Sublime

scene that a consistently Reformed apologetic be set forth. The non-Christian point of view is much more self-consciously hostile to Christianity than it has ever been.

Only a position which boldly and humbly challenges the wisdom of the world and, with the Apostle Paul, brings out that it has been made foolishness with God will serve the purpose.

neo-orthodox

There can be no understanding of Cornelius Van Til apart from this premise. Autonomy, literally self-law, is man’s attempt to supplant God’s law with his own, which, however much in many versions makes claims to be godly and moral, separates itself from the God of Scripture. Man becomes the determiner of “law,” which is more opinion than law. Theon

If that is the case, there is no such thing as neutral academics—a view he shares with Kuyper and Van Til.

Van Til argues that in Genesis 3, Satan tempts Eve to be a rationalist, but in so doing he puts her in an ultimately irrational position