a couple of my colleagues and i are off to a three day conference on apologetics today… from a book I am reading by Robert Webber, The Younger Evangelicals, this idea about apologetics is put forth…
“If reason and science are no longer able to bring us truth, what will? Does the continuation of modern foundationalism, which uses reason in defense of Christianity, have any validity at all in a postmodern world?” p. 104
“There is a general agreement among younger evangelicals that the emphasis in apologetics has shifted from reason to embodiment.” p. 101
I hope I can further learn how to speak in a Christian voice that can be understood… as Wm. Placher said in Unapologetic Theology: “Christian apologists can adopt the language and assumptions of their audience so thoroughly that they no longer speak with a distinctively Christian voice.”
but that voice must be contextualized so that the person looking at the parade from the sidewalk can understand what the parade is about and join us travelers…
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