I am weary of the old fundamentalist harangues against
churches and lethargic Christians. There are better ways of discipling people
than that. Blasting churches for their methodology or style and criticizing
other believers for who knows what, and doing it in a public forum like
Facebook is a sad attempt at evangelism or sanctification. It conveys
judgementalism and silo thinking. It suggests an air of perfection unknown by
everyone else but the spokespersons.
In an era of secularism such as ours is, when skepticism is
normative, it is essential that believers in Christ become polite and
thoughtful apologists. No, not that they apologize, but rather they engage
people in careful assessment of evidence that points to Jesus Christ as creator
and redeemer and in the process dethrones the philosophies of those who are
antagonistic to biblical faith and replaces that with the timeless truth about
Christ. Christian apologetics makes a case for authentic Christianity,
defending Scripture, and presenting both scientific and historic apologetical
proof which when empowered by God himself, persuades people.
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