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.
This book urgently seeks a recovery of Christian persuasion, 'a way of apologetics that is as profound as the good news we announce'.
Engaging with Atheists is written to help Christians understand the questions and issues atheists raise.
Apologetics is often seen as an 'intellectual' activity, remote from everyday life. Peter S. Williams proposes a more holistic view.
What are the barriers that prevent people engaging with apologetics today? How can we make people aware of its potential to present the…
Screwtape advises Wormwood on his (anti-)Christmas strategy.
'How to do apologetics' - a lesson from St Paul.
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
It is difficult to exaggerate the importance and impact of C.S. Lewis. Although he died in 1963, most of his books are still in print and…