How to Defend Your Faith with Kindness and Clarity (Apologetics Basics)
By †Gabriel Obiano, D.D. Defending the Christian faith is not about winning arguments—it is about witnessing to the truth of the Gospel with both kindness and clarity. Apologetics, at its heart, is the practice of giving a reasoned defense of what we believe (1 Peter 3:15). But how we defend the faith is just as important as what we defend. We can't defend the faith by engaging in arguments. Arguing about the faith will not do us any good. To defend your faith is not the same as engaging in arguments. I had an encounter with someone who is not a believer. He reached out to me through my Facebook account and asked me to show him a place in the Bible where Jesus said, "I am God, worship me." This person wasn't asking the question because he wanted to be saved; his main purpose was to mock Christianity and to engage me in an unholy argument. Today, I will share with you how to defend your faith. 1. Ground Yourself in Scripture and Tradition The first step in apologetics ...