Bridge of Reason

  Every Christian should be an apologist at the door. It’s not that it’s hard, it’s that you don’t understand, or maybe you’re not interested. I have heard apologetics referred to as ‘the work of professionals.’ That’s what people say. It is true that people such as John Lennox, Alister McGrath, and William Lane Craig fit that description, however, apologetics isn’t simply for professionals. Surely, we are all called upon to be ready with an answer, to make a defence ( apologia ) when asked the reason for our hope 1 Peter 3:15. We are all called to ‘contend for the faith’ Jude 3. For forty years I have gone to church with teachers, lecturers, engineers, barristers, business managers, professional and semi-professional people you might expect to be ready to defend the faith. Yet so many find that unexpected knock on the door, approach in the street, conversation struck up in work daunting. I had a Jehovah’s Witness friend who, one day, said, ‘Michael, I know Christians don’t know...