The Portable Presuppositionalist: Biblical Apologetics in the 21st Century [Paperback]

Jamin Hubner (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (July 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439219915
• ISBN-13: 978-1439219911
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,131,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jamin Hübner is the founder of RealApologetics.org, a Christian apologetics organization in the Black Hills. He has written several books including The Saving Grace of God, Light Up the Darkness, and The Portable Presuppositionalist. He holds a BA in Theology from Dordt College, is finishing an MA in Religion from Reformed Theological Seminary, and has been blogging for Alpha and Omega Ministries sine 2009. He has taught apologetics for the Rapid City Jesus Bible Institute and is a member of Providence Reformed Baptist Church of the Black Hills. Jamin loves drumming, hiking and rock climbing, gardening, and learning about God's creation.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Collection of Succinct Presuppositional Thought: A Condensed Sample of the Seemingly Uncompressible, November 9, 2009

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This review is from: The Portable Presuppositionalist: Biblical Apologetics in the 21st Century (Paperback)

To assist presuppositional apprentices better understand the application of the defense of the Faith, Jamin Hubner's collection summarizes specific individual formulations with essays, contentions, and debates from Van Tilian adherents.

Various quotes, one-liners, debates and arguments, which examine induction, logic, epistemology, and philosophy, are presented for the reader's instruction and delight (many have been seen before). Editor Jamin Hubner's presuppositional assemblage is an extensive resource which states and defends Christian theism employing Cornelius Van Til's apologetic model.

Contained within these 310 pages are:

* A Brief History of Reformed Apologetics.
* Summary of Van Til's "Defense of Faith" and Bahnsen's "Always Ready."
* Essay on Induction.
* Essay on being Preusppositionally Committed.
* Non-Christian Epistemology.
* Brilliant quotes from apologists on Neutrality, Antithesis, Facts, Apologetics and Logic.
* and a voluminous amount of other apologetic provisions.

Additionally he furnishes outlines, concise summaries, and pertinent arguments contained within important debates such as:

* White vs. Barker.
* Cook vs. Sansone.
* Bahnsen vs. Stein.
* Bahnsen vs. Sproul.

The Portable Presuppositionalist may lack detailed analysis and deep apologetic reflection (after all it's a quick-reference guide), but it more than makes up for this shortcoming in offering a large amount of useful material.

I highly recommend this volume for all who desire to be "always ready to give an answer to everyone who asks."

by Mike A Robinson author of numerous books on topics such as cults, philosophy, world religions, and atheism. Including:
Truth, Knowledge and the Reason for God: The Defense of the Rational Assurance of Christianity
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"Presuppositional Apologetics Examines Mormonism: How Van Til's Apologetic Refutes Mormon Theology" ASIN#:1432702890

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Collection of some Presuppositional Thought, November 12, 2011

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This review is from: The Portable Presuppositionalist: Biblical Apologetics in the 21st Century (Paperback)

this work is simple to use and will help those who lack many of the standard presup works out there. there are some clear typos throughout the volume and not enough exposition on many important concepts and arguments. the author has been ineffectively admonished by many apologists on the internet because they maintain he holds some erroneous notions and seems to be unteachable in some ways.
better to go to 1Peter 3:15, Jude 3 and Acts 17 along with: Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith intro work by Bahnsen.
or another apologetic book such as:Truth, Knowledge and the Reason for God: The Defense of the Rational Assurance of Christianity
and stick with scripture and the truth that flows from it along with the many seasoned apologists and humble scholars.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Portable But not fully in context, March 4, 2010

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This review is from: The Portable Presuppositionalist: Biblical Apologetics in the 21st Century (Paperback)

this is a nice book for a presup newbie and the author gives you numerous quotes and arguments from some of the best presup writers and apologists. i ate it up, but it was like chinese food, 1 hour later i was hungry again. some errors in the text, but a fine and unique work that should be in the collection of all VT apologists. for a treatment with more depth see Frame, Bahnsen, Robinson, oliphint, or anderson.God Does Exist!: Defending the faith using presuppositional apologetics, evidence, and the impossibility of the contrary
Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith