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Cave To The Cross Apologetics
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Applying's God's Word To Philosophical Thought
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The Only Way To Do Apologetics – Ep.373 – The Great Debate – At War with the Word – The Necessity of Biblical Antithesis – Part 4
6d ago00:24:46Tap to summarizeThe previous three episodes leads up to Bahnsen's claim that presuppositional apologetics is the only way to do apologetics. It's the best tool to show the split between Christianity and every other viewpoint. And the best part, it's biblical and it is found in the Christian message itself.
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Apologetics Should Attack Worldview Foundations – Ep.372 – The Great Debate – At War with the Word – The Necessity of Biblical Antithesis – Part 3
2w ago00:31:25Tap to summarizeBahnsen now moves to encouraging the Christian to engage in an apologetic method that attack worldview foundations first and foremost. There's nothing wrong in knowing the positive case for Christianity but when it comes to how one approaches proof and truth, why give up so much of your position to try and achieve a neutral starting point - it's not possible to have and it's not biblical to take.
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Pushing The Antithesis Apologetics – Ep.371 – The Great Debate – At War with the Word – The Necessity of Biblical Antithesis – Part 2
3w ago00:33:39Tap to summarizeContinuing Bahnsen's lecture on pushing the antithesis, we see Bahnsen make the case for a pushing the antithesis apologetics and provides the repercussions as seen in real, published literature on what happens if we give up that division between the Christian worldview and the non-Christian worldview.
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The Christian Antithesis – Ep.370 – The Great Debate – At War with the Word – The Necessity of Biblical Antithesis – Part 1
4w ago00:22:47Tap to summarizeWe now cover a lecture by Greg Bahnsen included in our book that encourages the Christian antithesis to be pushed when comparing our lives to those of the world and also in our apologetics. Here Bahnsen shows the Van Tillian origin of this idea in apologetics but shows the presence of it from Genesis all the way through the Old and New Testament.
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Christian TAG Solves It All – Ep.369 – The Great Debate – A Synopsis – Part 4
May 400:14:47Tap to summarizeChristian TAG Solves It All Finishing up the question, we see that a proper examination would have led Greg Bahnsen to present the transcendental argument that he was known for and how Christian TAG solves it all. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 00:15 – Question 7 – How Does The Christian Not Just Beg The Question As Well? 02:57 – Question 8 – Could This All Be An Illusion? 04:27 – Bahnsen’s Rebuttal With The Transcendental Rebuttal 13:33 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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What The Atheist Should Have Asked – Ep.368 – The Great Debate – A Synopsis – Part 3
Apr 2700:14:08Tap to summarizeWhat The Atheist Should Have Asked Here’s what Gordon Stein, the atheist, should have asked Greg Bahnsen in their debate instead of being caught off guard over what happened. Here, the editor steps into the role to pull out more context in the nature of the Christian worldview and why it provides the necessary basis for all knowledge. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 01:34 – Question 1 – Why Do We Need To Know The Laws Of Logic Before Coming To Our Theory? 03:52 – Question 2 – Why Can’t We Know Logic Is True Because It Works? 05:35 – Question 3 – Why Can’t Laws Of Logic Just Be Necessarily True? 08:17 – Question 4 – How Does The Christian Worldview Count As Proof? 09:57 – Question 5 – How Does That Show The Whole Bible Is True? 11:34 – Question 6 – How Do You Prove The Worldview Of The Christian Worldview? 13:55 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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Christianity Provides The Only Justification For Knowledge – Ep.367 – The Great Debate – A Synopsis – Part 2
Apr 2000:15:36Tap to summarizehttps://youtu.be/VXRRVnHb7ZA Christianity Provides The Only Justification For Knowledge Tony’s going to be out for a bit, so the next four episodes will be on the shorter end, but that’s ok. Here, the editor of the book, Joshua Pillows, structures the debate on what might have been the case if Stein had been prepared to deal with Bahnsen’s actual argument. So this is how it should have happened, and we start with Bahnsen’s opening statement. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 04:03 – The Embarrassing Dr. Stein 05:34 – Bahnsen’s Opening Statement Redux 07:13 – A Battle Of Worldviews 09:22 – The Issue With The Naturalistic Atheist Worldview 11:47 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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How It Should Have Happened – Ep.366 – The Great Debate – A Synopsis – Part 1
Apr 1300:11:56Tap to summarizehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgZKgw9TtU Evil, Miracles, & Atheist Faith Tony’s going to be out for a bit, so the next four episodes will be on the shorter end, but that’s ok. Here, the editor of the book, Joshua Pillows, structures the debate on what might have been the case if Stein had been prepared to deal with Bahnsen’s actual argument. So this is how it should have happened, and we start with Bahnsen’s opening statement. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 04:03 – The Embarrassing Dr. Stein 05:34 – Bahnsen’s Opening Statement Redux 07:13 – A Battle Of Worldviews 09:22 – The Issue With The Naturalistic Atheist Worldview 11:47 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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Evil, Miracles, & Atheist Faith – Ep.365 – The Great Debate – Q&A – Part 2
Apr 600:36:26Tap to summarizehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B570UPGXmhg Evil, Miracles, & Atheist Faith We finish off with the debate with the final four questions including evil, agnosticism, the nature of logic, belief, and show that an atheist faith is present and the atheist in this debate stumbles over himself and accidentally admits it – twice. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 01:27 – Question 3 – Why Is There Evil? Rebellion 05:27 – Dr. Stein Rebuttal – God Needs To Force Us Not To Rebel To Be Good & Real 07:34 – Question 4 – Why Not Agnosticism? 08:54 – Ut Oh! Stein Contradicts Stein! 11:18 – Dr. Bahnsen’s Rebuttal – Stein Admits Atheists Have Blind Faith 16:31 – Question 5 – Why Is Do Laws Of Logic Need To Be Grounded In God? Because They Can’t Ground Themselves 23:19 – Dr. Stein’s Rebuttal – None, But Admits He Has Faith 24:51 – Question 6 – What Evidence Would An Atheist Need To Believe In God? Magic! 27:31 – Dr. Bahnsen’s Rebuttal – People Haven’t Believed When Shown Miracles 34:10 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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The Christian God & The Guy From Germany With A Funny Mustache – Ep.364 – The Great Debate – Q&A – Part 1
Mar 3000:27:57Tap to summarizehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvdYRjGqNS4 The Christian God & The Guy From Germany With A Funny Mustache As we come down to the book’s debate proper section we are left with six questions from the audience. Here we cover two which involve asking why is the Christian God the answer out of all the other gods out there. Then we get to ask the question that takes all philosophers about 6 minutes to get to – how do we deal with ideas when it comes to that guy from Germany with a funny mustache. A really interesting response from both sides here. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 02:42 – Question 1 – Why The Christian God Out Of All The Other gods? 04:16 – An Important Question But Not Part Of The Debate Specifically 07:20 – A Consistent Worldview Different Than Something Like Hinduism 13:02 – Dr. Stein’s Response – Buddhism Is The Only Rational Religion 14:09 – Question 2 – Why That German With A Mustache Wrong? 15:01 – Western Tradition Says So! 21:17 – Dr. Bahnsen’s Response – Begging The Question 24:45 – Further Commentary 27:06 – Conclusion BOOK LINKS: The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows Debate Transcript Video The Bahnsen Institute       All episodes, short clips, & blog – https://www.cavetothecross.com
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