GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THE COMMON GROUND BETWEEN BELIEVER AND UNBELIEVER Thomas Booher AP 21 Introduction to Apologetics December 5, 2014 In many Christian apologetic methodologies, much energy is spent in an effort to determine or establish common ground between the believer and the unbeliever. Some conclude that the common ground is historical evidences, while others argue it is man’s rational capabilities or the physical creation itself. [1] Still others say that there is no common ground or point of contact whatsoever, and only subjective impulses from the Holy Spirit can convince someone of the Christian faith. Cornelius Van Til would implement the transcendental argument, that is, he would attempt to show the skeptic that without a belief in God, one could not believe or know anything. There is no common area of knowledge because the believer and unbeliever have a fundamental disagreeme
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