Apologists – Those Who Evangelize Through Reasoning

It's wonderful to discover our personal style of evangelism. 

Peter exemplifies the "jumpers"—bold and aggressive, engaging of complete strangers. 

Paul was also a bit of a jumper, but I believe his real gift was what we call apologetics: reasoning with people and explaining important aspects of faith in Christ. 

An apologist is someone who enjoys studying Scripture and learning how to answer both common and difficult questions and criticisms. It's not about apologizing. It's about defending and contending for our faith. 

Paul debated his own people (Acts 17:1-4) as well as people from other backgrounds (1 Corinthians 9:20-23).

His evangelism in Athens was brilliant (Acts 17:16-34).

He did his homework and discovered an idol in Athens ascribed to "The Unknown God." With that as a starting point, he told the pagan Greeks that the God unknown to them was Jesus, and he won some of the Greek philosophers to the Lord.

If you enjoy studying how to respond to criticisms of Christianity, you're probably an apologist like Paul.

This is one of many ways Christians can share Christ with unbelievers.

 

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If you'd like to learn how to answer hard questions, I recommend my Be Prepared Series. I also recommend my book Wisdom for Life because it addresses some common misunderstandings Christians have about certain passages in Psalms and Proverbs.

 BLN