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.
When your friends bombard you with questions, how can you cope? Here's one suggestion to take the pressure off.
Screwtape advises Wormwood on his (anti-)Christmas strategy.
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
Apologetics is often seen as an 'intellectual' activity, remote from everyday life. Peter S. Williams proposes a more holistic view.
Bridges exist in every era, but they can look different from those in the past. Changes in culture may make some ways of doing things less…
If you want to be a good apologist, take this advice.
'How to do apologetics' - a lesson from St Paul.
An examination of history, evidence, faith, fideism and natural theology.