What is the healthy attitude toward doing apologetics?
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Humitlity, and in love above all things, but with confidence and in a God glorifying way! How did Jesus teach? With authority, and in love/humility!
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With LOVE
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1 Peter 3:15 <3
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That it’s your job as a Christian.
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Sanctify Christ as Lord and be prepared to give a reasoned defense for the faith that is within you. I hope I didn’t botch that.
1. Sanctify Christ as Lord. Make sure you are doing it out of reverence and love. Do not engage if it is only for you to win an argument.
2. Prepare. Make sure you’ve done some studying. It doesn’t take much, but going in without any knowledge is a bad idea.
3. Reasoned defense. Don’t stoop down to the level of the atheist. Show them how what they believe is stupid (in a loving way) and show them the truth.
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We are all called to give a defense for the hope that lies within.
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Be rested, prayed-up, know your limits and know when to walk away.
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Tell the truth, but stop short of fighting.
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If you are correctly interrupting scripture, understand that it is not you that people are debating but God.
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Love
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Thank you for your answers, i just thought that we, including myself, need some reminders to keep us out of some forceful argumentative attitude.
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Be open that your position might be wrong.
In essentials, unity.
In non essentials, diversity.
In all things charity. -
to always recognize that everyone you interact with is loved by God and earnestly desired by God to be in heaven for eternity
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The healthiest attitude is to humble oneself before God and ask Him in prayer to tell you exactly which doctrines that you believe are wrong and what is correct. God will answer those who sincerely seek Him.
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This is the best question. I love apologetics but this page is tiring with people out doing each just other. Let’s keep seeking him from a good place!
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Love, with the Gospel always in mind.
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The prob with doing apologetics is if the other party has a wrong methods of interpretation.
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To remember that despite you hearts desire for the lost to be saved we should love God above all.
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“but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,”
1 Peter 3:15 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/1pe.3.15.esvGentleness and respect is the key.
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It’s helps for me to always lead in prayer before I open my mouth. And make sure I don’t compromise but earnestly care for their soul because it wasn’t many years ago I to was lost and my heart was hard toward the things of God
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lol at the olo of G ethics apply less logic the days of science and practice are over now WE DO, we du vVvi tdeWe Doo
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Learn. Knowledge is power.
Listen. Be slow to speak.
Live. Demonstrate Christ in action.
Laugh. Humor can remove barriers.
Love. Your neighbor as yourself. -
correcting in love and respecting everyones opinion. Comment if you can or skip if your words can cause sentiments or translate a wrong impression.
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SHARING GOD’S WORD:
PHILEMON 1:6;
6; I pray that you may be active in sharing your
faith, so that you will have a full understanding
of every good thing we have in Christ .
1 PETER 3:15-16;
15; But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to every-
one who asks you to give the reason for the
hope that you have. But do this with gentleness
and respect,
16; keeping a clear conscience, so that those
who speak maliciously against your good
behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their
slander.
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humility
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Let the Bible speak. If you have to point an issue, let the Bible speak.
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2 pet 3:15
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Truth!
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Apologetics allows you to take the Gospel outside the confines of the Church and subtly share the word with those who would never dare set-foot in a place of worship. Apologetics used in a debate format makes you dig for the truth and allows the Holy Spirit to work in you as your Tutor and Wisdom and Discernment. Apologetics in a debate format will present you with alleged contradictions; paradox’; alleged fallacies, that you would never realize simply by studying the Text.
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The first apologetic is love.
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