Presuppositional Apologetics - Kerrigan Skelly

Evangelist Kerrigan Skelly of PinPoint Evangelism (www.pinpointevangelism.com) is preaching/teaching on presuppositional apologetics. This is a basic introduction to this kind of apologetics. To continue your study of this, simply look for the resources that Kerrigan recommends at the end of the video.

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[caffy1976]

It is interesting that you are using presuppositional apologetics to defend the Christinity worldview, and yet hate calvinism, which gave birth to presuppositional apologetics.

[skellys3]

@caffy1976 Huh? So, because people like Van Til and Bahnsen, who are Calvinists, made presuppositional apologetics popular, you conclude that Calvinism "gave birth" to it? That souds like fallacious reasoning to me.

I'd like to see a Calvinist use presuppositional apologetics in a debate on Calvinism. They'll lose ever time, if their non-Calvinist opponent uses it back on them. I use presupp. on Calvinists all the time and it reduces them to adsurdity. My other channel: /RefutingCalvinism

[caffy1976]

@skellys3 "So, because people like Van Til and Bahnsen, who are Calvinists, made presuppositional apologetics popular, you conclude that Calvinism "gave birth" to it? That souds like fallacious reasoning to me."

How is that a fallacious reasoning?

Unlike you, both Van Til and Bahnsen apologetic method can't be separated from their theology, which is God-centered, rather than man-centered.

[skellys3]

@caffy1976 If you can't figure out how that is fallacious reasoning, then I don't think that I can help you. Please tell me ONE REASON WHY the person using the presuppositional apologetic method has to believe in Calvinism in order to engage in it?

Calvinism is "God-centered"?! Yeah, that is laughable! Your "god" decrees/ordains ALL things, even every little sin! Such a system of theology does NOT glorify God (unless you are talking about the devil) and is NOT "God-centered"...

[skellys3]

@caffy1976 Are you saying that my theology is "man-centered"? Please tell me how saying man has sinned by choice instead of "by nature" or because of what Adam did long ago, is "man-centered". Please tell me how making man FULLY accoutable for ALL of his sin (because he has free will) is "man-centered". I'd like to hear some REAL, LOGICAL answers to such questions...

[skellys3]

@caffy1976 I didn't think that you could actually answer my questions...

[lastdaysguitar]

I think it's notable that Atheists keep coming back to listen to apologetics... you'd think if they were really SURE of their beliefs that they would have better things to do.

BUT: The truth is WAY DEEP DOWN they want to believe in God, and to know Him, because that's what they were created for - though they vehemently deny it.

[BurningHearts70]

Thanks for the video. Helpful. God bless Brother.

[LothairOfLorraine]

@caffy1976 Van Till's apologetic is only 'God centered' insofar as it lays the blame for sin on God's tyrannical decree, rather than man's poor choices.

[skellys3]

@PostITnoteGUY You obviously don't understand that nature of the argument...

[skellys3]

@PostITnoteGUY Sorry, but the atheist worldview can't account for an absolute standard of morality at all. Only the Christian worldview can do such a thing.