Defends the Gospel of Jesus Christ and classical confessional Calvinism. The term "Reformed" refers to the five solas of the Reformation and the two classical confessional standards: the Three Forms of Unity, and the Westminster Standards. Isaiah 1:18; Romans 12:1,2.
In God's providence my doctrine has changed from Pentecostal Arminianism to Calvinism and Reformation confessional theology. The Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity are the doctrinal standards for this blog. I am also an advocate of the axiomatic and dogmatic apologetics of the late Dr. Gordon H. Clark. I did my theological training at a Wesleyan seminary and a Pentecostal college. Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, KY, 1995, M.Div. Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida, 1991, B.A., Cum Laude. [Nota Bene: All e-mails to me are considered in the public domain. I reserve the right to post them on the blog. Anonymous comments may or may not be posted at the discretion of the blog owner.]
The burning of Tharchbishop of Cant. D. Tho. Cranmer in the town dich at Oxford, with his hand first thrust into the fyre, wherwith he subscribed before. [Click on the picture to see Cranmer's last words.]
The conclusion is now more than plain. There is no need to complain that Kierkegaard has neglected to define a few terms, that he uses more ridicule than thought, or that his illustrations are beside the point. The fatal flaw is his rejection of logic. When once a man commits himself to contradictions, his language, and therefore his recommendations to other people become meaningless. He tells us, Don't trust Hegel. But if contradictions are in order, we can trust Hegel and refuse to trust him at the same time. If God could become incarnate and could not possibly become incarnate, could not Hegel's and Kierkegaard's books be equally true and valuable? Then if this sort of truth does not matter -- and this sort of nonsense indeed does not -- and everything depends on a purely subjective passion, why cannot we direct our passion toward the devil as well as toward God? We can. The what is unimportant; only the how counts. And what good is the how? Will the most passionate belief in vinegar cure warts if there is no vinegar? Will the deceived fiancee achieve marital bliss by marrying her dissolute beau? Gordon H. Clark, Christian Philosophy, (Trinity Foundation: Unicoi, 2003), p. 84. The Trinity Foundation.
Most of the comments are directed toward Kierkegaard's remarks in his work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Gordon H. Clark puts Kierkegaard in the category of "Irrationalism" versus "Rationalism", "Empiricism", and "Dogmatism". Of course this is a critical evaluation. Karl Barth and Emil Brunner and the other neo-orthodox theologians are also irrationalists. Barth in particular bases his theology of paradox and contradiction on the philosophy of Kierkegaard.
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What's the context of that quote? Is the author looking at the sum of Kierkegaard's writing, or just a particular piece?
Most of the comments are directed toward Kierkegaard's remarks in his work, Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Gordon H. Clark puts Kierkegaard in the category of "Irrationalism" versus "Rationalism", "Empiricism", and "Dogmatism". Of course this is a critical evaluation. Karl Barth and Emil Brunner and the other neo-orthodox theologians are also irrationalists. Barth in particular bases his theology of paradox and contradiction on the philosophy of Kierkegaard.
You can listen to some of the same material in Gordon H. Clark's mp3 lecture, Irrationalism
You'll need an mp3 player installed to hear it.
The complete list of lectures is available here: Trinity Lectures
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