0:00 Opening Remarks
0:37 Dr. Cornelius Van Til – The Antithetical Nature Of The Christian Faith
1:02 CVT’s Syllabus, A SURVEY OF CHRISTIAN EPISTEMOLOGY
1:23 CVT’s Book, THE NEW MODERNISM…Barth and Brunner
1:49 CVT’s Book, COMMON GRACE
2:06 CVT’s Book, THE DEFENSE OF THE FAITH
2:53 Festschrift, JERUSALEM & ATHENS…MY CREDO: “…That We Argue By Presupposition.”
3:57 Greg L. Bahnsen, “I Wish To Take These Van Til Lectures Then, To Address The Subject Of The Antithetical Nature Of Christianity & Its Significance For Apologetics.” CVT’s Essay, TOWARD A REFORMED APOLOGETICS…CVT Quote
5:16 1) The Antithesis Is Crucial To The Biblical Understanding Of Man (THE ANTITHESIS THEME RUNS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BIBLE)…Gen 3:15 …The People Of GOD & The Culture Of Unbelief…satan Tempts GOD’s People To Compromise The Antithesis e.g.,…
13:16 New Testament Examples of Antithestical Relationships
15:35 2) The Intellectual Antithesis, e.g., Rom8:7, Col1:21
20:54 CVT’S Call To Action: WE MUST BE BIBLICAL FIRST
21:07 Morden Thought Disregards & Disdains The Antithesis…In Particular, It Is Antithetical To The Biblical View Of Antithesis!…The Final Antithesis, HEAVEN & HELL (John Lennon)
24:47 Mordern Theology
25:40 John Macquarrie’s Book, TWENTIETH CENTURY RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
29:27 GLB, Critiques Macquarrie
30:48 CVT On Modern Irrationalism & Autonomous Rationalism…Depraved Man Wants Both
34:19 Stephen Toulmin’s Book, THE RETURN TO COSMOLOGY
39:21 GLB’s Conclusion Of Toulmin’s & Macquarrie’s Books
40:59 Christian Scholars Commit The Same Folly: Ignoring The Antithesis Between Regenerate & Unregenerate Man
42:02 CVT’s Book, THE REFORMED PASTOR IN MODERN THOUGHT
42:52 satan’s Most Effective Tool (Dissolve The Antithesis For Ecumenicalism, Relativism & Autonomy)
44:37 3) A False Conception Of The Needed Antithesis Hampers Apologetics…GLB Critiques Some Of Francis Schaeffer’s Apologetical Works:
46:18 Francis Schaeffer’s Book, THE GOD WHO IS THERE
48:10 Francis Schaeffer’s Book, HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? : The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
50:08 Francis Schaeffer’s, HE IS THERE, AND HE IS NOT SILENT
50:34 Francis Schaeffer’s Book, ESCAPE FROM REASON (What Did Hegel Say?)
51:32 Francis Schaeffer’s Book, A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF PHILOSOPHY & CULTURE
52:31 Francis Schaeffer’s Misconstrued & Inaccurate Depiction Of Hegel & Antithesis
55:16 Schaeffer Does Not Press A Choice Between Apostate Thought & Regernerate Philosophy But Rather A Choice Between Hegel & The Greeks
58:30 Hegel’s, PHENOMENOLOGY OF MIND
1:00:51 GLB’s Bottom Line Assessment Of Schaeffer’s Plea For The Renewal Of Antithesis Over Against The Synthesis Of Modern Thought
1:04:30 GLB Takes Issue With Schaeffer’s Orange Illustration…
Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987)
These lectures by Dr. Bahnsen deal with the fundamental conflict between unbelieving worldviews and the Christian worldview. (CMF)
