“According to Gilson our choice today is not between Immanuel Kant and René Descartes or between G. W. F. Hegel and Soren Kierkegaard. We must choose instead between Kant and Thomas Aquinas.” by R.C. Sproul

Ideas, as we have seen, have consequences. Sometimes these consequences are radical and dramatic, as in the cases of Marxism and existentialism. Since the skepticism of Kant, we have been “waiting for Godot,” suffocated by naturalism but refusing to open the door to a transcendent God. Those dissatisfied with any form of naturalism have sought …

Freud, Fear, and Guilt by R.C. Sproul

Freud’s basic thesis is that people invent religion out of a fear of nature. To reduce this fear they personalize nature. Then they sacralize it, yet it never becomes personally holy. According to the Bible, there is something even more threatening, more traumatic, to the human psyche then the impersonal forces of nature. If nature …

“Romans 12-13: A Self-conscious Meditation on the Theme of Good and Evil” by John Stott

This passage (Romans 12-13) seems to be a self-conscious meditation on the theme of good and evil. Here are the apostle’s four allusions to them: Hate what is evil; cling to what is good (12:9). Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody (12:17). …

“Hence they bring us to God and we are happier, for that is the way to be happy—to live near to God. So that while troubles abound, they drive us to God, and then consolations abound.” by Charles H. Spurgeon

Another reason why we are often most happy in our troubles is this—then we have the closest dealings with God. I speak from heart knowledge and real experience. We never have such close dealings with God as when we are in tribulation. When the barn is full, man can live without God. When the purse …