ca. 1965

“I did it my way”

ca. 1845

“My dear wife. . . A gift from God and to Jesus she has gone”

American Culture’s Abandonment of Biblical Influence

Faith-Rest Drill

“Squeeze the sponge” to get truths from it until you have enough truth to encompass the problem

Recall a doctrine, a promise, a fragment, an image from Scripture

Talk to God and choose to trust Him to stand behind His truth about the situation

The Evil Objection

1. God is Omnipotent

2. God is Loving

3. Evil exists

Logical Rules (tools God has given to organize revelation and discover some of His coherent thought)

Propositions Conclusions

LIMITATIONS OF REASON

unavoidable

dependence

upon worldview

“Reason” is merely a calculating machine,

not a legislator of reality

Diversions for a Guilty Conscience

“Because I refuse to give up my real transgressions, I invest other things with inflated significance and give those things up instead. Perhaps I have pressured three girlfriends into abortion, but I oppose war and capital punishment, I don’t wear fur, and I beat my chest with shame whenever I slip and eat red meat. Easier to face invented guilt than the thing itself.” (p141f)

38:2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”

42:3 “Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.”

38:3 “Gird up your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you shall answer me.”

42:4 “Hear, I beseech you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and you declare to me.”

ca. 1965

“I did it my way”

ca. 1845

“My dear wife. . . A gift from God and to Jesus she has gone”

American Culture’s Abandonment of Biblical Influence