Worldview Analysis

  • According to Scripture, man was created in the image of God, good, and with an originally righteous moral consciousness. This original perfection of man was not metaphysical but ethical, not infinite but finite…Because man has rebelled against God, he has blinded his intellect and his will by sin. Having established his own will as determinative…

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  • By What Standard?

    By What Standard?

    “Christian thought has consistently gone astray, throughout most of its history, by seeking to answer the world in terms of the world’s own categories.” R. J. Rushdoony, By What Standard? An Analysis of the Philosophy of Cornelius Van Til, 1958 Reprint (Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1995), 3.  

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  • On Biblical Concepts and Terms: Opening Act-Part 1, Death is…

    From the earliest pages of Scripture, we are given some basic, fundamental truths that outline necessary aspects of the believer’s faith. The first verse of the Bible gives unequivocal evidence in the sense of an axiomatic truth: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1.1).[1] God is the ontological beginning of…

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  • Unlikely Allies

    Unlikely Allies

    Is it possible to join forces with someone you disagree with very strongly? Suppose you are at two ends of the theological spectrum? What about being chief antagonists in partisan politics? Is it possible to find common ground on which to stand? This particular conversation is one I have been having with myself for a…

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  • Chaos, Order and Onions; Or, is it Order, Onions and then Chaos ensues?

    What do we use every day, while at the same time taking it for granted? To be sure that is a loaded question. For the things that we use day-in and day-out being taken for granted is numerous indeed! Think for a moment about a trip that you’ve made to the grocery store, or market—either…

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