In my response to the second part of the Reformed Forum’s ongoing critique of my book on Cornelius Van Til, I touched briefly on their claim that not all Van Tillians agree in their interpretation of Van Til. I had already acknowledged this in the introduction to my book when I briefly surveyed six different schools of Van Tillianism, but there is a bit more to say on this point. Consider for a moment the fact that some eighty years ago, Van Til dropped a bomb in the American

For those readers of my blog who may have stumbled across this post and who do not know what this is all about, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the context before reading this post. Otherwise, this post isn’t going to make a lot of sense. Here is a brief rundown of the relevant context. In November 2024, my book Toward a Reformed Apologetics: A Critique of the Thought of Cornelius Van Til was published. It is, as the subtitle indicates, a critique of the teach

Although published in the middle of the seventeenth century, the Westminster Confession of Faith remains one of the most important confessional standards in existence. It, along with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, is the confessional standard of numerous denominations such as the OPC, the PCA, and the ARP. The Confession did not, however, appear in a vacuum. Just as it is important to understand the Arminian controversy if one is to fully understand the Canons of the Syno

It's that time of year again. Time for various bibliophiles to compile lists of their favorite books from the previous year in the hope that they can encourage other readers to pick up one or more of these favorites and agree. My reading this last year was skewed to some extent because I had to do a new course prep. That means most of my reading was related to one particular topic. I still managed, however, to read a variety of things unrelated to that topic. As in the past,