For many Christians apologetics is probably unessential and insignificant, they simply have faith. The following stanza from a well-known hymn is a perfect example of what many Christians believe and accept as truth.
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
The foregoing words describe a supernatural being, and theologically speaking, the very same God we believe in as Christians. However, on the other side of the coin of those who simply believe, there are many who sometimes struggle and experience doubt. For those who experience doubt, apologetics comes in very handy. Moreover, if you are one of us who experience doubt, below I am sharing a few quotes just to let you know, you are not alone.
Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
- Hermann Karl Hesse
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
- Paul Tillich
Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us.
- J. C. Ryle
Some of us who have preached the Word for years, and have been the means of working faith in others and of establishing them in the knowledge of the fundamental doctrines of the Bible, have nevertheless been the subjects of the most fearful and violent doubts as to the truth of the very gospel we have preached.
- Charles Spurgeon
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