0:00 Q#1-As you have observed many of our brethren in CHRIST embrace worldly presuppositions (some of them have labored earnestly to do so)…When do we rebuke & admonish them for their philosophical adultery & when do we bear with them?
0:18 A-It’s Hard To Lay-down General Rules For That, But In Most Cases At The Very Beginning…But What Is The Nature Of A Rebuke?…
3:36 Q#2-Where does Islam fit within the map of the Non-Christian Worldviews?
3:45 A-[Islam Is A Unitarian Perversion Of Christianity] World Religions Tend To Fall Into Three Categories: 1) Religions Of Transcendent Mysticism (Worldviews That Are Like Spiritual Monism…e.g. Hinduism)
5:20 2) Religions That Emphasize Immanent Moralism (Religions Of The Here & Now & The Details Of Life, e.g. Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism)
5:55 3) Religions That Are Biblical Perversions (Religions That Ape Christianity In One Way Or Another)…Three Categories: Unitarian (e.g. The Jehovah’s Witnesses & Islam); Polytheistic (e.g. Mormonism); Pseudo-Messianic (e.g. Moonies, The Unification Church)
8:04 Islam Is In The Unitarian Sub-Category Of Christian Biblical Perversions
10:10 The First Thing To Point Out When Doing An Internal Critique Of Islam…1) The Koran References The Authority Of THE BIBLE & Endorses The Law Of Moses: The Law Of Moses Teaches That Any Prophet Teaching Contrary To Previous Revelation Is A False Prophet. 2) Then Show The Koran Contradicts Previous Revelation & Therefore Must Be Rejected On Its Own Terms…Koran’s Historical Errors
11:30 The Most Devastating Critique Of The Koran Is That It Makes No Provision That Is Materially Adequate For The Salvation Of Those Who Violate The Law Of Allah: There’s No Redemption In The Koran
12:17 Q#3-If GOD is all love & righteousness then how did evil come about?
12:26 A-…The Bible Doesn’t Tell Us. However The Bible Does Tell Us You Cannot Make Sense Of Evil Apart From Knowing That GOD Is The Ultimate Standard & That GOD Does All Things Well…What We’re Left With Is An Ultimate Mystery That Calls For Us To Trust GOD, & Not Attempt To Stand In Judgment Over HIM…(GLB Expands On The Issue)
17:01 Q#4- How Do We Respond To Roman Catholic Presuppositionalism?…That Church Authority (His First Principle) Is True By Virtue Of The Church’s Authority?
17:33 A-…You Have To Press The Roman Catholic To His Ultimate Authority & When They Respond With The Authority Is That Of Church Tradition (What The Apostle AllegedlyTaught Orally & Passed Down Through The Church), Then You Can Do Two Things:
18:22 1) Point Out That The Authority Of Church Tradition Is By The Roman Catholic, Based Upon The Tradition Of The Church & That Their Circular Reasoning Is Destructive & Doesn’t Stand In Accord To THE WORD OF GOD…The Protestant’s Reasoning Isn’t Destructive…
18:57 Peter Abelard’s Book, SIC ET NON…Cites On Numerous Propositions, The Authority Of The Church Gives Both A Yes & No Answer To The Propositions…So, Which Church Tradition Does The Roman Catholic Appeal To As Self-Verifying?
20:06 2) The Bible Tells Us That Church Tradition Isn’t Our Authority & Warns The Believer About Trusting Traditions Of Men Over GOD’s WORD…It Can Be Demonstrated That Roman Catholic Tradition Contradicts THE WORD OF GOD (e.g. Merit & Justification)…Therefore Ultimately The Choice Must Be Made Whether One Trusts THE WORD OF GOD Over Tradition
21:28 Q#5- (Indistinguishable Audio…In regard to the work of The Christian Research Institute)
21:40 A-GLB Comments On The Westminster Confession, Church Corruption, The Pope (An Anti-Christ), Anti-Christs…The Roman Catholic Church Can No Longer Be Viewed As A True Church Of CHRIST…
22:51 Q#6- Since The Roman Catholic Church is no longer viewed as a True Church Of CHRIST, does this mean that everybody in that church is lost?
22:57 A-Because It’s One Thing To Be In Organization That’s Not Truly A Church & Another Thing To Not Be A Christian…GLB Expands…Comments On Vatican II…The Damnable Doctrine Of The Roman Catholic Church
24:55 Q#7-Are there one/two verses that we can refer to as a solid starting point to answer each of the three presuppositional questions: Metaphysics, Epistemology, & Ethics?
25:08 A-GLB States That It Wouldn’t Be Wise To Over Simplify The Biblical Teaching About Reality, Knowledge, & Ethics With Just One/Two Verses. If We Can Do That You Might Wonder Why GOD Gave All The Rest…Study Systematic Theology…GLB’s Booklet, GOD’s GOOD NEWS (link below)
27:06 Closing Remarks
The way we think—our patterns of reasoning—can fail to show love for God just as readily as the way we live outwardly. This series explains how we can better keep the first and great commandment with our minds. Dr. Bahnsen shows how to detect and refute the underlying worldviews in terms of which unbelievers think, so that Christians can be more alert and effective in defending the faith.
- What Does It Mean? (1 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 1 (2 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 2 (3 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 3 (4 of 6)
- Personal and Public Applications (5 of 6)
- Loving God Questions and Answers (6 of 6)
