Why the opposition to apologetics?

DHarry

I appreciate so many of you that over the years have helped give me insight into ministry and ministry related issues. I hope to have serious and thoughtful input on this question.

Have any of you had resistance from others for using apologetics to address the cultural issues of the day?

If so, what form did it take and how was that resistance communicated.

Thanks, DJ

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Is "what the Bible says" still the top criteria in Conservative Evangelical/Fundamental Christianity in the West?

Ed Vasicek

I am going to say this twice, once at the beginning and once at the end, because the nature of this question is begging to be misunderstood.

Here goes: The issues are not the value of academic study or the value of scholarship. The issue is final authority and, secondarily, the priesthood of all believers.

I have seen arguments trying to persuade Christians to join their camp because they have the big name scholars. What has been lost, IMO, is the argument to embrace a certain position/doctrine on the basis of clear Scriptural argument.

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