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To: CCWoody
Be always ready to give a defense to everyone....

That doesn't have to do with general Apologetics. It has to do with being ready to present the Gospel.

22 posted on 02/10/2003 2:03:34 PM PST by ksen (HHD)
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To: ksen
That doesn't have to do with general Apologetics. It has to do with being ready to present the Gospel. ~ ksen Woody.

Evangelism and Apologetics ~By Dr. Greg Bahnsen

The very reason why Christians are put in the position of giving a reasoned account of the hope that is in them (sounds like 1 Pe 3:15 to me) is that not all men have faith. Because there is a world to be evangelized (men who are unconverted), there is the need for the believer to defend his faith: Evangelism naturally brings one into apologetics. This indicates that apologetics is no mere matter of "intellectual jousting"; it is a serious matter of life and death - eternal life and death. The apologist who fails to take account of the evangelistic nature of his argumentation is both cruel and proud. Cruel because he overlooks the deepest need of his opponent and proud because he is more concerned to demonstrate that he is no academic fool that to show how all glory belongs to the gracious God of all truth.
23 posted on 02/10/2003 2:11:52 PM PST by CCWoody (the ball is back in your court....)
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To: ksen
"Beware lest any man rob you by means of philosophy and vain deceit." ~ Col 2:8
24 posted on 02/10/2003 2:14:44 PM PST by CCWoody
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