Let’s explore a different angle. I went over some of my notes on Torrance, Einstein, Polanyi, and the like.
With the natural theology guys, we agree that there is a rationality in nature that points towards God and to which even the unbeliever has access.
Against the natural theology guys, this rationality is more along the lines of post-Newtonian models and not simply Aristotle’s causality.
With the Van Tillians I agree that without God this rationality would be impossible, as it would no longer be contingent.
Against the Van Tillians, it is better to pursue this as seeing a God-given rationality within nature rather than bizarre transcendental models.
Bottom line: the extreme Van Tillians are wrong to reject natural theology as proposed above. The classical theists, although correct on the doctrine of God, need to move beyond Plato and Aristotle.