By: John M. Frame Is everyone called to embrace circular argument? Only in one sense. Circularity in Presuppositional Apologetics We are not called to use arguments such as this: “The Bible is true; therefore, the Bible is true.” One can certainly say that there is a kind of circularity in presuppositional apologetics, but the circularity …
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Nike Christianity: Why Just Doing It Doesn’t Do It
By: Daniel M. Doriani What is Nike Christianity? Performance Christianity, or Nike Christianity, is a “just do it” approach to the Christian life. Nike Christianity is a form of legalism. Nike Christians avoid the worst errors, but so accentuate obedience to God’s law that other ideas shrivel up. They think of Christian living as little …
Teaching the Tough Stuff: Why We Go to Church
By Starr Meade The church has come under harsh attack in our time. Those outside the church have long maintained that they do not need church involvement in order to have valid spiritual experiences. One can worship alone in a beautiful, natural setting just as well (maybe even better), they say, than in a …
Teaching the Tough Stuff: Omniscience
By Starr Meade It can stagger our little minds to consider all that God holds in his. He knows every fact and every property related to every created thing, the billions of facts that all humanity combined know as well as the billions more that remain unknown to man. Why it’s important As your child …
Calling Something Christian Doesn’t Make it Christian
By Starr Meade Once upon a time there were three little pigs who left home to make their way in the world. They all decided to build houses for themselves. The first little pig chose to build his house of straw. Straw was inexpensive, and a house made of it would be easy to …