1 PETER 3:15: When Others Demand an Explanation, How Do We Explain Our Beliefs?

Sometimes we are called on to explain our beliefs without the opportunity for advance preparation. Anyone has a right respectfully to ask another on what grounds he regards his true Christianity as true; for every man has a common interest in true Christianity and in knowing what is the truth on the subject. If any man, therefore, asks us candidly and respectfully for what reasons we have been led to embrace the gospel and on what grounds we regard it as true, we are under obligation to state those grounds in the best manner that we are able.

The Scope, the Range, and the Spirit of Christian Apologetics

APOLOGETICS is concerned with the previous questions of Christianity. It is that important branch of theological inquiry that investigates the great questions that lie at the Christian system's very foundations. At times, it ventures into the very heart of that system and undertakes to unfold its inner reasonableness and sufficiency.

What Is Apologetics?

Apologetics may be simply defined as the defense of the Christian faith. The simplicity of this definition, however, masks the complexity of the problem of defining apologetics.

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