Andrew Meredith’s Reviews > The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God > Status Update

"Under the normative perspective, I argued that all facts are normative, so that the normative perspective embraces all reality.' It is also evident that all norms are facts: it is a fact that God has spoken to us. Thus the normative and situational perspectives are coextensive. Beliefs justified by Scripture will be the same beliefs as those justified by the facts. Scripture demands that we believe the truth, the facts--nothing more nor less. Thus there are no "brute facts,' facts that are devoid of interpretation. All facts are what they are by virtue of God's interpretation of them. And just as facts are inseparable from God's interpretation of them, so our un- derstanding of facts is inseparable from our interpretation of them. Stating a fact and interpreting it are the same activity. Facts themselves are law-laden. They convey to us God's existence and His will for us (Rom. 1:20, 32)."

We should utilize apologetic arguments in defense of the Christian faith, followed by a call for our hearers to repent and believe. For although arguments cannot produce faith, they do both justify and warrant it.