Motley Crue

A lot could be said about this photo, but at the very least, "This is some Motley Crue!" But a Motley Crue that lacks Vince, Tommy, and the "other" Crue members of course.



Left to "Wright:" Justin "Midrash Le Yustin" Dombrowski, Professor Stephen "NPP" Taylor, Matty B. (that's me), Jerry "Big Daddy" Fourroux.

Epistemology: Van Til and Wright

This is my third reading of N.T. Wright's New Testament and the People of God. And with this pass I am struck--once again--by the similarities between Van Til and Wright. (1) Both authors argue that there is no such thing as a "brute fact" or "mere history," to use Wright's term; (2) both authors sternly critique the Enlightenment project and reveal its presuppositions and subsequent failures; (3) both authors argue for a way of doing theology and history that, at bottom, is circular (a very "post-modern" way of thinking); and (4) both authors recognize that all "knowing" involves circularity (there's just no ifs, ands, or buts about it!).

So what's all the commotion about? Oh, I get it: Wright is an Anglican and not a Presbyterian. And furthermore, he didn't teach at Westminster Theological Seminary. Therefore, he couldn't be saying anything we could embrace.