You might be an apologist if... (This is from a thread in an apologetics group Im in) 1. you see the name Lennox and think of an Oxford mathematician rather than a world-famous boxer. 2. you see the word logos and think of John 1:1 rather than the plural of logo. 3. you know that ontology and epistemology are not medical terms. 4. your pleasure reading was written by someone with a PhD. 5. your bookshelf has an infidel literature section. 6. you know how to prove a negative. 7. you actually look forward to having certain bike-riding people knock on your door. 8. youve had to explain to someone what the word nothing means. 9. your iPod is full, but there is no music on it 10. you begin watching Dr. Craig debates around the 40 min mark. 11. youve gone to a Christian bookstore and left feeling angry. 12. you think of household chores as a perfect time to catch up on apologetics podcasts. 13. your workout music includes lectures. 14. you think of Gary Habermas as an action hero 15. you take your spouse to see Frank Turek on date night. you say Amen! when your pastor gives arguments and evidence during a sermon. 16. you are tired of explaining to people that you arent actually apologizing for anything. 17. you don’t think of C.S. Lewis as a fiction writer 18. you run through arguments and debates about Gods existence in your head while you are taking a shower 19. youve finally found something your mother doesnt want to talk about 20. everywhere you go, you inevitably bring up the Cosmological Argument 21. you can (and often do) explain the various meanings of the word faith. 22. you’re constantly asking “is that true?” 23. people at your church look at you like youre a martian. 24. if having a job produces the initial thought of, But what about time for study?
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:25:37 +0000