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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Sharing a thought
Apologetics is quite literally
defense of the faith; the Greek word apologia means “defense” as a lawyer gives
at a trial. In every generation, people face the challenges, questions, and
concerns of the gospel message of the Christian faith (www.ccu.edu).
The foregoing definition is taken out of an article from CCU
Online titled: Apologetics vs.
Evangelism: Is there a difference? Basically, I decided to use this source
randomly since the definition is simply accurate. This blog is mainly about
apologetics, and this post is basically me sharing a thought on recent online
readings on the subject.
I recently read an article on Juicy Ecumenism by Sue Cyre titled:
The Need to Recover Apologetics. Obviously, the title implies that something
has been lost. I don't know if apologetics has been completely lost; however,
the article does a pretty good job at explaining the reasons for the decline of
faith in our modern well. The following excerpt is from it.
We could trace the decline back
to the Enlightenment with contributions by historical criticism, Marxism, and
evolutionary theory. We could even trace it further back to Adam and Eve who
first decided to trust their own desires over God’s Word. Today some might add
to the reasons for decline: the church is not welcoming enough, the church
abused or oppressed people by calling them to repent; church scandals turn
people away; the church’s Bible, theology, and practice are labeled misogynist,
bigoted, and patriarchal. The list could go on (juicyecumenism.com).
It seems that one can come up with multiple reasons to
explain the decline in faith. This decline based on research alone appears to
be factual. If so, apologetics is one way of countering the decline, seemingly.
I will stop here. Feel free to share your thoughts with relevance to the
subject in the comments anytime you read on here. Blessings!
References:
https://juicyecumenism.com/2024/02/02/recover-apologetics/
https://www.ccu.edu/blogs/cags/2020/04/apologetics-vs-evangelism/