The Pulpit Apologist, Pt. 2
Apologetics, Bobby Conway, Christianity, Christianity Still Makes Sense, Gospel, James Sire, Local church, pastors, Practical Apologetics, Theology and Christian Apologetics
In my previous blog, I briefly unpacked five ways apologetic preaching can help the church navigate these challenging times, while also sharing four of eight points of what it looks like to apologetically equip our congregations today. In this post, I’ll briefly unpack points five through eight before concluding with a few final thoughts. That said, if we’re going to apologetically equip our churches, here’s how we can do that. Fifth, set an apologetic tone that is humble and refuse to be a bully from the pulpit. Sadly, many pastors have used this humility as an excuse to avoid apologetics altogether. But that would be throwing the baby out with the bath water. We can’t detach our pulpit presentation from our personal character. Apologetics in preaching is important, but we…