CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS: A QUICK OVERVIEW

In this synoptic article, the author argues that apologetics is as old as Adam and a fundamental component of our calling as humankind. He explains that Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden to do the job of apologetics and his mission, among others, was to refute the lies told by the devil against God and rather believe the original word of God spoken to him. The author further defines apologetics as a primary assignment and obligation of man, to contend for his faith in the Word of God by refuting all other forms of intellectual arguments coming directly from other unbelieving humans or indirectly from the Devil, with the intent of protecting other ignorant, rationally feeble or uninformed humans from deception, falsehood, sin, suffering, curses and death. In the author`s view, apologetics is about `fighting the good fight of faith, laying hold on eternal life^[1]`-the knowledge of the One and Only True God and Jesus Christ- and rejecting all other forms of lies, trickeries and cunning deceptions of the devil perpetrated through human agents, the ultimate goal being the destruction of human lives”. Apologetics is about simultaneously standing for the truth and against falsehood.