Bahnsen, Greg 1948-1995

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Resources by Greg Bahnsen available at http://www.cmfnow.com/ . (includes many free downloadable articles)

Greg Bahnsen videos at Google Videos
Books authored

See references at Christian Reconstructionism for links to free online versions of some of these (and related) books.

Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith (ISBN 0-915815-28-1)
Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis (ISBN 0-87552-098-7)
Theonomy in Christian Ethics (ISBN 0-9678317-3-3)
By This Standard: The Authority Of God's Law Today (ISBN 0-930464-06-0; Available online for free.)
No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics (ISBN 0-930464-56-7; Available online for free)
House Divided: The Breakup of Dispensational Theology with Kenneth Gentry. (ISBN 0-930464-27-3; Available online for free)
Homosexuality: A Biblical View (ISBN 0-8010-0744-5)
Five Views on Law and Gospel (Chapter contribution) (ISBN 0-310-21271-5)
Foundations of Christian Scholarship (2 Chapter Contributions) (ISBN 1-879998-25-4)
God and Politics: Four Views on the Reformation of Civil Government (Chapter contribution) (ISBN 0-87552-448-6)
Theonomy: An Informed Response (2 Chapter contributions) (ISBN 0-930464-59-1)
Victory in Jesus: The Bright Hope of Postmillennialism (ISBN 0-9678317-1-7)
Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated and Defended (Edited by Joel McDurmon.) (ISBN 0-915815-55-9)

Book about

The Standard Bearer: A Festschrift for Greg L. Bahnsen (ISBN 0-9678317-4-1)

Downloadable Books by Greg Bahnsen

By This Standard The Authority Of God's Law Today - Biblical Law - 1991
No Other Standard Theonomy and Its Critics - Law (Theology) - 1991
Bahnsen & Gentry
House Divided The Break-Up of Dispensational Theology - Dispensational Theology - 1989


Free Articles by Greg Bahnsen http://www.cmfnow.com/freearticles.aspx
APOLOGETICS

• PA001- "Revelation, Speculation, and Science", Presbyterian Guardian 40:1, (December-January, 1970-1971) [Origins not a scientific question]  
• PA002- "Prolegomena to Apologetics", Synapse II (Westminster Seminary, January, 1972)  
• PA003- "The Impropriety of Evidentially Arguing for the Resurrection", Synapse II (Westminster Seminary, January, 1972  
• PA005-Letter: "Awaiting Our Verdict?", Christianity Today XVI:18 (June 9, 1972) [Response to J. W. Montgomery]  
• PA012-"On Worshiping the Creature Rather Than the Creator", Journal of Christian Reconstruction I:1 (Summer, 1974) [evolutionary philosophy]  
• PA013-"Evangelism and Apologetics", Synapse III (Fall, 1974)  
• PA016-"A Critique of the Evidentialist Apologetical Method of John Warwick Montgomery", (1974)  
• PA017-Review: "Knowledge and Politics (by Roberto Mangabeira Unger)", The Cambridge Fish (Boston) (Winter, 1975)  
• PA018-"Revisionary Immunity", [Technical discussion of attempts to draw the analytic/synthetic distinction and what their failure teaches us about apologetics.] (1975)  
• PA032-"Modern Materialism: The Disappearance Form of the Mind-Body Identity Thesis", (Paper delivered to the Evangelical Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA 1976)  
• PA044-"Science, Subjectivity, and Scripture", [Are Science and Logic Objective, Neutral, and Invariant?] (1979)  
• PA045-"The Encounter of Jerusalem with Athens", Ashland Theological Bulletin XIII:1 (Spring, 1980) 37 pages [Exposition of Acts 17] (Available in book: Always Ready- PA600).  
• PA053-"Beware of Philosophy!", The Conqueror, II:2(Nov., 1982) [Col. 2 does not forbid studying philosophy]  
• PA061-Review: "A Critique of Classical Apologetics", Presbyterian Journal 44:32 (Dec. 4, 1985) [Response to Gerstner & Sproul in defense of Van Til]  
• PA062-Letter: "Bahnsen responds to Gerstner", Presbyterian Journal 44:34 (December 18, 1985)  
• PA064-"Machen, Van Til and the Apologetical Tradition of the OPC", Pressing Toward the Mark, ed. C. G. Dennison and R. C. Gamble (Phila. Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1986)  
• PA065-"225 Sample Questions for Presbytery Apologetics Exam", 10 pp, (1986)  
• PA072-Letter: "Response to John Robbins", Journey 3:1 (Jan-Feb., 1988)  
• PA078-Letter: "Bahnsen Contra Flood/Robbins", Journey 3:4-5 (July-October, 1988)  
• PA079-Letters: Anthony G. Flood  
• PA083-"At War with the Word: The Necessity of Biblical Antithesis", Antithesis I:1 (Jan/Feb, 1990)  
• PA089-"False Antithesis: A Critique of the Notion of Antithesis in Francis Schaeffer's Apologetic" Antithesis I:3 (May/Jun, 1990)  
• PA095-"Autonomy is No Ladder to Christ's Supreme Authority" Penpoint I:1 (October 1990)

