in the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/to-admit-one-s-own-presuppositions-and-to-point-out-the/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/so-as-we-have-our-tea-i-propose-not-only-to-operate-on-your-heart-so/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [ “\[The intellect of fallen man\] may be compared to a buzz-saw that is sharp and shining, ready to cut the boards that come to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-intellect-of-fallen-man-may-be-compared-to-a-buzz-saw-that-is/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [When man thinks in self-conscious submission to the voluntary revelation of the self-sufficient God, he has therewith the only possible ground of certainty for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/when-man-thinks-in-self-conscious-submission-to-the-voluntary/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [Anti-theism presupposes Theism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/anti-theism-presupposes-theism/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/it-is-not-kindness-to-tell-patients-that-need-strong-medicine-that/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/there-are-those-of-course-who-deny-that-they-need-any-form-of/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-picture-of-fallen-man-as-given-in-scripture-is-that-he-knows-god/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-bible-is-authoritative-on-everything-of-which-it-speaks-moreover/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [“I hold that belief in God is not merely as reasonable as other belief, or even a little or infinitely more probably true than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/i-hold-that-belief-in-god-is-not-merely-as-reasonable-as-other-belief/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [I shall not convert you at the end of my argument. I think the argument is sound. I hold that belief in God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/i-shall-not-convert-you-at-the-end-of-my-argument-i-think-the/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Complete Destruction Quotes By Cornelius Van Til",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "He [Christ] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction of the power of darkness.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Cornelius Van Til"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure-but-the-peace-that-he-came/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“He [Christ] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the…” — Cornelius Van Til",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/",
            "name": "Complete Destruction Quotes by Cornelius Van Til",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cornelius-van-til-30277_built_he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure_557644.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Complete Destruction quotes by Cornelius Van Til. Plus more from Cornelius Van Til and more Complete Destruction sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Complete Destruction",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Cornelius Van Til",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complete-destruction/cornelius-van-til/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```