PDF Slide Decks
01 Introduction (pdf)
02 Positions on the Theistic Proofs (pdf)
03 Classical Apologetics, Pt. 1 (pdf)
04 Classical Apologetics, Pts. 2 (pdf)
05 Evidentialism (pdf)
06 Presuppositionalism (pdf)
07 Reformed Epistemology (pdf)
Classical Critiques and Responses to Objections
08 Critiques and Responses to Presuppositionalism, Pt. 1 (pdf)
09 Critiques and Responses to Presuppositionalism, Pt. 2 (pdf)
10 Critiques and Responses to Presuppositionalism, Pt. 3: “Saving
Natural Theology from Jeffrey Johnson” (pdf)
11 Critiques and Responses to Presuppositionalism, Pt. 4: “How
Do I Know that I Know?” (pdf)
12 Critiques and Responses to Reformed Epistemology (pdf)
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“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” C. S. Lewis
Welcome to the Virtual Office of Dr. Richard G. Howe
Southern Evangelical Seminary
Christian Apologetic Systems
Professor Richard G. Howe, Ph.D.
TEXTS / HANDOUTS
Boa, Kenneth and Robert M. Bowman, Jr. 2nd ed. Faith Has
Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach to Defending
Christianity. Colorado Springs: Navpress, 2005. (pdf)
[NOTE: Page references in the presentations to the
Boa/Bowman text are to this digital version and not
to the printed version.]
Jason Lisle, K. Scott Oliphint, and Richard G. Howe.
Christian Apologetics Journal. Vol. 11, No. 2 / Fall 2013.
(pdf)
Presuppositionalism
Bahnsen - Sproul Debate Transcript (pdf)
Bahnsen - Stein Debate Transcript (pdf)
Bahnsen - Smith Debate Transcript (pdf)
Van Til, Cornelius “My Credo” (pdf)
Van Til, Cornelius “The Total Picture (pdf)
Van Til, Cornelius “Why I Believe in God” (pdf)
Critiques of Presuppositionalism
Howe, Richard G. “Response to James Anderson” (pdf)
________. “Saving Natural Theology from Jeffrey Johnson.”
Christian Apologetics Journal 17 (Spring 2023): 55-91.
(pdf)
Reformed Epistemology
Clark, Kelly James “Without Evidence or Argument” (pdf)
Collateral Material
Texts
Bahnsen, Greg. Always Be Ready. Nacogdoches: Covenant Media Press, 2011. (pdf)
Audio Files of Debates
Sproul/Bahnsen Debate
Bahnsen/Smith Debate
Bahnsen/Stein Debate
Articles
Bahnsen, Greg. Always Be Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith. Edited by Robert R. Booth. Nacogdoches:
Covenant Media, 2011. (pdf)
________. “The Impropriety of Evidentially Arguing for the Resurrection.” (pdf)
Douma, Douglas. “A List of Differences Between the Thought of Gordon H. Clark and Cornelius Van Til.” (pdf)
DuLac, Henri. “A First Incredulous Reaction to Faith and Rationality. In Thomistic Papers IV, edited by Leonard A.
Kennedy, 65-72. Houston: Center for Thomistic Studies, 1988. (pdf)
Muller, Richard A. “Misrepresenting Aquinas with Prejudice: Why Reformed Theology Is Not Sectarian.” Credo. Vol.
12 [sic, 13], Issue 2, (July 2, 2022). (pdf)
Owens, Joseph. “Aquinas and the Five Ways.” Monist 58 (Jan. 1974): 16-35. (pdf)
________. “Aquinas—’Darkness of Ignorance’ in the Most Refined Notion of God.” The Southwestern Journal of
Philosophy. Vol. 5, No. 2, “Aquinas and Bonaventure.” (Summer 1974): 93-110. (pdf)
Parker, Isaiah B. “The History of Apologetics: A Collaborative Article Review.” (pdf)
Veatch, Henry B. “Preliminary Statement of Apology, Analysis, and Critique.” In Thomistic Papers IV, edited by
Leonard A. Kennedy, 5-63. Houston: Center for Thomistic Studies, 1988. (pdf)
Presentations
“How Do I Know that I Know? Classical Empiricism, Presuppositionalism, and the
Pseudo-Challenge of The Matrix“ (pdf)
