Presuppositional vs Natural Theology

I think that the following article is important/ I'm always interesting in Apologetic Methodologies because we can learn from each one!

Presuppositional vs Natural Theology:
Jeff DownsSome of you will already be aware of this, but the latest edition of Unbelievable, features Scott Oliphint and Kurt Jaros. This is a discussion regarding apologetic methodology.



"Scott believes that the best apologetic method is to assume that Christianity is true and show why a non-Christian is suppressing that truth. Atheists presuppose the existence of God even to argue against Him. This approach is called presuppositional or covanental apologetics.


Kurt Jaros believes that method is flawed and argues for the primacy of Natural Theology (or evidential apologetics) in presenting the case for Christianity to non-believers."


As of writing this, I have not had a chance to listen, so I can not share my thoughts. To listen click here.

I have some reservations about going to this conference, but I would love to attend these two particular sessions. I believe we need more scholarly discussion (audio) on apologetic methodology. Such as the one between Greg Bahnsen and R. C. Sproul.

I have heard the discussion between Dr Bahnsen and Sproul, but I haven't listened to the one Jeff points us to from the Unbelievable radio program yet I look forward to hearing it

Apologist Interview: Fazale Rana - Apologetics 315

Brian Auten has posted his interview with Dr. Fazale Rana

Today's interview is with biochemist Fazale Rana, executive vice president of research and apologetics at Reasons to Believe, a science-faith think tank based in Southern California. He talks about his journey to faith, the role of natural theology, trying to create life in the lab, the thesis of his new book, how we define life, two different approaches to synthetic biology, the goals for synthetic biology, possible moral issues behind artificial life (are we playing God?), the harmonization between new scientific discoveries and scripture, RTB's origin of life model, the plausibility of "pre-biotic soup," the future of synthetic biology, the apologetic value of science, having confidence in the scriptures, and more.

Apologist Interview: Fazale Rana - Apologetics 315

Apologetics 315: Essay: Defrocking the Priests of Scientism by Bob Perry

I'm taking samples of the essays being published at Apologetics 315. Bob Perry has written a great post that i really like. In a few paragraphs he explains why atheists like Michael Shermer are really holding and advancing a religious worldview, pretending that "non-belief" has nothing to do with faith but reason while simultaneously trying to deny ours. Read his post at the following link.

Apologetics 315: Essay: Defrocking the Priests of Scientism by Bob Perry

Apologetics 315: Terminology Tuesday: Naturalism, Natural Theology

 I love this series! This time "Naturalism" and  "Natural Theology" are defined. It's a good to know. Not completely Biblical, but still interesting.

Apologetics 315: Terminology Tuesday: Naturalism, Natural Theology