An Elegant Argument

I have been following the work of James Anderson from Reformed Theological Seminary, partly because we share an interest in the writings of Cornelius Van Til. He and Greg Welty have composed a particularly elegant argument for the existence of God entitled "The Lord of Non-Contradiction." The argument runs as follows:

The laws of logic are necessary truths about truths; they are necessarily true propositions. Propositions are real entities, but cannot be physical entities; they are essentially thoughts. So the laws of logic are necessarily true thoughts. Since they are true in every possible world, they must exist in every possible world. But if there are necessarily existent thoughts, there must be a necessarily existent mind; and if there is a necessarily existent mind, there must be a necessarily existent person. A necessarily existent person must be spiritual in nature, because no physical entity exists necessarily. Thus, if there are laws of logic, there must also be a necessarily existent, personal, spiritual being. The laws of logic imply the existence of God.


I find the argument convincing and invite you to have a look at it here.

Turning on the Hinge

Have you noticed how films now turn on one hinge? They either portray protagonists as ironic pastiches of former protagonists or they make the protagonist full of human flaws. A hero is now to be revealed in all his messy humanness or he is not to be taken seriously. Bond must show his emotional dark side, his history; Superman and all his superhero friends must make their strength a result of their weakness.

Fear and the Gospel by Sarah Holloway

We are all familiar with might be considered the scare tactics of a sermon about hell. There might be a good number of Christians who have embraced the good news out of fear of eternal damnation. And yes, there is no lack of good reasons to be afraid of hell. It is probably the most “distasteful” aspect of the Christian message; even more than the worries of earthly suffering, the thought of spending forever in a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth is pretty formidable. And so it is not surprising that there are plenty of preachers, theologians and lay people who water down the doctrine of hell.

A great answer to an age old question given by D A Carson.

How do I know God exists? from A Passion for Life on Vimeo.

Speaking of Terror - Part VII

Answers to the questions raised in response to 9/11 are not easy. Many are yet to be answered and more yet to be asked. But for the past six posts (I, II, III, IV, V, VI) I have argued that Christianity is uniquely equipped with the presuppositions—linguistically, metaphysically, epistemologically and ethically—which make the questions meaningful in the first place.

Speaking of Terror - Part VI

Christian ideas imply a view of the origin of creation entirely under the sovereign rule of God. In discussions of morality, the Christian must point backwards, to creation and to the fall. There are many, however, who see the past as irrelevant. They see progress aligned with improved morals and religion, always tied to the past, with getting in the way.

Speaking of Terror - Part V

Much of what was written after 9/11 and in the build up to war in Afghanistan and Iraq was about morality. A common theme posed by the secularist was the problem of moral equivalence. Moral Equivalence is a phrase used in political debate to describe those who deny any moral hierarchy in a conflict,1 it is the “100 percent and 360 degree inability to pass judgment on any ethnicity other than our own.”2