Filed under: Apologetics, Theology | Tags: bible, god, religion, Theology, truth
Erickson proposes a thesis though that enables belief concerning God and the bible to be both reasonably established and scrutinised. Both God and his self-revelation are presupposed together as a single presupposition. There is no single antecedent. He quotes Bernard Ramm:
“There exists one Triune God, loving, all-powerful, holy, all-knowing, who has revealed himself in nature, history, and human personality, and in those acts and words which are now preserved in the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.”
From this a theology is formulated which in turn reflects in an adherents’ worldview and can be tested for veracity. On the basis of this thesis the Christian Presuppositionalist can stand with confidence as having a reasonable basis to present the reality of God as presented in the bible and account for man’s responsibility towards God.
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good post. we must always start our systematics with the assumption that God is, because that’s where the Bible starts. It just assumes God. “In the beginning God…” If we try to get to God from anywhere else, we’ll never arrive to the truth of who He is.
Comment by Will Dudding April 21, 2008 @ 9:48 am