Isn’t apologetics about arguing, and doesn’t the Bible tells us not to argue?
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.”
(2 Timothy 2:24)
Let’s take a different approach…..
“Apologetics is not a contest of any kind, with winners and losers. It is a loving service. It is the finding of answers to strengthen faith. It should be done in the spirit of Christ and with his kind of intelligence, which, by the way, is made available to us (Phil. 2:5).” The allure of gentleness, Dallas Willard
“Our urgent need today is to reunite evangelism and apologetics, to make sure that our best arguments are directed toward winning people and not just winning arguments, and to seek to do all this in a manner that is true to the gospel itself.” Fool’s Talk, Os Guiness
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