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Tim Keller | "Gospel Polemics, Part 3"

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Tim Keller has been writing about Gospel polemics. His first post he gave some introductory thoughts. Last post Dr. Keller listed 3 rules for Gospel polemics. This post he gives three more. Here are all six...

  1. Carson’s Rule—You don’t have to follow Matthew 18 before publishing polemics.
  2. Murray’s Rule—You must take full responsibility for even unwitting misrepresentation of someone’s views.
  3. Alexander’s Rule—Never attribute an opinion to your opponent that he himself does not own.
  4. Gillespie’s Rule A – Take your opponents’ views in total, not selectively. 
  5. Gillespie’s Rule B – Represent and engage your opponents’ position in its very strongest form, not in a weak ‘straw man’ form.
  6. Calvin’s Rule – Seek to persuade, not antagonize, but watch your motives! 

Go read all three posts: Post 1 | Post 2 | Post 3

Tim Keller | "Gospel Polemics, Part 2"

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Tim Keller discusses 3 rules for Gospel Polemics in his new post that "will help us neither avoid polemics nor engage in them in a spiritually destructive way." Here are the rules, but go read his explanations.

1. Carson’s Rule – You don’t have to follow Matthew 18 before publishing polemics
2. Murray’s Rule – You must take full responsibility for even unwitting misrepresentation of someone’s views
3. Alexander’s Rule – Never attribute an opinion to your opponent that he himself does not own

Read "Gospel Polemics, Part 2," or start with "Gospel Polemics, Part 1."