Saturday, July 9, 2011

Inerrancy and authority of Scripture

Jesus quotes from Psalm 82:6. From Van Til:"this proves that the term law was for Jesus' purpose identical with scripture as a whole. And of this law, or Scripture, Jesus then says that it cannot be broken. It is therefore the final court appeal. Any passage of scripture must acc. to Jesus be thought of as having "irrefragable authority"." page 248 Systematic Theology

Friday, July 8, 2011

Inspiration of Scripture

Cornelius Van Til:
"Unless as sinners we have an absolutely inspired bible, we have no absolute God interpreting reality for us, and unless we have an absolute God interpreting reality for us, there is no true interpretatn at all." p.243

Mental Models

When somebody asks you: is F A or B, and you don't know the answer, immediately, you start to think in "either or mode". So it is either A or B. The funny thing is, we miss 50% of solutions. It could be neither A nor B or it could be both A and B.
Why is that so ? In case you do not have any information about neither A nor B, you automatically assume that they are exclusive. So you try to think about what could be reasons for A or B. So lack of knowledge most of the time leads to exclusion of either the one or other option. I think, it is fair to call this an example of a mental model.

When you ask people on the street if God is transcendent or immanent which is a tough question to ask (w/o considering the "i dont know" answer) most people will opt for either transcendent, meaning: He is above us, and some people saying: I feel him everyday, therefore he is immanent. When in fact, he is both.

Unless you are challenged to think about a subject matter in great detail, you will be kept captive in mental model mode. Meaning, you won't understand that it could be both or none of the given options. Since we are - in our daily pace - keep things the way they are , and that is very true for our brain activities, most of the time we will not break out of our mental models. We will be kept in our intellectual comfort zone. This will largely influence our volitional aspects of our life.

to be continued ....

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Eigenschaften der Heiligen Schrift

Nach Cornelius Van Til hat die Schrift folg Eigenschaften:
1-Notwendigkeit
Der gefallene Mensch hasst Gott in seinem natürlichen Zustand. Nur die Schrift tut dies
"that this special revelation (1) might remain through the ages, (2) might reach all mankind
(3)might reach all mankind (4) might have the testimony of its truthfulness within itself
2-Autorität
"The sinner seeks to be autonomous. He will therefore seek himself up as the judge ... [scripture]
.... it asks man to submit his thought captive to it in obedience."
3-Verständlichkeit
4Hinlänglichkeit

Judging other christians

Eventhough they don't share the same beliefs and theological concepts
that you i have. Why? Simply because, i have wrong christian concepts too.
Which in essence therefore are anti christian. God is the ultimate judge.
it has always been like that and it will always be like that.
i pray that i may hold on to what i have been given. not of my own wisdom but from
the Holy Spirit

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