Apologetic series in The Biblical Worldview
(Available in the book: Always Ready PA600.)

• PA098-"Ready to Reason", (VI:12; December, 1990)  
• PA099-"The Heart of the Matter: Knowing and Believing", (VII:1; Jan, 1991)  
• PA100-"Answering Objections", (VII:2; Feb, 1991)  
• PA101-"Tools of Apologetics", (Part I-VII:4; Apr, 1991)(Part II-VII:7; Jul, 1991)  
• PA103-"Apologetics in Practice", [Bertrand Russell as example] (Part I-VII:8; Aug, 1991) (Part II-VII:9; Sep, 1991)  
• PA105-"The Problem of Evil", (Part I-VII:10; Oct, 1991) (Part II-VII:12 Dec, 1991)  
• PA107-"The Problem of Knowing the 'Super-Natural'",(Part I-VII:11; Nov, 1991) (Part II-VIII:1; Jan, 1992) (Part III-VIII:2; Feb, 1992)  
• PA110-"The Problem of Faith", (Part I-Vol. VIII:5; May, 1992) (Part II-Vol. VIII:6; Jun, 1992)  
• PA146-"The Problem of Religious Language", (Part I-Vol. VIII:9 Sept. 1992) (Part II-Vol. IX:1 Jan. 1993) (Part III-Vol. IX:5 May 1993)  
• PA165-"The Problem of Miracles",(Part I-Vol. IX:7 July 1993) (Part II-Vol. IX:9 Sept. 1993)

• PA112-"A World Without Religion?", Penpoint I:2 (December 1990)  
• PA115-"Dead Wrong", Penpoint II:2 (April, 1991) [afterlife according to the movies]  
• PA123-"Dr. Bahnsen Represents Christianity in Dialogue with Islam and Judaism at Orange Coast College", Penpoint Vol. II:6 (November., 1991)  
• PA137-"The JFK Assassination and Apologetics", Penpoint Vol. III:3 (May 1992)  
• PA142-"Where the Rubber Hits the Road", Penpoint Vol. III:5 (August 1992)  
• PA143-"The Mind/Body Problem in Biblical Perspective", (1972)  
• PA166-"Cross-Examination: What Does it Mean to Believe?", The Counsel of Chalcedon Vol. X:5 & 6 (July/August 1993)  
• PA167-"Reflections on My Russia Trip", Penpoint Vol. IV:6 (July-August 1993)  
• PA186-"Dr. Bahnsen Debates Atheist Lawyer", Penpoint Vol. V:1 (January 1994)  
• PA191-"Van Til and Self-Deception", Penpoint Vol. V:8 (Sept. 1994) NOTE: [Reprinted Penpoint Vol. V:10 (December, 1994)]  
• PA195-"Van Til's 'Presuppositionalism'", Penpoint Vol. VI:1 (January, 1995)  
• PA196-"Van Til's Challenge to Illegitimate Common Ground", Penpoint Vol. VI:2 (February, 1995)  
• PA197-"Van Til's Why I Believe in God", Penpoint Vol. VI:3 (March, 1995)  
• PA199-"Van Til's Call For a Distinctive Christian Mindset", Penpoint VI:4 (April, 1995)  
• PA200-"Van Til's Life and Impact", Penpoint VI:5 (May 1995)  
• PA205-"Radical Empiricism Made Foolish", Penpoint VI:10 (October, 1995)  
• PA206-"Evidential Apologetics: The Right Way", Penpoint VI:11 (November 1995)  
• PA207-"The Crucial Concept of Self-Deception in Presuppositional Apologetics", Westminster Theological Journal LVII (1995) 1-31  
• PA208-"Presuppositional Reasoning With False Faiths", Penpoint VII:2 (Feb/Mar 1996)  
• PA210-"Presuppositional Procedure", Penpoint VII:8 (September, 1996)  
• PA212-"Another Cup of Coffee", Penpoint VII:10 (November, 1996)

