Author Archives: Arlan

Open Question: Accidental?

How odd to find the word “accident” in a book on presuppositional apologetics. Cornelius VanTil says, “For Kuyper the natural, as it came from the hand of God, was perfect. To be sure, there was to be development. And historically, this development has come by way of grace. But for all that it is an ‘accident,’ something incidental to the Read More


I got me some weeds

My sister T went out into the fields, collected dead weeds and twigs and things of that nature, and arranged from that a pleasing token of nature’s winter beauty. My apartment has always looked stark and unadorned, and–well, if I say it that way, it doesn’t bother me. I have never wanted my living space to look adorned, per se, Read More


Oh yeah?

When God gives you an answer, don’t ask him to prove it.


Cracking the book

I bought a great big book some months ago that I have not opened until today, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. The main content of the book runs over a thousand pages. I read the material on Ephesians, a whopping 10 pages, written by Frank Thielman. Even within his introductory remarks, Thielman provides some helpful Read More