The Best Argument for Christianity, Schaeffer on Not Being Ashamed, and a Hypothetical Atheist’s Question

AN IDEA FROM ME

“Are you ready for it? Here it is. The greatest and best argument for the truth of Christianity is that the Bible teaches Christianity. The best argument for the truth of Christianity is that the Bible says so.” 

—I make the case for this in the newest episode of our podcast, “No One Can Beat This Argument for Christianity.” Find it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpn6LTxfts, or everywhere else: https://pod.link/1462722483/episode/62b44293d8c2d3520b9de41cf4bc309a. 

A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE

“I’m convinced that we today will not be able to speak out with confidence unless we understand that we need not be ashamed of the gospel and the answers it gives to men. If we do not have this confidence, men will feel our defensiveness, and it will not commend the gospel to them. It is just such intellectual defensiveness in preaching the gospel in the educated world that diminishes its effect. But Paul says, ‘I’m not ashamed when I stand on Mars Hill, because I have answers that the Greek philosopher does not have. I’m not ashamed in the rough and tumble of the marketplace, because I know that the Bible is going to give me the true answers that men need and that nothing else gives.’”

—Francis Schaeffer, Death In the City (Wheaton: Crossway, 2002), 99.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

An atheist friend tells you, “If God were real and Christianity were true, then you wouldn’t need to defend your faith—it should just be obvious.” How do you respond? 

Respond to this email in the next seven days, and I will write you back.