What is Apologetics? (2/2)
What is Apologetics? Far from what many perceive it as, it is not a discipline constrained to the evidential, factual, and historical, it extends well beyond that, proving to be all-encompassing in its scope.
What is Apologetics? Far from what many perceive it as, it is not a discipline constrained to the evidential, factual, and historical, it extends well beyond that, proving to be all-encompassing in its scope.
What is apologetics? Whether you’re familiar with the term, somewhat acquainted with it, or altogether in the dark, apologetics is necessary to learn about and to continually review because of how vital it is to our Christian witness and living.
After exploring the context, modern critique, and philosophical anthropology of Herman Dooyeweerd, Reichow discusses the Dooyeweerdian understanding of Western culture’s development, exploring the Christian philosophy of history and the concept of the religious ground-motives.
What can we learn from the reign of King Josiah? In what ways does our daily worship expression to God need to be reformed?
Who is Herman Dooyeweerd? What role did he play in the development of a distinctly Christian philosophy? And who were his influences?
How are we to understand Paul’s message at the Areopagus? What was his message to a religiously plural culture and how does his message relate to us today?
Jesus could have chosen the religious and political elites to advance His kingdom, instead, He chose ordinary men like you and me.
Paul presupposes that Christians are wise people, in contrast to the folly of the world, and as such, Christ-followers are to make the most of their time, discerning the will of God for their lives.
The apostolic instruction in 1 Peter 3:15-16 is to revere Christ as Lord in our hearts, always being ready to provide an apologetic for what we believe, with gentleness and respect, that Christ might be glorified through our pattern of life.