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Abbreviations<\/h1>\n

APA \u2014 American Philosophical Association<\/p>\n

API \u2014 American Petroleum Institute<\/p>\n

BDAG \u2014 (Bauer Debrunner Arndt Gingrich): A Greek\u2013English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature<\/p>\n

CR \u2014 Critical Realism<\/p>\n

CVT \u2014 Cornelius Van Til<\/p>\n

ISO \u2014 International Standards Organisation<\/p>\n

JTB \u2014 Justified True Belief<\/p>\n

NGO \u2014 Non-Governmental Organization<\/p>\n

OPC \u2014 Orthodox Presbyterian Church<\/p>\n

RC \u2014 Roman Catholic<\/p>\n

RE \u2014 Reformed Epistemology<\/p>\n

RV \u2014 Reasonable Verisimilitude<\/p>\n

TA \u2014 Transcendental Argument<\/p>\n

TAG \u2014 Transcendental Argument for God<\/p>\n

UN \u2014 United Nations<\/p>\n

WHO \u2014 World Health Organization<\/p>\n

WTS \u2014 Westminster Theological Seminary<\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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