Great! Your bibliography posts have been really helpful to me as I've been building up my library up over the past year. Thanks for putting it together, Steve.
I am curious, though -- in your apologetics section, why don't you list any of Van Til's major apologetic works, or, for that matter, Bahnsen's?
Actually, I have a couple of Van Til titles in the apologetics section. However, much of what Bahnsen and Van Til focus on is meta-apologetics rather than apologetics. A lot of talk about methodology. More theory than practice.
I think there are a number of directions in which transcendental theism could be developed, but it remains underdeveloped.
I too have used your book lists as a guide to what to buy. It's been very helpful as I have to order all my books from the states, I cannot check them out before i buy them.
A comment (not a criticism): for the apologetic task, i've found that reading works of secular philosophers (such as B Russell) have been incredibly helpful.
Could you at some point write something about how to study the Bible? I am quite new to reformed theology, and knowing where to start is difficult in itself. Covenant theology? Systematic theology?
The topics are many and the subject is vast. Starting easy and progressing in a logical manner (to build on what you already know) would be preferable.
So some simple advice would be greatly appreciated!
Paul Helm wrote a trilogy entitled The Beginnings, The Callings, & The Last Things, which is a good intro to the Reformed faith.
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart (not Calvinists) wrote a classic book on How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, which is good on basic principles of interpretation as well as how to approach the various books of the Bible by their literary genre.
Great! Your bibliography posts have been really helpful to me as I've been building up my library up over the past year. Thanks for putting it together, Steve.
ReplyDeleteI am curious, though -- in your apologetics section, why don't you list any of Van Til's major apologetic works, or, for that matter, Bahnsen's?
Not a criticism, just a question. :)
Actually, I have a couple of Van Til titles in the apologetics section. However, much of what Bahnsen and Van Til focus on is meta-apologetics rather than apologetics. A lot of talk about methodology. More theory than practice.
ReplyDeleteI think there are a number of directions in which transcendental theism could be developed, but it remains underdeveloped.
Actually, I have a couple of Van Til titles in the apologetics section.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I saw the two there. They just aren't what I have in mind when I think of his major apologetic works. But, that's me.
Thanks for the reply, Steve.
Thanks Steve!
ReplyDeleteI too have used your book lists as a guide to what to buy. It's been very helpful as I have to order all my books from the states, I cannot check them out before i buy them.
A comment (not a criticism): for the apologetic task, i've found that reading works of secular philosophers (such as B Russell) have been incredibly helpful.
Steve
ReplyDeleteA request:
Could you at some point write something about how to study the Bible? I am quite new to reformed theology, and knowing where to start is difficult in itself. Covenant theology? Systematic theology?
The topics are many and the subject is vast. Starting easy and progressing in a logical manner (to build on what you already know) would be preferable.
So some simple advice would be greatly appreciated!
Just a request.
Blessings, GH
Paul Helm wrote a trilogy entitled The Beginnings, The Callings, & The Last Things, which is a good intro to the Reformed faith.
ReplyDeleteGordon Fee and Douglas Stuart (not Calvinists) wrote a classic book on How to Read the Bible for All its Worth, which is good on basic principles of interpretation as well as how to approach the various books of the Bible by their literary genre.