Every Thought Captive

By: Elihu Carranza

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Epistemology is at the heart of any inquiry about knowledge and truth. As Gordon Clark wrote, when any person makes a claim, particularly about theological or philosophical ideas, an appropriate question to ask is "How do you know?" In this project, epistemology's How do you know? is the starting point for the task of taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. It is within the framework of epistemological inquiry that the author seeks to establish not only what can be known about reality, but how one comes to know what is claimed. As the Introduction will make clear, every thought project has a starting point or an axiom. The axiom in this work is the Scripture: The Bible alone is the Word of God without error, true in all it teaches, proclaims, affirms, or implies. This axiom means not only that God has spoken but that God is Truth. As such, truth is eternal, and true knowledge of God and reality are found in the revelation of God, the Scriptures. It is within these conceptual boundaries that the author proposes to take thought about God and reality and subject it to the test of God's Revelation and tests for worldviews. A worldview is a set of assumptions taken as self-evident or assumed to be true propositions. Worldviews constitute a frame of reference with which the person thinks, communicates, and interacts with others and comes to an understanding of what is ultimate reality. Worldview questions vary in categories and number, but most ask: What is man? What is the basis for morality (right or wrong)? What is the significance of history or where is history going? and What is the significance of death, or life for that matter? What is the meaning of life? Is there an ultimate purpose to life on earth? Or, as nihilism assumes, is all life for both the individual and entire universe meaningless. Is the universe all that is, all that was, and all that will ever be, as one prominent scientist never tired of repeating. If so, how should one live?