tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post8373818731918618981..comments2024-03-17T03:12:26.931-04:00Comments on Reformed Reasons: The Transcendental Argument for GodEd Dingesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007054168398086809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-88411476248661063112017-09-01T14:14:37.506-04:002017-09-01T14:14:37.506-04:00I agree that Christians can and do have certainty ...I agree that Christians can and do have certainty regarding the faith. But that certainty is grounded in the experience we have through the Holy Spirit as He applies the revealed word of truth in our person. The challenge is that all too often, certainty refers to logical certainty when we are engage the opponent. The assurance of faith is something only the Christian possesses. That said, I believe that the concept of certainty is generally unproductive in apologetic exchanges. It is a distraction that I prefer to avoid.Ed Dingesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007054168398086809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-67344968393418830632017-08-16T12:40:53.856-04:002017-08-16T12:40:53.856-04:00Hello! I am a young Christian, 18 to be precise, a...Hello! I am a young Christian, 18 to be precise, and I had a few questions on presupostional apologetics. It seems to me to not only be the most biblical way of evangelizing and defending the faith, but the actual only way of properly doing so.<br /><br />In Dr. Frame’s, along with Dr. Van Till’s, work, it seems that each person who reads the Bible, has their hearts divinely opened by God, and comes to put their Faith in the Lord, is gifted the ability to have an absolute certainty as to what it is they know. (In this case that God is who He says He is)<br /><br />It seems to me that when our Philosophical terms are defined by the Bible, which is the source of all truth, and not by man, that whatever style of certainty one wants to describe, it is readily available to the believer. In other words, we can be Epistemically, Ontologically, Metaphysically, Psychologically, and in all other ways certain that God is who He says He is, as revealed in scripture and illuminated in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />It seems that this certainty, or full assurance, isn’t just suggested in the Bible, but actually commanded to be the way that we view our situation. Certainly our sin can quench the Spirit’s witness in us, but by grace through faith, we can indeed return to our status of certainty.<br /><br />I suppose having laid out my thoughts, the only question I have is, do you agree?<br /><br />Also this question is completely open for anyone who might want to answer.<br /><br />Note I have also asked this question elsewhere, and have yet to receive an answer I am rather desperate for. <br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />Nathan C<br /><br />Reference:<br />https://frame-poythress.org/certainty/<br /><br />http://choosinghats.org/2011/04/full-assurance-epistemic-certainty-and-christ/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131586528284355576noreply@blogger.com