ETHICS

• PE011-Review: "New Theology No. 10 (M. E. Marty and D. G. Peerman, eds.)", Westminster Theological Journal XXXVI:3 (Spring, 1974)  
• PE019-"Double Jeopardy: A Case Study in the Influence of Christian Legislation", Journal of Christian Reconstruction II:2 (Winter, 1975-1976)  
• PE021-"Introduction to John Cotton's Abstract of the Laws of New England", Journal of Christian Reconstruction II:2 (Winter, 1975-1976) (Also in V:2; Winter, 1978-79)  
• PE029-"The Sin of Usury", Presbyterian Guardian 46:2(February, 1977)  
• PE033-"No Interest from a Brother", Presbyterian Guardian 46:8 (September, 1977)  
• PE035-Letter: "About Law", Presbyterian Guardian 47:3 (March, 1978)  
• PE036-Letter: "Comment on Chantry's Review of Rushdoony", The Banner of Truth issue 178 (July, 1978)  
• PE040-"The Authority of God's Law", Presbyterian Journal 37:2 (December 6, 1978)  
• PE041-"God's Law and Gospel Prosperity: A Reply to the Editor of the Presbyterian Journal", (distributed by the Session of St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS, 1978)  
• PE043-"M. G. Kline on Theonomic Politics: An Evaluation of His Reply", Journal of Christian Reconstruction VI:2 (Winter, 1979-1980)  
• PE046-Letter: Response to R. Lefevre on abortion, The Register (Santa Anna) (June 14, 1981)  
• PE049-Letter: "Strong Complaint,&quote; Christianity Today XXV:21 (December 11, 1981) [about a review of Chantry's book]  
• PE050-"Chantry on Law and Reconstruction", 1981 [Reply to Chantry's God's Righteous Kingdom]  
• PE054-"The Theonomic Antithesis to Other Law-Attitudes", (1982)  
• PE058-"Theses on Divorce and Spousal Abuse", [written for Special Committee of Presbytery] 1984  
• PE059-Letter: "Puritans Were Theonomists", New Horizons VI:1 (Jan., 1985)  
• PE063-"Should We Uphold Unchanging Moral Absolutes?", Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28:3 (September, 1985) [Response to Chismar & Rausch]  
• PE071-"A Moral Checkup for Your Mouth", (Irvine, CA: Covenant Community Church November, 1987)  
• PE076-"What Kind of Morality Should We Legislate?", The Biblical Worldview 4:10 (October, 1988)  
• PE077-Foreword to The Debate Over Christian Reconstruction by Gary DeMar (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Press, 1988) [ethical failure of critics]  
• PE079-"For Whom was God's Law Intended?", The Biblical Worldview 4:12 (December, 1988) [shows O.T. Gentiles were obligated to God's law]  
• PE086-"Helping the Poor Without Feeding the Beast,&quote; Antithesis I:2 (Mar/Apr, 1990)  
• PE092-"Obscenity and Absurdity", Antithesis I:3 (May/Jun, 1990)  
• PE096-"The Reaping Season", The Seventh Trumpet V:4 (Sept/Oct, 1990) [consequences to society rejecting God's law]  
• PE097-"Henry Miller: The Life and Literature of Obscenity", Antithesis I:6 (Nov/Dec, 1990)  
• PE113-"War and Peace", Penpoint II:1 (March 1991)  
• PE114-Study Guide: "A Christian View of War", (Irvine, CA: Southern California Center for Christian Studies, February 1991)  
• PE116-"Modern Sexuality and Religious Sanity", Penpoint II:3 (June, 1991)  
