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1:12): “Christians are not confident because of their confidence, but because of the Lord in whom they trust.” is in some way present everywhere among humankind, but rather on God’s self losed canon because Jesus Christ is God’s final, climactic and
The Finality of the Christian Faith
(as claimed in modernity), but on God’s faithfulness.
is bound up with Jesus Christ and God’s revelation. This is a unique revelation which This is essentially a truth claim. Applying Plantinga’s model, we can say that Van den for him. It was Plantinga’s aim to clear away so de jure de facto
Having said this, there is an implicit criticism of Plantinga’s approach in Van den Toren’s comments that a Christian’s confidence does not lie in the reasons why their belief
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