Sin & Repentance

The Apologetic of the Apologist (HT: rzim!)

Don’t miss today’s Slice of Infinity from Dr. Ravi Zacharias:

The Apologetic of the Apologist

I’ll tempt you with just a few lines …

“A starting point for taking on the responsibility of the work of Christian apologetics is recognizing the role that living out a disciplined Christian life plays. Even a brief examination of the Scriptures reveals this striking imperative: one may not divorce the content of apologetics from the character of the apologist …

I have always found this to be such a fascinating verse because the apostle Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, knew the hazards and the risks of being an answer-bearer to the sincere questions that people would pose of the gospel. Indeed, when one contrasts the answers of Jesus to any of his detractors, it is not hard to see that their resistance is not of the mind but rather of the heart. Furthermore, I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out. The Irish evangelist Gypsy Smith once said, “There are five Gospels: Matthew Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian, and some people will never read the first four.” In other words, apologetics is often first seen before it is heard.”

Oh oh oh! So convicting.

 

May God help me to GROW UP and HONOR HIM!

And THANK GOD that Jesus died to rescue His children.

Hope your Thursday is going well. I’m en route to California as I type this.

Yours,
Tara B.