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An introduction to apologetics, especially prepared for Mountainside Church of Christ's series on "Reasons to Believe" the Christian faith. This presentation makes a case for the practice of apologetics, exposes today's unique need for apologetics, highlights the basic attitude toward defending the faith, and shares one foundational strategy for apologetics.
The "need" for apologetics strongly argues that conversion to Christianity is not a spiritual but a psychological thing. You can say the Holy Spirit chooses to move "through" apologetics arguments, but that is quite esoteric and unconvincing, and appears geared only to impress those who already believe that way, which then means the response is not an argument or a defense. God everywhere in the bible is getting people to do what he wants without needing to "move through" the arguments of other human beings. For this reason, the more apologetics is "needed", the more the Holy Spirit becomes a completely gratuitous afterthought.
