Toward A Christian Worldview - Faith Presbyterian Church Reformed

Chapter 2: Christianity and the Basic Elements of Philosophy
We should understand, then, that to reason logically is to reason
according to Scripture (Romans 12:2), which is itself a revelation of
God’s logical thoughts. Redeemed man must learn progressively to
think God’s thoughts (2 Corinthians 10:5). To quote Clark: “Logic is
fixed, universal, necessary, and irreplaceable. Irrationality contradicts
the Biblical teaching from beginning to end. The God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob is not insane. God is a rational being, the architecture
of whose mind is logic.” {8}
Christian Epistemology
As already studied, the starting point of Christian epistemology is
the propositional revelation of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments.
If we are to avoid the fallacies of pure rationalism, the pitfalls
of empiricism, and the skepticism of irrationality, we need an authoritative
source of truth. And this source is propositional revelation from
the God of Scripture, who “is truth itself.” Scripture passages such as
Job 11:7-9, Proverbs 20:24, Ecclesiastes 3:11; 7:27-28; 8:10,17, Matthew
16:17, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, just to list a few, make it clear that
apart from Biblical revelation, man cannot truly know God or His
creation. Gregg Singer aptly states: {9}
It may not be amiss to note that epistemology has become
the most profoundly disturbing issue confronting the modern
mind, simply because contemporary philosophy has rejected
[the] Biblical solution and has sought answers from various
8. Gordon H. Clark, “God and Logic,” The Trinity Review (November/December,
1980), edited by John W. Robbins, 4.
9. Singer, From Rationalism to Irrationality, 33.
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