• PE119-"Cross-Examination: The Unchanging Character of God's Law-Part 1", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:4 (September, 1991)  
• PE120-"Bigger Government, Yet Bigger Crime", Penpoint Vol. II:5 (September, 1991)  
• PE121-"Cross-Examination: The Unchanging Character of God's Law-Part II",The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:8 (October, 1991)  
• PE122-"Sadistic Syndrome" and "Sexual Harassment, Sexual Hypocrisy", Penpoint Vol. II:6 (November, 1991)  
• PE124-"Cross Examination: The Universal Validity of God's Law", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:9 (November 1991)  
• PE125-"Interview with Dr. Greg Bahnsen", Contra Mundum (No 2) [About theonomic ethics, civil government, etc.]  
• PE134-"Oppressive Religious Liberty", Penpoint Vol. III:1 (February 1992)  
• PE141-"Cross Examination: In Defense of Theonomy", Counsel of Chalcedon XIV:5-6 (July-Aug, 1992) [Response to critiques by J. W. Robbins]  
• PE144-"The Theonomic Thesis in Confessional and Historical Perspective", 1980  
• PE152-"Pre-marital Sexual Relations: What is the Moral Obligation When Repeated Incidents are Confessed?", 1992  
• PE154-"Praying for a Russian Revolution", Penpoint Vol. IV:1 (January 1993)  
• PE157-"Rock-and-Roll Politics", Penpoint Vol. IV:3 (April 1993)  
• PE164-"A Fraternal Reply to Nelson Kloosterman", Christian Renewal Vol. XI:7 (June 14, 1993)  
• PE170-"The Westminster Assembly and the Equity of the Judicial Law",; Penpoint Vol. IV:7 (October 1993)  
• PE174-"The Wacko in Waco", Penpoint Vol. IV:3 (April, 1993)  
• PE175-Book Notices: "The Apocalypse", Lockman; "Education vs. Idolatry", Perks; "Gay Militants", McIlhenney; Dialog Over the Place of the Law,&quote; Strickland, ed. (pp 3-4) Penpoint Vol. IV:4 (May, 1993)  
• PE176-"Cross-Examination: A Biblical Standard for Civil Law", The Counsel of Chalcedon Vol. XV:8 (October, 1993)  
• PE177-"The Corpse of Communism", Penpoint Vol. IV:8 (December, 1993)  
• PE179-"An Interview with Greg L. Bahnsen", Calvinism Today Vol. IV:1 (January 1994)  
• PE180-"What is Theonomy?", New Horizons, (April 1994)  
• PE181-"Biblical Policy on Keeping Covenant with God in the Education of Our Children", Penpoint Vol. V:3 (April, 1994)  
• PE182-"In the Shadow of Sodom: Does the Bible Really Say What We Thought About Homosexuality?", Christianity & Society Vol. 4:2 (April 1994)  
• PE187-"Recent Theonomic Discussion", Penpoint Vol. V:4 (May 1994)  
• PE188-"Review of Stephen Perks' Christianity and Law", Penpoint V:5 (June 1994)  
• PE189-"Landlady's Religious Liberty Upheld: Dr. Bahnsen Had Testified in Her Behalf", Penpoint Vol. V:6 (July 1994)  
• PE190-"Reconstructionist Voices from the Past", Penpoint Vol. V:6 (Aug. 1994)  
• PE192-Extemporaneous responses by Dr. Bahnsen to written criticisms and critical questions over his thesis: Theonomy in Christian Ethics, (1978)  
• PE194-Letter: "Theonomy", New Horizons, Vol. 15:10 (November 1994)  
• PE201-"The Ethical Issue of Trans-sexuality", Penpoint VI:6 (June, 1995)  
• PE203-"Religious Pluralism and Social Anarchy", Penpoint VI:8 (August, 1995)  
• PE209-Evaluation and Comparison", Penpoint VII:6 (July 1996)

