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“The best apologetic defense will invariably be made by him who knows the system of truth of Scripture best.”

I am so excited to read this updated translation.

So far this book is excellent. Filled with Scriptural examples as well as practical import

Though I don’t comprehend everything he is saying, I am nevertheless observing something remarkable in terms of encyclopedic knowledge as well as irenic engagement with figures he disagrees with.

But basically it appears that the impact of Kant, Schleiermacher, and Hegel in the field of Christian dogmatics was substantive, particularly by popularizing epistemological agnosticism and metaphysical pantheism.

“Every man is made in the image of God and has impressed upon him the law of God. [This] makes men always accessible to God. [This] assures us that every man, to be a man at all, must already be in contact with the truth. He is so much in contact with the truth that much of his energy is spent in the vain effort to hide this from himself. His efforts to hide this from himself are bound to be self-frustrative.”

“In a certain sense, Kant is an apologist. He defended morality, religion, and theology by completely separating them from knowledge and providing them their own foundational principle. He separates the intellect from the will, knowing and believing, head and heart, theoretical and practical reason…”

“I will argue that Jesus is portrayed in the Gospels as the last Adam whose obedience is necessary for God’s people to experience the blessings of salvation.”

“The Reformed have conceptualized Christianity, not only as a religion but also as a worldview. Hence, natural theology can only be practiced by believers. Faith is necessary even here, just as it was with special revelation.”

“Calvin's starting point was God himself. He reasoned theologically, from God to his works, synthetically, deductively, proceeding from God in his entirety.. The Reformed proceeded from the divinity of God, from God as God.”