Thinking Matters Journal

Why do we fear to share our faith? Why do we freeze up when a moment arises where we can present a reason to believe? How can we better prepare ourselves to engage unbelievers boldly and with confidence? This article considers the question of practical engagement, and offers some biblical principles to work by.

Paul’s speech to the Areopagus in Acts 17 offers us an example, a template, of the method the apostle used to “destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). Here, Paul’s method is briefly examined, along with what it tells us about how we should engage in apologetics.

What is apologetics? Why should Christians care enough to read, let alone write, a journal about it? Dominic Bnonn Tennant, the Production Editor for the Thinking Matters Journal, launches the first issue by giving his perspective on this question.

What exactly is apologetics? What does it involve? Should it matter to you? This article introduces the topic, and provides an overview of the discipline.