More Strategies for Effective Apologetic Encounters
In the last post we looked at specific ways to take a conversation with an unbeliever to a place of effective engagement about the gospel. In this post we continue to examine those strategies. The third strategy is to look for implicit bias. Implicit bias is another...
Strategies for Effective Apologetic Encounters
“But, what if the person asks me a question I can’t answer? How do I know where to go with the conversation? What if my mind goes blank?” The woman who asked these questions had just sat through one of my weekend conferences, and yet felt at a loss as she contemplated...
Distinguishing between Academic and Practical Apologetics (and Why You Should Start with the Practical)
The distinction between academic and practical is not a formal one recognized by most people, but there is a definite difference between apologetics that is designed for an academic environment and that which is focused on engaging people in a one-on-one conversation...
The Importance of Questions when Sharing the Gospel
Apologetics is too often taught as an approach of confrontation–which it is–but a confrontation of monologue, instead of socratic dialogue. This rarely works with an unconcerned or uninterested unbeliever. Start giving your spiel, your pre-packaged sales...