“The writer of the Song of Solomon wrote some poetry that insinuated his sexual imagination into the sexual experience of other people, and these other people, the readers, were not married to him.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 127
No Rivalry
“The beautiful words Naphtali speaks do not displace content-bearing words. A pearl necklace on a beautiful woman is not extraneous.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 125
The Cart of Reformation is Pulled by Draft Horses
“Calvin preached from the New Testament on Lord’s Day mornings, the Psalms on Lord’s Day afternoons, and the Old Testament at 6 a.m. on one or two weekdays.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 113
On a Special Mission
“This disclaimer even includes the true system of doctrine that, as we all know, the archangel Gabriel delivered in 1619 to the Synod of Dort.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 96
Because Proofs Bring Moral Obligation
“Evidential apologists for the Christian faith want arguments for Christianity; they do not want proofs. Like the Israelites outside Canaan, they don’t want to launch a campaign of total conquest.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 81
And Why the Last Judgment Is Just
“Evidentialism, in contrast, is concerned to present the Christian faith as probably true, as a reasonable option for reasonable men. In contrast, the presuppositional apologist says that Christianity is inescapably true.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 80
Two Ways
“The evidential apologist believes that there is a neutral place where a Christian may encounter an unbeliever, agree on some common ground rules, and reason from that neutral place to a faith in the God of the Bible. The presuppositional apologist, on the other hand, argues that there is no such neutral place, and that all reasoning presupposes, of necessity, the triune God of Scripture.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 78
Absolute Reason
“Unless reason is an absolute, all is in ruins. Moreover, we cannot say that reason is absolute without acknowledging that such a claim has preconditions. If reason is not absolute, we can know nothing, which would include the fact that we know nothing. But if reason is absolute, how is that possible? If reason is absolute, what is it resting on? What do we mean by it? None of this is possible unless the Word was with God and the Word was God. This is the light from behind the sun. He is the light from behind the sun.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 74
Cogito Ergo Deus Est
“They cannot be brought to understand that they think something that would make anything like thinking impossible.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 66
And There You Have It
“In short, if thought is subjective there is no reason to trust my thought that thought is subjective.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 56