“Van Til’s Why I Believe in God” by Greg L. Bahnsen

Want a small gem which explains and illustrates presuppositional apologetics? Then get hold of Cornelius Van Til’s brief pamphlet “Why I Believe in God.” It isn’t flashy in style. It isn’t complex in content. But it is devastating.

 

The pamphlet is less than twenty (small) pages long and is written in an easy, conversational style. It has Van Til “talking” to the reader in an imaginary dialog over belief in God — comparing his life to the reader’s hypothetical background and education, parrying objections, and always coming back to the underlying nature of the dispute itself. …