Over the years I’ve talked with many people who have successfully started apologetics ministries in their churches and others who tried but failed. What follows are some suggestions on how to start an apologetics ministry (these suggestions apply to other types of ministry too). First, find a church that you enjoy and whose doctrine you …
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Someone suggested recently that perhaps our apologetics program should change its name to something less confrontational—like “religious studies”—so that it would be more palatable to non-Christians. Upon hearing that, Craig and I rent our garments, threw dust on our heads, and refused to eat until lunch. But seriously, here’s why we like the word “apologetics.” …
In my recent blog, An Apologist in Every Church, I wrote that pastors are often too busy to keep up with things like The Da Vinci Code or The Lost Tomb of Jesus or the Gospel of Judas and that these issues trouble many congregants and so build a wedge between them and complete confidence …
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I mentioned two weeks ago that I would share my 200 word resurrection witness (it’s actually a little shorter). I use this constantly. Often someone will ask me what apologetics is (that happens a lot). And here’s my reply: In apologetics we provide argument and evidence for the truth of historic Christianity. For example, consider …
In 1993 I started working for Simon Greenleaf University (now Trinity Law School) which offered an M.A. in Christian apologetics (Craig Hazen was the director). Much of my job was to promote the school and although I had studied Christian apologetics since my sophomore year in high school, I decided I needed to see whether …
Last week on our Biola Apologetics Facebook page, Alfonso agreed that apologists must be humble but added that, hopefully, the mere giving of advice wouldn’t be immediately discredited as a sign of arrogance. Indeed. And this brings up a much larger issue that applies, not only to those we might advise, but to ourselves. Every …
There are some famous oxymorons. Military intelligence and honest politician come immediately to mind. And perhaps Hyundai sports car. But there is in the minds of many, I’m sorry to say, another: humble apologist. Over the years I’ve found that many pastors are wary of apologists because these pastors think that if there were an …
