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The fundamental question, after all, is “What do I believe, and why do I believe it?”}

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James K. A. Smith

the goal of apologetics cannot simply be intellectual respectability or a defense of theism, as if belief in any deity will do. The goal of apologetics must be the cross.

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But if faith and reason are polar opposites, and if discipleship is private and sacred but college studies are public and secular, then training the intellect will not be valued as a part of teenage mentoring. That is why our discipleship materials often leave Christian young people vulnerable to atheistic college professors with an ax to grind.

Because we minister to multidimensional people, we should adopt a multidimensional apologetic approach.

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