Balanced in approach and focused not on arguments but on cultural contexts, the attitude of the apologist, and sound answers to difficult questions, Joshua D. Chatraw and Mark D. Allen's Apologetics at the Cross provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the renewed Christian discipline of apologetics.
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Balanced in approach and focused not on arguments but on cultural contexts, the attitude of the apologist, and sound answers to difficult questions, Joshua D. Chatraw and Mark D. Allen's Apologetics at the Cross provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the renewed Christian discipline of apologetics.
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Peter wasn't writing to doctoral students when he wrote about how we should be ready to give an apologia to those who ask (1 Pet 3:15). He was writing to saints exhausted from harassment and suffering. And what Peter gave them wasn't a 1,000 page book on philosophic apologetics; he gave them the cross. He encouraged them to trust Christ and the reward his resurrection secured. They were to praise God as a community in the midst of their trials (16).
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This is not your usual book on apologetics. We don't fear those who can kill us; we revere Christ as Lord and King. So when reviled, we respond with our "defense": gentleness, respect, a clear conscience, and good behavior (17). Apologetics is "the practice of offering an appeal and a defense for the Christian faith.�
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God's wisdom helps us to live the good life, which we are able to do because we can use our imagination to see how our lives fit into God's ultimate redemptive plan. God's wisdom helps us live out and defend the truth he has placed inside of us. Christians should also serve! Jesus was brilliant, but he also served people.
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The people we talk to are intelligent and reflective, but they are also moral beings with feelings. We are also worshiping beings. We all worship something, though it's not always so obvious. We need to explain why our covenantal God can be trusted (175). We need to show why Jesus is the one whom people should love most, we need to use our imaginations and show how Christianity brings the good and beautiful life, even in the midst of suffering.
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If you are new to apologetics, buy this first. This book is thorough and gracious that keeps your eyes on the cross while building you up in the knowledge of Christ and him crucified. You represent Christ through all that you say and do (and don't say and don't do!). Chatraw and Allen remind us that character is not less important than the arguments we make for Christianity. It is part of our defense.
