According to the 2022 Ligonier State of Theology survey, 33% of American adults “strongly agree” and 18% “somewhat agree” with this statement: “The Bible is 100% accurate in all that it...
https://www.proginosko.com/2024/03/why-should-i-trust-the-bible/
If the problem of evil and suffering is the greatest challenge to the Christian faith, as many people think, then arguably the problem of hell is the most acute form of it. It’s one thing to be...
https://www.proginosko.com/2024/03/how-could-a-loving-god-send-anyone-to-hell/
I’ve been embarrassingly delinquent in keeping readers updated on the progress of The Big Ten series, which I’ve been co-editing with Greg Welty for Christian Focus. Five more volumes have be...
https://www.proginosko.com/2024/02/update-on-the-big-ten-series/
I’m pleased to report that my paper “A Four-Case Defense of the Authorial Model of Divine Providence” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Analytic Theology. Abstract: Some a...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/10/a-four-case-defense-of-the-authorial-model-of-divine-providence/
Consider the following epistemological argument against Naturalism (as defined below): If Naturalism is true, then all factual knowledge (i.e., knowledge of facts) is acquired empirically. Knowle...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/10/an-epistemological-argument-against-naturalism/
Who are the best defenders of atheism? Where can one find the strongest defenses of atheism? I get asked those questions from time to time, and they’re good questions, so I’m going to offer m...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/10/the-best-defenders-and-defenses-of-atheism/
A transcendental argument, simply defined, is an argument purporting to demonstrate that some X (such as a particular concept, belief, or state of affairs) is a necessary precondition of some und...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/09/did-cornelius-van-til-coin-the-term-transcendental-argument/
I was recently asked to suggest reading lists on (1) epistemology in general, (2) religious epistemology, and (3) Reformed presuppositional/Van Tilian/Framean epistemology. Here’s my response, ...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/06/suggested-readings-on-epistemology/
Thom Notaro’s excellent little book, Van Til & the Use of Evidence, has been out of print for years. However, Thom holds the copyright and has generously granted permission for me to make a sca...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/06/van-til-the-use-of-evidence/
An essay written for a forthcoming collection of essays “in the Van Til tradition.” The main thesis: While Van Til was rightly critical of the early forms of analytic philosophy (Moore, Russe...
https://www.proginosko.com/2023/06/van-til-and-analytic-philosophy/