I read Of Rocks and Trees over the weekend and I wanted to thank you for writing it. It has helped my understanding greatly, and I hope that it will get a wide circulation, as I strongly suspect that it needs to be widely read. Once again it is proved that clarity is a virtue!
This is brilliant. Read it all in one sitting - compelling and clear. I wondered if you would bring up common grace as that which leaves the unbeliever capable of knowing true things, but maybe that's not a Van Tillian emphasis but a Bavinckian one.
More confident than ever in the presuppositional approach that Van Til drew from Bavinck.
On a side note, I sent a private message some time ago and you told me to remind you if it looked like you forgot!
Thanks Mark! Yes, Common Grace is a key element, for CVT and Bavinck, but as I was already running very long, decided to leave it to the side for these purposes. Always more to say! Roger that on the message!
Thank you for writing this response. I started reading Van Til about ten years ago (thanks to Reformed Forum); but what truly engaged me in his thinking was listening to some recordings of lectures he gave, in the late sixties I believe. The Creator/creature distinction and "no brute facts" being my main takeaways. Again, thank you.
I downloaded Of Rocks and Trees, read a few words, and I'm already pulled in!
I read Of Rocks and Trees over the weekend and I wanted to thank you for writing it. It has helped my understanding greatly, and I hope that it will get a wide circulation, as I strongly suspect that it needs to be widely read. Once again it is proved that clarity is a virtue!
This is brilliant. Read it all in one sitting - compelling and clear. I wondered if you would bring up common grace as that which leaves the unbeliever capable of knowing true things, but maybe that's not a Van Tillian emphasis but a Bavinckian one.
More confident than ever in the presuppositional approach that Van Til drew from Bavinck.
On a side note, I sent a private message some time ago and you told me to remind you if it looked like you forgot!
Thanks Mark! Yes, Common Grace is a key element, for CVT and Bavinck, but as I was already running very long, decided to leave it to the side for these purposes. Always more to say! Roger that on the message!
Huh, yeah. I admit I'm only a dilettante in philosophy, but I'd never heard of "epistemological holism".
What amazes is the sheer confidence with which that was trotted out. 😳
Thank you for writing this response. I started reading Van Til about ten years ago (thanks to Reformed Forum); but what truly engaged me in his thinking was listening to some recordings of lectures he gave, in the late sixties I believe. The Creator/creature distinction and "no brute facts" being my main takeaways. Again, thank you.