Preparing to Give an Answer
When questions come your way, what will you say? Here are three tips to help you prepare.
Our resources seek to show why Christians believe that Christianity is true and worth believing. The shorthand term for that is 'apologetics'. It's what Simon Peter was writing about when he wrote: "Always be ready to make your defence to anyone who demands from you an account of the hope that is in you" (1 Peter 3:15, NRSV). Defending the truth of Christian beliefs against objections is important, as is the ability to communicate that truth effectively and attractively. Explore what apologetics is, why it is Biblical and how to engage with it effectively.
When questions come your way, what will you say? Here are three tips to help you prepare.
7 suggestions for what makes good apologetics
Apologetics is often seen as an 'intellectual' activity, remote from everyday life. Peter S. Williams proposes a more holistic view.
Principles from Proverbs to guide our apologetics conversations.
An extract from Peter May's book The Search for God: and the Path to Persuasion.
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
Peter May investigates what it means to preach the Gospel and examines what is meant by dialogue and its value in sharing the Gospel with…
In 1983, when Alvin Plantinga delivered his inaugural lecture as the John O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre…
A challenging call, based on the Acts of the Apostles, to think about how persuasive our evangelism is.