Always Reforming

My father was never a wealthy man, monetarily speaking, but among the few valuable physical possessions he left were his books.  Back in the Spring I decided to read Van Til's Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen after discussing it with a friend.  I went on Amazon to buy a copy, but, after seeing the price, I remembered that my father had a copy, so I claimed it and dug in.  I'm glad I did. Reading this book, this copy of this book, was one of the most surreal experiences of my life, primarily for two reasons.  Firstly, my father conveniently marked in this book (see pics below) with various colors of highlighters, which allowed me to underline in black pen without disrupting his markings.  I typically prefer to buy fresh, unmarked copies of books so that I can mark them up myself, but there was definitely something cool about reading and marking up a copy of a book that my father had so heavily marked himself.  It was as if I were following a path trodden by my fa...

We are at a crossroads.  Our nation is at a particularly poignant point in her history, intellectually, legislatively, and morally speaking.  I believe that the next few years will have an effect (positively or negatively) on generations to come that few time periods have had. I happen to be reading a book right now that analyses the Presuppositional Apologetic of Cornelius Van Til, and I have found it to be incredibly helpful in understanding how to interact with unbelievers in the midst of our tumultuous political climate.  One of Van Til's emphases (developed by Bahnsen ) is the stark antithesis between the worldview of the believer and that of the unbeliever.  Regardless of the apparent points of contact we may seem to have in common, we truly see (or ought to see) everything differently.  Every single aspect of life, every fact , is colored by our greater worldview. Most people agree that 2+2=4, but we have different reasons for that conviction.  For...