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Originally Posted by mshingler
Starting with...?
| Why sure! I don't know of any better way to become familiar with an author excepting by reading their works or listening to their lectures/talks/sermons etc.
There is actually a huge argument even between lovers of Van Til as to exactly what he taught - do you really want to get bogged down in that miry clay?
Ad Fontes! Best get it from the author's mouth and see what sense you make of him. | I don't think you understood my question - probably because it wasn't very clear on my part. I meant, "Starting with which particular work?" That's kind of what I was looking for here. If I just do a search at Amazon.com or somewhere else online, I get any number of different book results, such as "Defense of the Faith", "Christian Apologetics," etc. I was wondering, if a person wanted to begin to delve into Van Til's writing, which work would you recommend starting with?
By the way, I agree with your idea of getting information directly from the author, whether Van Til or someone else. |
Start wtih
Christian Apologetics. It is not as convoluted as
Defense of the faith but gives you the same basic idea.
The lectures are okay. The audio is bad at times. I would start with his
Pro Rege.
And I almost disagree about not starting with hsi interpreters. It isn't as confusing and both bahnsen and Frame are very clear. They will also tip you off to different things than Van Til said that youw ouldn't catch on your on.