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title: 'We Are Not Ashamed of Calvinism! An Open Letter to the Editor of Time and Life Magazines'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Cornelius Van Til'
date: 1947-09-10
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Theism'
- 'Reason'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 3'
- 'Ephesians 1'
- 'Romans 9'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-til-1947-we-are-not-ashamed-of-calvinism-an-open-letter-to-the-editor-of-time-and-life-magazines
---

# We Are Not Ashamed of Calvinism! An Open Letter to the Editor of Time and Life Magazines

Van Til defends Calvinism as the coherent Protestant worldview that grounds reason, morality, and science in the sovereign God. He warns alternatives lead to irrationalism.

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