# Part 1 - Why I Believe in God: A Reading & Commentary

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Podcast: [Revealed Apologetics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/revealed-apologetics-932730)
Published: 2025-11-12T18:54:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Eli reads through the pamphlet by Cornelius Van Til entitled, "Why I Believe in God" and provides commentary and explanation. This pamphlet is the only writing of Van Til in which he lays out the presuppositional apologetic approach within the context of a hypothetical dialogue with an unbeliever.

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