Cornelius Van Til & Lane Tipton

My friend Dr. Lane Tipton contacted me yesterday informing me that a post I had written titled "Are All Van Tillians Equal?" suggested that he was or is sympathetic to the serious theological errors of Scott Oliphint regarding the attributes of God. I thought I had made it clear in that post that neither he, Camden Bucey, nor myself were or are sympathetic to Oliphint's teaching on those doctrines, but I was wrong. It wasn't 100% clear to every reader. So I apologize to Dr. Tipton, to Camden, and to every other reader for posting it. Given the seriousness of Oliphint's error, I need to be more careful to be 110% clear in what I say. I want to make it absolutely clear in this post that Dr. Tipton not only disagrees strongly with Oliphint's doctrine of God project, he has also been on the front lines of the battle against it in the academy and in the church. Furthermore, I have maintained ever since my interaction with the Reformed Forum began that the men there are men of the highest character and integrity. To the extent that my blog post cast any doubt on their character and integrity, it is sinful, and I am deeply sorry for it and ask their forgiveness and the forgiveness of readers of this blog. I want to be clear that these are godly men of integrity. Dr. Tipton and I may disagree strongly about whether or not Van Tillianism is biblical. We may disagree strongly on the question of whether philosophical idealism had a "propositional influence" on Van Til. However, we are strongly aligned in our assessment of the completely unbiblical nature of Oliphint's teaching on the divine attributes of God. I have deleted the previous post because I have no desire to create more confusion among future readers, especially about the teachings of a brother on such an important issue. I may go back and edit it and re-post it, but if I do, I'll run the text by Dr. Tipton before posting to make sure there is no ambiguity.