Apologetics (from Greek meaning speaking in defense) is regarded as the discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. When it comes to apologetics, many will say that God does not need defending. True. He is God. Yet we are in a covenant with God, therefore, God’s interest should be ours, and as God cherishes His Kingdom and Truth, so we must diligently and passionately uphold God’s Truth, along with the ‘culture’ of the eternal Kingdom. As ambassadors of reconciliation and citizens of the Kingdom, it should perturb us if the Kingdom, therefore, God’s truth and ways are under attack.
 
God indeed is almighty, but the Church has been established on earth to be His voice, to shine His light and to be the salt of the earth. If we are not going to stand up for the truth, are we truly shining our light and being the salt? If we fail to be concerned about rampant apostasy, growing deception, heresy, spiritual corruption and demonic activities, especially within the church, then we do we truly have the mind and heart of God? To stand up for God’s Kingdom does not mean God cannot defend Himself, it means we love God so much that is pains us deeply to see His Name being dragged through the mud and for Him to be mocked.
 
1 Peter 3:15 calls us to be prepared to give an answer for the hope that is within us and to do so with gentleness and respect. Such is the nature of apologetics. We are not called to be silent in the wake of depravity, but neither judgmental in anger or criticism. We are called to uphold God’s truth and honour His Kingdom.
 
• Bastion of Divine Truth Part One (https://books2read.com/u/me7kYZ), Part Two (https://books2read.com/u/bPyN17)
• Church is on the Threshing Floor (https://books2read.com/u/bMXOQ5)
• The Witches’ Brew, Devious Gurus & Pied Piper Seducers Part 1 and 2 (https://books2read.com/u/b5oNLp, https://books2read.com/u/m2lGzk)
• God is not dead: Spiritual Struggles over the Ages (https://books2read.com/u/mZakyy)
• Faith under Fire: Vanities, Fantasies, Mutiny and Psychedelic Entrapments (https://books2read.com/u/3G5D68)
• Overview of God’s Word: The True North of our Faith (https://books2read.com/u/4jNwG2)
• Let My People Go: Exodus Out Of Religious Entrapment (https://books2read.com/u/bPL8Rj)