Christian Gospel

is to be heard as a
Enlightenment
legitimate option
XVIII Europe
in our Post-
Christian culture
Branch of
Christian theology which
seeks to provide a rational
justification for Christian
truth claims
eg. Invitation
to be a
follower of Why not just
Krishna preach the
Gospel?

Christians appear just as weird to the people on The Gospel is

the streets of Bonn, Stockholm, never heard
and Paris as do the devotees of the Hari in isolation
Krishna movement from a
culture
Secularism in
Canada Christian
philosophy
renaissance Part of Christian
maturity
Shaping
contemporary Ephesians 4:13-15
culture.
science is Every Christian is a
more open to doors of Real danger
theologian (Poor
the existence opportunity Galatians 1:6-9
or Good)
of a Creator today
and Designer Part of Christian
Character
biblical scholars have Titus 1:9
Secularism is embarked upon a
already new quest of the First Half =
Paul’s epistles
evident in historical Jesus Right living Doctrinal teaching
pattern
Europe. Why Study presupposes right
eg. Ephesians &
reclaim lost ground so that the Doctrine? thinking about God Second half = Practical
Philippians
Gospel can be heard as an application
intellectually viable option for
Expression of loving God
thinking people today.
with all of our minds
Matthew 22:37-38

Emotions will carry you only so far, and

Doctrine without the Holy
then you are going to need something
Christ cannot be separated Spirit leads to legalism
more
from truths about Christ
substantive. Apologetics can help to
Christian 2 John 9-10 Holy Spirit without doctrine
provide some of that substance
leads to fanaticism
Doctrine
Preserve him Strengthening
against believers. Human
falling away reflection
Scripure raw
data
Renewed Systematically
confidence in the analyzed
truth of the Foundations of
Christian faith. "Christian doctrine as what the Catholics
Christian church believes and teaches" Church is a
The Doctrine Jaroslav Pelikan - The Christian very broad Orthodox
arguments and evidence, as it were, give Objection"no one Tradition institution
them permission to follow their hearts comes to Christ Why Study
Protestants
when the Holy through arguments" Apologetics?
Spirit moves them with the Gospel
Discern True doctrine
Evangelizing Apologetics and False doctrine
we should also be burdened to
the people who respond to unbelievers.
reach out to that minority of
apologetic arguments
people who will respond to
C. S. Lewis and evidence are often
apologetic arguments and
incredibly influential in our
evidence.
culture
1 Corinthians 9:22