Category Archives: Cornelius Van Til

Being Reformed and Avoiding Landmines

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I don’t want to discourage the young and restless from growing in their understanding of Reformed Protestantism but sometimes even the best of intentions cannot prevent stepping in it. Over at the allies blog John Starke encourages readers to spend more time with Cornelius Van Til — The Most Important Boring Thinker You Should Read… Read More→

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Das Machen des Van Til

Or roughly, “The Making of Van Til.”  Camden Bucey builds a case that Machen is the principal historical reason for Cornelius Van Til becoming the influential reformed apologist he became.  Darryl Hart and John Muether have written on the subject.  Their article Why Machen Hired Van Til is available through the OPC. Download the audio… Read More→

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Who Knew (!) Van Til Would be Hotter than Dabney and Nevin?

Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Seminary, and long-time interlocuter in matters neo-Calvinist, has a very positive review in Christianity Today of the recent biography of Cornelius Van Til by NTJ co-editor, John Muether.   Mouw writes: John Muether has done a particularly good job of making a scholar’s life interesting—typically a daunting challenge for the… Read More→

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Cornelius Van Til

John Muether talks with the Christ the Center panel about his book Cornelius Van Til:  Reformed Apologist and Churchman, the latest volume in the American Reformed Biography series published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing.  Professor Muether discusses various aspects of the life and thought of Van Til, including his involvement in the so-called Clark/Van Til… Read More→

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