Appointed for the Defense of the Gospel: The Life and Ministry of Greg L. Bahnsen

One of the key areas of Christian endeavor is also one of the most pressing religious concerns before the church today: apologetics. The Scriptures call us to "sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence" (1 Pet. 3:15). And with the world set in rebellion against God, man universally "suppresses the truth in unrighteousness" (Rom. 1:18). So not only do we have an obligation to engage in apologetics but we also have a difficult obligation — in that Scripture forewarns that men will resist us from the very depths of their being.

Both of the Biblical statements mentioned in the previous paragraph have a strong bearing upon apologetics. Peter directs us to an apologetic that sanctifies the Lord; not just any apologetic method will do. Paul informs us that man really knows the truth, which, because of his unrighteousness, he vigorously suppresses. With these Scriptural insights we are pressed to engage an apologetic that is uncompromising in its commitment to Christ and that takes account of man's inherent knowledge of God as a point of contact. This calls us to the transcendental method that engages apologetics at the presuppositional level — the view explained and promoted by Dr. Cornelius Van Til and two of his leading disciples, Rousas J. Rushdoony and Greg L. Bahnsen.

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from Chalcedon Report - Feb 2004
Appointed for the Defense of the Gospel: The Life and Ministry of Greg L. Bahnsen by Rev. Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr., Th.D.

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