THE APOLOGETIC FRONT: Is William Craig a presuppositionalist?

I enjoyed Mike's post. I truly agree that William Lane Craig is not presuppositionalist but he is a gifted philosopher. This clip makes me wanna watch his debate against Peter Atkins because I agree with WLC's points that there are a lot of presuppositions that we all make and agree to do that can't be scientifically substantiated. The look on Atkin's face was priceless!





THE APOLOGETIC FRONT: Is William Craig a presuppositionalist?

Christianity Index - Did Jesus Exist?

Here another must-see website you should visit if you are ever challenged by the "Jesus is a myth" argument. It contains great articles explaining why you can faithfully believe what the Bible says of Jesus Christ. There is even a great response to the work of Earl Doherty who has made it his life work to push the "Jesus Myth" idea. I'm planning write more on this in the future.

Christianity Index

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Should Historical Events Be Dated B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E.?

Dr. Claude Mariottini has posted an interesting discussion about whether Christians should follow suit with the world and us "BCE/CE" instead of "BC/AD" when we write dates. I've often wondered if anyone else had that question. In my own writing, I have tended to use "BCE/CE" for a few years now but because I noticed that most scholars are using that convention. I think I need to repent.  In the back of my mind I realized that it was an attempt to secularize scholarship and I fell for it. I have heard people justify it by saying that using Jesus' birth as a focal point offends people who aren't Christian. I've got to now wonder, why should that matter to me? Everything else about Jesus offends non-Christians, so why should I change what I am doing? What is more important than the birth of Jesus? Nothing, I like Dr,. Mariottini's response. Here is a quote from him.

According to biblical chronology, David reigned c. 1000 Before the Common Era and Solomon around 960 Before the Common Era. If David and Solomon lived Before the Common Era and we live in the Common Era, why was the age of David and Solomon so uncommon? And what has transformed that “uncommon era” to “the common era”?

There was nothing uncommon about the age of David and Solomon. The truth is that they lived one thousand year before Christ was born. It is the Incarnation of Christ that marks the transition from one era to the other. Even when scholars use BCE and CE to date historical events, one has to ask: what caused the transition from Before the Common Era to the Common Era? There is only one important factor that marks this transition, even when people refrain from using the name of the one person whose existence caused the transition from one era to the other.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Should Historical Events Be Dated B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E.?