How do you folks defend your faith?
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Prayerfully.
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Faithfully preach the word of God through Scripture alone.
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With Truth
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Bible. History facts
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Dknt need to defend. My faith is me. If people dknt like that. As jesus said keep praying but turn away kicking the dust off y feet as you go. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Right or wrong. That doesnt mean it should effect you unless people are actively out to lie and turn others against you. In which case I say dont be a follow. Get to know me yourself. Then it’s up to you
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But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:15-17 NIV -
Poke people in the eye.
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Testimonies. The Bible is just a dead letter until you personally experienced its Author. Your personal encounter and relationship with the savour sometimes is hard to explain but its fruits and results over your life are undeniable. Those who have a hungry heart will see and accept it. But those who have nothing but argument and a contentious spirit will never get it. And it’s a waste of time to win them. You need to be able to discern which is which.
And study to show yourself approved, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. Also, be discipled and mentored by spiritual elder that is skilled in the Word of God who is filled with the Holy Ghost. Someone you respect and know you can submit to and be accountable to.
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In what circumstance?
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If I’m asked, i give my best answer, and leave it to others to take it or leave it.
No need to defend.
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Respect, understanding, and grace. Don’t argue. The character we show is just as, if not MORE important than the intellect we exhibit.
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With extreme prejudice.
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In any religions in the world, only Jesus overcomes death, he wasn’t any ordinary man like the leaders of any religions as he demonstrated his deity by fed the 5,000 people, walk on water, heals the sick, the lame can walk, the blind restored the eyesight, the dead Lazarus rise, etc.
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God’s word will always stand, dispite what orhers believe.
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Through your change heart and mind.
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Living it would be a good idea.
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“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained good testimony. By faith we understand the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made by the things which are visible.” Hebrews 11:1-3 that’s how
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Speak the truth to anyone who asks.
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Live it.
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letting the lion defend itself
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Speak the truth of God s word.
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I don’t defend the Gospel. I just speak it and teach it. There is really nothing to defend. it is a decision they must make. They can believe if they want. Moses said, “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”
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For an in-depth teaching carefully study Justin Martyr’s “Dialogue with Trypho”.
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I don’t think defend is the word to use … 1 Peter 6 … says give reason of your hope … (honoring and caring about the audience this is mine) … would you call that defend ?
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This free app is helpful. https://theologetics.org/witnessing-tools/
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Dr.Frank Turek teachings
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I defend my faith by the word of the testimony of Christ, and by sharing how His love changed my life!
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Testimony
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“…sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;”
(1 Pet 3:15, NASB) -
Automatic weaponry.
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Fiercely with Love
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Look to Paul in Athens to see how it’s done..
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with a pitchfork
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9mm and an AR15 seem to do the job LOL!!!
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With prayer, fasting and love like Christ.
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Scripture, along with reason and logic and tradition.
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The skeptic has to defend his faith. The existence of God is not a matter of faith. It’s an absolute truth. If something exists, God must exists as a First Cause according to the Law of Causality in Logic. Logic is the mother of all sciences
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No one can argue with your testimony of how you went from being dead to being alive
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Against belligerents I don’t bother, unless innocents within hearing need an answer, but against sincere inquirers I’ll pray that God gives me what their heart truly needs, because I honestly don’t often know the real question behind the question.
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Through Natural theology first, and apologetics regarding the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Your life is the defence, to live it and be the Bible sometimes nobody reads.
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The Word of God and my Testimony that Jesus saved me when I was lost. Now I am found.
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with a ? sword ⚔️
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With gentleness and respect. Then there is being well versed in the Bible. Then as you interact with people, you will know what you need to study and equip yourself so you can better answer in the future.
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By knowing Scripture
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I listen to them talk, we get on the discussion of deeper topics, and then I “fill in the blanks.” It is like old word problems. “Jim has 5 apples, he needs 9 apples. How many more apples does Jim need?” Something like that. “Be quick to listen, slow to speak.” as the Apostle James said.
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It’s not faith. It’s evidence and Logic. God is an absolutely necessary being
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Besides personal testimony, history and reason.
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