THEOLOGY

• PT004-"Limited Atonement", Synapse II (Westminster Seminary, January, 1972)  
• PT006-"Autographs, Amanuenses and Restricted Inspiration", The Evangelical Quarterly XLV:2 (April-June, 1973)  
• PT008-"Future and Folly", Chalcedon Report No. 97 (September, 1973)  
• PT009-Review: "Method in Theology (by Bernard J. F. Lonergan)", Westminster Theological Journal XXXVI:1 (Fall, 1973)  
• PT010-Letter: "Year of Antichrist? Anno Domini!", Presbyterian Guardian 43:4 (April, 1974)  
• PT014-"Limited Atonement", Synapse III (Fall, 1974)  
• PT015-"The Person, Work, and Present Status of Satan", Journal of Christian Reconstruction I:2 (Winter, 1974)  
• PT025-Rapture and Resurrection", Chalcedon Report No. 125 (January, 1976)  
• PT031-"The Prima Facie Acceptability of Postmillennialism",; Journal of Christian Reconstruction III:2 (Winter, 1976-1977) [theological plausibility and historical heritage]  
• PT034-"Inductivism, Inerrancy, and Presuppositionalism", Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 20:4 (December, 1977) [Reprinted in Evangelicals and Inerrancy, ed. Ronald Youngblood (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1984]  
• PT042-"The Inerrancy of the Autographa" Inerrancy, ed. Norman Geisler (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1979)  
• PT047-"God's Good News", (Covenant Community Church, July, 1981) [Evangelistic summary of Christian theology with extensive biblical proof texts]  
• PT052-"This World and the Kingdom of God", The Reconstruction Report (Ashland, OH) 2:1 (January, 1982)  
• PT066-"The Westminster Assembly (1643-1649): A Brief Historical Summary", (prepared at Covenant Community Church, 1986) [Describes the Puritan Revolution and work of the Westminster Assemby]  
• PT069-"Baptism: Its Meaning and Purpose", (Irvine, CA: Covenant Community Church, November, 1987)  
• PT074-"Confidence About the Earthly Triumph of God's Kingdom", Journey 3:2 (March-April, 1988)  
• PT084-"Church Government Briefly Considered", Antithesis I:1 (Jan/Feb, 1990)  
• PT090-Letter: "Cross Ex", Antithesis I:3 (May/Jun, 1990) [Dr. Bahnsen responds to critical letter about church government]  
• PT093-"The Concept and Importance of Canonicity", Antithesis I:5 (Sep/Oct, 1990)  
• PT117-"Cross-Examination: Particular Redemption", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:4 (June, 1991)  
• PT118-"Cross-Examination: Christ's Kingdom", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:5 & 6 (July/August, 1991)  
• PT126-"Dr. Bahnsen Addresses the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting", Penpoint Vol. II:7 (December, 1991)  
• PT127-"Cross Examination: The Universal Lordship of Christ", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:10 (December 1991)  
• PT130-"Cross Examination: Fore-ordination", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:11 (January 1992)  
• PT131-"Cross Examination: Fore-ordination & Free Will", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIII:12 (February 1992)  
• PT132-"Cross Examination: Fore-ordination & Moral Accountability", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIV:1 (March 1992)  
• PT133-"An Interview with Greg Bahnsen by Byron Snapp", The Presbyterian Witness VI:1 (February 1992) [Re: Theological compromise, regulative principle, etc.]  
• PT135-"Dr. Bahnsen Debates Sola Scriptura", Penpoint Vol. III:2 (March, 1992)  
• PT136-"Cross Examination: Objections to Postmillennialism",; (parts I & II) The Counsel of Chalcedon XIV:2(April 1992); XIV:3 (May 1992)  
• PT139-"Cross Examination: The Place of the Jews in Prophecy", The Counsel of Chalcedon XIV:4 (June 1992)  
• PT140-"The Comprehensive Scope of Salvation", Penpoint Vol. III:4 (July 1992)  
• PT147-"Back At the Movies: The New Cowboy Theology", Penpoint Vol. III:6 (October 1992)  
• PT148-"Cross-Examination: The Covenant Keeping God (parts I & II)", The Counsel of Chalcedon (October 1992) (November 1992)  
• PT150-"Cross-Examination: Practical Implications of Covenant Theology",e; The Counsel of Chalcedon (December 1992)  
• PT151-"Judicial Theology", Penpoint Vol. III:7 (December 1992)  
• PT153-"The Judicial and Substitutionary Nature of Salvation", written for the North American Protestant Church Council (1993)  
• PT156-"Penal Substitution", Penpoint Vol. IV:2 (March 1993)  
• PT158-"Gospel Prosperity and the Future of Israel", Calvinism Today Vol. III, 2 (April 1993)  
• PT163-"The Theological Battle Today Focuses on Hermeneutics", Penpoint Vol. IV:5 (June 1993)  
• PT168-"The Judicial and Substitutionary Nature of Salvation", Crosswinds Vol. II:1 (Spring/Summer 1993)  
• PT171-'Cross-Examination: Infant Baptism", The Counsel of Chalcedon (Part I-Vol. XV:2, April 1993; Part II-Vol. XV:3, May 1993; Part III-Vol. XV:4, June 1993)  
• PT173-"A Reformed Confession Regarding Hermeneutics", Draft March 15, 1993  
• PT183-"A Reformed Confession Regarding Creation", Draft May 18, 1994  
• PT184-"Highlighting the Reformation While Pondering a Supposed Protestant-Romanist 'Truce,'", Penpoint Vol. V:5 (June, 1994)  
• PT193-"If You Received This, the World Did Not End", Penpoint Vol. V:9 (October, 1994)  
• PT198-"The Ordination of Women: An Interview by Byron Snapp", The Presbyterian Witness Vol. IX:1 (Spring, 1995) NOTE: [Reprinted in Penpoint Vol. VIII:1 (January, 1997)]  
• PT204-"Theological Training for All Believers", Penpoint VI:9 (September, 1995)

