As worldviews continually clash in our society, we must find a way to defend our faith with gentleness and respect.

WHAT is APOLOGETICS

Christian apologetics is a reasoned defense of Christian belief that starts with a foundation of faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.

APOLOGETICS IN SCRIPTURE

1 Peter 3:15                    2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Philippians 1:7              Colossians 2:8

2 Timothy 2:22-26

WHAT IS A WORLDVIEW?

“A worldview is the perspective through which you understand and approach life and the world.”

1. Origin: Where did we come from?                                 4. Morality: How should we live
2. Identity: Who are we?                                                         5. Eternity: Where are we going?
3: Purpose: Why are we here?

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

• The Church became anti-intellectual.
• The separation of faith and reason.
• The separation of the sacred and the secular.
• Secular attacks

DEVELOPING A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

We must do this to: 

• Be faithful disciples of Christ. 
• Learn to engage our culture without compromise.

Know that:

• Knowledge is not bad. 
• Don’t act as if you understand something that you don’t.

SHARING A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

• Do not let rhetoric become a substitute for substance. 
• If you notice that a person’s viewpoint self-destructs, point it out with a question rather than a statement.
• A person cannot deny absolute truth without affirming it.
• Our main goal is to share the Gospel, not win an argument.

MAJOR QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER

• How can you believe there is absolute truth?
• Creation: God or something else?
• Is Scripture Reliable?
• If there is a God, why is there evil and suffering?
• How can there be absolute morality? (right and wrong)