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Tim Keller has described the gospel as the ‘what’ and apologetics as the ‘why’.4 It is aimed at showing sceptics that the claims of the Christian faith are worth their time and attention.
Justin Brierley • Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian
Understanding the Faith: A Survey of Christian Apologetics (Understanding the Times)
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William Lane Craig • On Guard
They investigate the past and relate the struggles of the apostles and the Fathers to our present struggles. Thus they become defenders of the faith, showing its reasonableness, its “fittingness” for the oppressed community now.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
no widely respected historian holds to the mythicist position,
Justin Brierley • Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian
I am merely attempting to explain why and how I continue to find traditional Christian doctrines and confessions “true,” why I’m willing to confess the creeds, even though I am a critical scholar who knows much of the Bible is not “true” when taken as history or science. This is not an apology but an attempt at explanation and illustration.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Should we switch things up? Try another tack? Measurable nonresults is one of the reasons so many churches tuck the gospel behind fog and lasers or adjust their teaching to the “7 Steps” busywork of moralistic therapeutic deism.