Scripture is not only the authoritative guide for the way of salvation, but it furnishes man with an authoritative interpretation of reality as a whole.
Henry R. Van TilThe problem of living a Christian life in a non-Christian society is pressing, since most of our social institutions are non-Christian and in pagan hands. The family remains the only trustworthy transmitter of Christian culture.
Henry R. Van TilThe primary principle of the Calvinistic system of thought is the direct and absolute sovereignty of God over all things. Such sovereignty is not one among the many attributes of God, but it comes to expression in all of His attributes.
Henry R. Van TilOne cannot keep on evangelizing the world without interfering with the world's culture. It devolves upon God's people, therefore, to contend for such a society which will give the maximum opportunity for us to live wholly Christian lives and the maximum opportunity for others to become Christians.
Henry R. Van TilCulture is concerned with the world of values. All cultures are irreducibly value-oriented.
Henry R. Van TilReligious faith always transcends culture, and is the integrating principle and power of man's cultural striving.
Henry R. Van TilCulture is a sacred activity, an exercise in the sphere of religion.
Henry R. Van TilCulture is "lived religion". It is the form that religion takes in the lives of men.
Henry R. Van TilReligion based on divine sovereignty is religion for God's sake. Religion is for God, for whom all things exist. Whereas all forms of Arminianistic Christianity make man the final arbiter of his own salvation, in Calvinism, God saves sovereignly, immediately, whom He wills.
Henry R. Van TilA biblical metaphysics implies a biblical theory of knowledge and a biblical ethic.
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