3.42 Pierce Taylor Hibbs, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold a Revelational Epistemology”

Timestamps

• 00:30 – Intro
• 03:25 – Pierce Taylor Hibbs’ Background
• 06:55 – The Thesis of Hibbs’ Article: Christ, the Lord of All Knowing
• 09:09 – Thoughts on Revelational Epistemology
• 13:01 – A Summary of Dolezal’s Thomistic Approach and Hibbs’ Response
• 22:31 – Aquinas’ Understanding of Human Nature and Sin
• 28:22 – Hibbs’ Additional Thoughts on the Matter
• 33:39 – What is a Realist Epistemology and How Does that Compare to Biblical Revelation?
• 41:58 – Van TIl’s Lesson For Us
• 47:00 – Why People Choose the Epistemology They Do
• 51:46 – The Sufficiency of Scripture and The Doctrines of the Early Church
• 56:24 – The Terms of Creeds and Confessions
• 1:02:21 – Resources from Van Til
• 1:05:24 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Can You Understand a Kangaroo Without a Bible? Why I Hold a Revelational Epistemology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “World through Word: Towards a Linguistic Ontology” – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• “As Far As Curse is Found: Nature and Grace in Herman Bavinck” – Daniel Ragusa
• “Ep. 09 – James DOleal: Revelational Epistemology, Why It’s Problematic and Some Implications” – Coffee House Sessions
• “Nature & Scripture” – Cornelius Van Til
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• Theme of the Month: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
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Books to Read

• The Speaking Trinity & His Worded World – Pierce Taylor Hibbs
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard Muller
• Reformed Dogmatics: A System of Christian Theology – Geerhardus Vos
• Common Grace and the Gospel – Cornelius Van TIl
• A Christian Theory of Knowledge – Cornelius Van Til
• An Introduction to Systematic Theology – Cornelius Van Til
• The Defense of the Faith – Cornelius Van Til
• Redeeming Philosophy: A God-Centered Approach to the Big Questions – Vern Poythress
• The Mystery of the Trinity – Vern Poythress
• A History of Western Philosophy and Theology – John M. Frame
• Word & Spirit: Selected Writings in Biblical and Systematic Theology – Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
• Physics – Aristotle
• Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle