http://blog.solagratia.org Dealing with issues in reformed theology. Sun, 04 May 2008 15:37:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The most recent episode of Christ the Center has been published over at Castle Church. The episode is a brief introduction to the theology of Karl Barth. Previous episodes have covered several interesting topics. Biblical Theology and the Westminster Standards The Spirituality of the Church Choosing a Commentary Building a ... http://blog.solagratia.org/2008/03/07/a-birds-eye-view-of-barth/ As presuppositionalists, we should constantly seek to expose autonomous reasoning and argumentation. I recently listened to an interesting unveiling of autonomous thought on a Mars Hill audio journal. The speaker was talking about the various pro-life arguments and demonstrated how pro-life apologists typically appeal to autonomy. Often, ... http://blog.solagratia.org/2008/02/09/exposing-autonomy/ The latest episode of Christ the Center is available.  The panel members give a brief introduction to the major issues and point listeners to a number of helpful publications on the New Testament’s use of the Old Testament. http://blog.solagratia.org/2008/01/26/the-new-testaments-use-of-the-old-testament/ The precise meaning of words is and has been extremely important in the life of the church. Throughout church history, orthodoxy has hinged on small changes in meaning from one term to the next. Perhaps one of the most significant examples of this phenomena was the development and ... http://blog.solagratia.org/2008/01/14/a-change-in-meaning/ In his unpublished Reformed Textual Criticism,Silva, Moises. Reformed Textual Criticism (Philadelphia: Westminster Theological Seminary, 1990). Moises Silva brings up an interesting point regarding the Van Tilian aversion to probabilistic methods and the discipline of textual criticism. One need not spend much time in order to uncover Van Til's negativity toward ... http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/