Socrates or Christ: The Reformation of Christian Apologetics (Greg L. Bahnsen)

“Socrates or Christ: The Reformation of Christian Apologetics” by Greg L. Bahnsen

It is not difficult to understand the general idea of apologetics. Simply put, apologetics is the study and practice of defending the Christian faith against the array of challenges, critical attacks, and scrutinizing questions leveled contrary to it by unbelievers. As Cornelius Van Til expresses the thought in the opening sentence of his apologetics syllabus, “Apologetics is the vindication of the Christian philosophy of life against the various forms of the non-Christian philosophy of life.” Consequently, to be an apologist, one simply needs “to join the struggle in defense of the faith, the faith which God entrusted to his people once and for all.” …