Apologetics Basics
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Lesson OneIntroduction to Christian Apologetics8 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Question of God’s Existence7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeThe Question of the Reliability of the Bible7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FourThe Question of the Resurrection of Christ7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveThe Question of Hypocrisy in the Church7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson SixThe Question of the Fine-Tuning of the Universe7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenThe Question of Evil and Suffering in the World7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion2 Activities
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Christian Learning Center › Forums › Can you think of a time when you were called upon to give a defense of your faith in Christ? If so, briefly explain.
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Can you think of a time when you were called upon to give a defense of your faith in Christ? If so, briefly explain.
Chloe Telle replied 2 days, 18 hours ago 442 Members · 466 Replies
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I usually get asked a variety of questions from people at my job. One individual asked me how can they quiet the negative voices . This person is unsaved and somewhat unstable as well. I explained to him about the Armor of God and that our war we fight is not carnal rather spiritual. I also explained that the power I have to defend myself comes from the Holy Spirit which comes from being saved by the blood of Jesus. I gave him my Bible and showed him in God’s word. I pray he will get saved but only God knows if he will
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I can remember when I was young, I was more zealous with scripture. Today I feel like a different person, I am slow to learn and understand the word and I am not as confident as I was at 18 years old. I can remember justifying my believe to friends on the playground. Even with Jehovah Witnesses, they did not know much about Jesus Christ back then because they were only allowed to study the Old Testament. I found out that they had much insight about Yahweh, but it puzzled me that they did not know Jesus Christ. I also remember becoming angry about not being able to convince a young person that Christianity was the true faith. I got into an argument that day and I felt so ashamed of the way I handled things. I did not know anything about apologetics back then.
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Eunice Gaddis
Yes, I can remember a time when asked about my faith why I changed so much and begin sharing with my friend why I was not still living, the way they knew me. I begin sharing the gospel with them and they begin to ask antagonistic questions and I had not remembered any scriptures to defend what I was saying, and they continued being obnoxious and I begin to get angry and my responses were rude and disrespectful because I couldn't defend my faith appropriately. I begin praying and I started studying 1Peter 3:15 and found out that there's proper way to witness to someone, and how as a follower of Jesus Christ should respond to others in a respectful way and how to glorify God during the process.
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As a missionary, I face this situation frequently. Typically, I start with curiosity. I ask what they believe and listen intently. From there, I find commonalities, and find opportunities to tie something they said that they believe in to a truth about the nature God, Jesus, and/or our necessity of a Savior, or I try to respond to questions that they have. Whenever I speak with someone, I do try to lay out a logical “case” while also showing my excitement in being able to share the joy I have in Jesus.I don’t necessarily pull out my Bible and read Scripture, but I always refer back to points from Scripture.
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I’ve had a lot of experiences where I have had to explain and defend the reason for my faith in Jesus. I’ve spoken to some Muslims and they pressed me with some interesting questions, some of which i had answers for, but some left me a bit stumped. I found speaking with them a lot more difficult than speaking to someone in the new age or just an atheist. I think the thing that a lot of unsaved people struggle with is the idea that while God’s love is perfect, his wrath, and judgement are also perfect, and hell is very real and eternal. I hadn’t even brought those to the discussion but those things were asked of me to defend. I would say something like “God is perfect and therefore he must punish sin”. But that often doesn’t suffice because there are many people who either don’t understand the concept of sin or just reject it all together.