J. Warner Wallace is a (retired) cold-case detective. He is also an apologist whose work I greatly admire. His book "Cold-Case Christianity" is an excellent introduction to Evidential Apologetics, a facet of apologetics which focuses on gathering together the facts or "evidence" and making arguments from that. It closely relates to Historical-Legal Apologetics. His book and blog helped me at a point when I believed the Christian Faith untenable from the "modern" man's perspective.
One of the interesting things about academic apologetics is that there are many sub-categories. Each category often operates under different theological paradigms (such as Calvinists using primarily pre-suppositional apologetics due to their view of the corruption of man's nature). But the cool thing about the different forms of apologetics is how almost anyone can use them. Growing up I thought apologetics was just using science to prove the existence of God. In order to use that however, one would need a vast grasp of Science that the average layman does not have time to learn. Now I see that that is one part of the bigger picture. This is pretty cool, because different people have different skill sets and levels of education. I am not a Lewis or Tolkien who can weave apologetics into fairy tales by retelling the biblical stories and themes in beautiful writing. But I do enjoy learning about the historical evidence for things like New Testament reliability, the Crucifixion, and the Historical Accuracy of the Old Testament. I simply found my niche in apologetics. That in fact is why I'm minoring in Biblical Languages, so I can gain the tools to delve into the wealth of resources we have on these topics.
I leave you the reader with a question: What skills or education do you have that can be woven into a type of apologetics? Look around the internet and find definitions for different types of apologetics and find one or a few that fit you. A great place to start is the wikipedia page for "Christian Apologetics." A few apologists whom I deeply respect are John Warwick Montgomery, Dr. James White, and Gary Habermas. They all have books, blogs, articles, debates, and lectures scattered around the web.
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I have had a crazy two weeks! I was at the beach, going to summer orientation at CUI, and a backpacking trip. I will continue to get content out, and have several blog posts I'm working on. Tuesday and Friday posts will resume this week. I should have the next Trinity blog out on Friday. Also keep checking out the quotes section for thought provoking phrases and ideas.
Soli Deo Gloria,
-Jonah