In this short book, Van Til gives his reasons for believing Jesus to be "the self-attesting Christ of the historic Protestant Confessions" and shows that any contrary claim is invalid.

Karl Barth and Evangelicalism (1964)

Karl Barth made it clear that he thought of himself as an evangelical—but was he? "Let us discover, if we can . . ." writes Van Til. "His influence for good or for evil is bound to be very great."

New Synthesis of Theology of the Netherlands (1975)

Van Til provides an exposé of G. C. Berkouwer's synthesis thinking and those who fallow his line.

The Author

Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987) was born in Grootegast, the Netherlands, and immigrated with his family to America in 1905. He attended Calvin College and Calvin Seminary before completing his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University with the ThM and PhD degrees.

Drawn to the pastorate, Van Til spent one year in the ministry before taking a leave of absence to teach apologetics at Princeton Seminary. When the seminary reorganized, he was persuaded to join the faculty of the newly founded Westminster Theological Seminary. He remained there as professor of apologetics until his retirement in 1972.

Van Til wrote more than twenty books, in addition to more than thirty syllabi. Among his best-known titles are The Defense of the Faith, A Christian Theory of Knowledge, and An Introduction to Systematic Theology.

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