tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13493010.post7453704464692399405..comments2007-05-07T03:54:07.790-04:00Pittsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15701313028266975294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13493010.post-62009393804285711552007-05-07T03:54:00.000-04:002007-05-07T03:54:00.000-04:00Helpful overview. ThanksPitchfordwww.pitch.fitzage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13493010.post-58199659433299365622007-05-04T08:40:00.000-04:002007-05-04T08:40:00.000-04:00Ah yes--here's a quick overview of the old <I>sitz</I>. We're headed for Kenya, pending approval of ICBC's mission board and the Weavers. I should be finishing my Th. M. next summmer (graduating in May, then summer classes). It looks like I'll be doing the extent of the atonement for my thesis, with Snoeberger and either Dawson or Combs as my readers. I think I'm taking a guided study of the atonement in the theology of Andrew Fuller with Dr. Priest this summer. I'm pretty sure I line up with Fuller's point of view on the issue.Pittsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15701313028266975294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13493010.post-37069097552902949632007-05-04T08:31:00.000-04:002007-05-04T08:31:00.000-04:00Pitts,<BR/><BR/>First I would like to compliment the new format of PittSpot -- the white on black gave me dizziness.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the response to my questions. I think we largely agree on the role of evidence in apologetics. As I understand the evidentialist and presuppositionalist divide, it would consist in the method of justification for belief -- evidentialists agree to take the burden of proof on themselves on strictly empirical grounds while Presuppositionalists would not limit themselves to empirical grounds alone.<BR/><BR/>Naturally this doesn't eliminate the role of empirical evidence in apologetics -- clearly Paul's reference to the fact that Jesus was SEEN by 500 at the same time was not mere fideism.<BR/><BR/>I think what sets the resurrection apart from other historical/empirical positions from which to argue for Christianity is that it, more than Creationism or even more than the Virgin Birth, stands as the primary truth claim of the Christian gospel, and so the central matter of defense against non-Christian worldviews.<BR/><BR/>ps. <BR/>Also, glad to hear the Lukenya conference went well. I hope to hear more from you on your plans for the future and the status of your ThM.Luther's Steinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662602280196411572noreply@blogger.com