CHURCH & CHRISTIAN LIVING

• PC007-"Mama Don't Take My Kodachrome Away", The Good News I:2 (Manhattan Beach, Summer, 1973)  
• PC048-"On Not Leaving Things at the Ramada Inn", The Conqueror (Newport Beach, CA: Newport Christian Schools) I:1 (September, 1981) [educational aid]  
• PC051-"Learning to Read in High School", The Conqueror (Newport Beach, CA: Newport Christian Schools) I:2 (December, 1981) [educational aid]  
• PC085-"Issue & Interchange: Tithing-Are We Obligated to Tithe on Our Net or Our Gross Income?", [Net Position], Antithesis 1:1 (Jan-Feb, 1990)  
• PC087-"Is It Our Moral Obligation to Attend Church?", Antithesis I:2 (Mar/Apr, 1990) [Also in monograph form] NOTE: [Reprinted in Ordained Servant 4:2 (April, 1995), page 40-42]  
• PC088-"Issue and Interchange: Does Scripture Permit the Use of Hymns Other Than Psalms in Worship?", [Hymns allowed position], Antithesis 1:2 (March-April, 1990)

BIBLICAL STUDIES

• PB020-"Law and Atonement in the Execution of Saul's Seven Sons", Journal of Christian Reconstruction II:2 (Winter, 1975-1976)  
• PB055-"The Exegesis of Matthew 5:17-19", 1983 [Response to critique by Fowler & Long]  
• PB057-Major Article: "The Historical Setting of the Writing of Revelation", (1984) [unfinished]  
• PB075-Review: "Another Look at Chilton's Days of Vengeance", Journey 3:2 (March-April, 1988)