RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
Even though he may be hard to read, Van Til has a masterful way with words. His illustrations (usually martial in nature) are masterful. I started this thread so that people could post/find very good Van Til quotes.
From Defense of the Faith,
Van Til: "He [Christ] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction of the power of darkness."
From The Great Christian Revolution by Otto Scott
(Actually, this is Michael Selbrede quoting Van Til. This is probably my favorite at the moment. I quoted this to an Arminian on a humanist message board and got him livid. That was pretty cool)
From Defense of the Faith,
Van Til: "He [Christ] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction of the power of darkness."
From The Great Christian Revolution by Otto Scott
(Actually, this is Michael Selbrede quoting Van Til. This is probably my favorite at the moment. I quoted this to an Arminian on a humanist message board and got him livid. That was pretty cool)
To the extent that Calvinism has languished and Arminianism has waxed ascendant, to that extent have the issues of history been decided by the only means remaining TO DEAL WITH AXES THAT BOAST THEMSELVES against the One Who wields them. As Cornelius van Til observed so strikingly, there remains nothing between God and such man except a test of strength" (Selbrede, *The Great Christian Revolution*).