tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246130540159128150.post3489066050902980618..comments2024-02-03T16:53:16.196-08:00Comments on Honest Talk with God: A Pastor in Search of Apologetics Rob_Tennanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13421615246634432546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246130540159128150.post-75690171759811968452015-09-06T14:09:49.541-07:002015-09-06T14:09:49.541-07:00Great comment, Paul, thanks.
I need to get back t...Great comment, Paul, thanks.<br /><br />I need to get back to reading some more T. Keller as he is great. I'll add "The Reason for God" to my list.<br /><br />I hope you got my email about the passing of John Charles. Receiving his books is part of what has prompted me to get more serious about his thinking.Rob_Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421615246634432546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246130540159128150.post-73245930970185676182015-09-03T08:29:54.243-07:002015-09-03T08:29:54.243-07:00Hey Rob,
Always good to hear your thoughts, thoug...Hey Rob,<br /><br />Always good to hear your thoughts, though I don't comment often. <br /><br />I'm hearing a lot about apologetics lately, and I'm encouraged by it. The "post-modern" period has regularly frustrated me with its cheerful suspension of logic and authority in order to embrace contradictory philosophies, theologies, and politics at the same time. Yes, God has used that, and even used me in that, but I am delighted to see that serious consideration of "why" and "why not" are coming back into vogue. Our friend David S always challenges me with that, and pushes me to articulate good reasons for any time I digress from historical Reformed theology. On the other side, my denomination, and sitting on my presbytery's Examinations Committee, continually challenges me from the other side(s) with its rush to embrace whatever is politically correct in the USA. Sometimes politically correct actually gets it right, but we've always got to check our reasoning and our authority, as well as the reasons we affirm God as revealed in Scripture to be our authority.<br /><br />Nancy has included Tim Keller's "The Reason for God" in Misha's Christian Foundations curriculum. (This is one of the school courses that we modify and teach at home in order to spread Misha's school work over the whole year and also to best adapt it to Misha's learning style and abilities.) Last night Misha told me, "This really isn't a book for kids." I laughed, and told him, "No, and you're no longer a kid. You're doing a man's work, and learning to do a man's thinking."<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing more,<br />PaulPaul Rhodesnoreply@blogger.com