00:00 Opening Remarks
4:39 Examining The Word, REASON, And How It Operates Within A Worldview…Autonomy
6:35 The Christian’s Apologetical Approach Must Take Into Account The Autonomous Worldview Of The Unbeliever
7:39 The Apologetical Strategy Illustrated In Scripture, Calls For Argumentation At The Presuppositional Level…e.g., The Apostle Paul’s Apologetic
11:19 Acts 26:22
11:44 The Summary Of Paul’s Apologetic
12:20 Paul Presses The Antithesis At Athens, Acts 17:16
15:27 But Doesn’t Paul Make Common Cause With His Audience?…GLB Closely Examines Paul’s Actual Method
17:40 G. C. Berkouwer Quote (THE ANTITHESIS)
20:05 More On Properly Understanding Paul Citing The Philosophers At The Areopagus In Athens
21:01 G. C. Berkouwer On The Issue
22:09 F. F. Bruce On The Issue
23:04 Dr. Ned Bernard Stonehouse On The Issue
23:42 Van Til On The Issue
24:51 Reenforcing The Point, 1Cor17, 2Cor11:3
27:59 The Clash Of Worldviews!
29:42 When Worldviews Collide, The Presuppositional Approach Will Involve Two Steps (Internal Critique Of The Unbeliever’s Worldview & The Reason For The Believer’s Trust In GOD’S WORD)
31:17 Van Til Quote…JESUS IS THE STARTING POINT & FOUNDATION OF THE APOLOGIST
33:48 The Unbeliever is, AT WAR WITH THE WORD & the word
35:25 e.g. Of Man’s War With the word: LITERARY DECONSTRUCTION
36:01 Background On Jacques Derrida (Literary Deconstruction’s Originator)
37:04 Jonathan Culler (Deconstructionist)
37:25 Deconstructionism’s Main Contention Is That The Meaning Of A Text Is Not Something That Can Be Determined…Logocentrism
37:46 Alan Jacobs On Deconstructionism
38:46 Paul de Man And His Theory Of “MISREADING”
40:29 Deconstructive Theory Seeks To Subvert The Binary Structure Which It Sees As Inherent To Logocentrism…& More Details
43:04 Jacques Derrida Rejects Logocentrism [Definition] It refers to the tradition of Western science and philosophy that regards words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality
43:30 Jacques Derrida’s Theory Of “Différance” a concept formulated by Jacques Derrida, is the idea that individual words cannot impart a full meaning alone but must be accompanied by other words.
45:03 Deconstructionists Wish To Transform Entire Ways Of Thinking By Contrast
47:07 e.g., Of Undermining Logocentrism
47:43 Jonathan Culler’s Revolutionary Aims…Deconstructionism Is Openly Motivated By Marxist & Feminist Agendas
49:41 Can The Intelligibility Of Decontructionism Be Granted On The Basis Of Its Premises? NO, IT IS SELF-REFUTING
1:03:57 The Conclusion
1:18:49 Van Til Quote
These lectures by Dr. Bahnsen deal with the fundamental conflict between unbelieving worldviews and the Christian worldview. (CMF)
