Thinking About Christian Apologetics

Thinking About Christian Apologetics:
What It Is and Why We Do It
By James Beilby (IVP)

“Intellectual arguments can provide additional support to religious belief that was reached in other ways, such as through testimony or personal experience. Intellectual arguments can deflect (at least partially) objections to the faith such as the problem of evil or the objection to the possibility of miracles. And arguments can expose and remove inconsistencies in one’s theological belief system and thereby create a more secure, coherent religious worldview.” James Beilby, from the book 

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