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The following arguments present a case for the truth of the Christian faith.  Certainly, there are more reasons to believe in the truth of Christianity than that which are presented below, however, this is a start.  I feel many people are reticent to share their faith with others because they have a poor understanding of Christian apologetics; they feel they will be asked a question for which they have no answer.  This is unfortunate as nobody can know all the answers to every facet of Christianity – not even the most learned theologians.  However, we feel more confident the more we know, and the more we know the more we understand there is nothing to be reticent about.  We should be shouting the “good news” of the gospel from the rooftops and not hiding them from others.  The unbelieving world is starving for the message of Christianity; unfortunately most are too ignorant of the central message of the gospel they don’t even know where to look.

 In this web site, I try to arm the Christian with reasons why Christianity is true and by inference, why other religions are less true.  Note, I don’t say false, because every religion has elements of the truth – some more than others.  Even man without knowledge of the gospel has the opportunity to learn some truth manifested in other religious philosophy.  But Christianity has a very exclusive stance with respect to truth concerning other religions; namely, truth is absolute and not relative.  Therefore, knowledge of a portion of the Truth is not sufficient.  Christ said, "I am the way, the truth, and the light" and "No one comes to the Father but by me."  Therefore, even though some manifestations of the Truth may be found in other religions, the Truth that will enable you to please and return to the Father can only be found through Christianity.  Naturally, this exclusivity is anathema to today's mainstream liberal all-inclusive "tolerant" philosophy whereby nothing is absolute and everything is relative.  

 There are other reasons to study Christian apologetics in addition to becoming more knowledgeable and willing to present the good news to unbelievers:

a. The Bible commands that we have an apologetic ready for presentation.  1 Peter 3:15 states, “Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.”  Interestingly, in this verse, the Greek word for “answer” is “apologia” from which is derived our English word “apologetics.”  Other Biblical commands for us to have an argument for what we believe are presented in other Biblical verses;  Philippians 1:7 and 1:17 in which Paul indicates his concern for the “defense and confirmation of the gospel;  Jude 3 (“earnestly contend for the faith”); Colossians 4:6 (“know how ye ought to answer every man”); Titus 1:9 (“convince the gainsayers”), and others.
b. The early Christians consistently used Christian arguments in their witnessing; they did not tell their potential converts to merely pray whether Christianity was true because this would merely give subjective evidence that could not be objectively examined.  Rather, potential converts were exhorted to,

    i. examine the evidence concerning the resurrection of Christ (Acts 4:33, 1 Cor 15:1-8), etc.,
    ii. examine the evidence of God in nature (Acts 14:15-17, Romans 1:20) – I have much to say about this topic in another area of the Web site,
c. The objective evidence of lives which are transformed under the power of the gospel speaks for its truth (Acts 26:9-22, 1 Tim. 1;12-16, etc.).  When new potential new converts were approached for the first time, they were not presented in Scriptural evidence for Christianity as this would have meant little.  Rather, they were presented with evidence for a Creator as presented in creation,
c. The nearly universal skepticism of unbelievers toward Christianity along with a truly appalling ignorance of the Bible and Christian doctrine makes it mandatory that the presenter have a clear understanding of Christian evidence to accompany a presentation of the gospel if a lasting impression is to be made.  It is very difficult to get anyplace in a presentation of the gospel without first examining the supposed errors in the Bible and errors in the understanding of Christian doctrine.
d. Those who continue in their spiritual growth often increase their knowledge of Christian apologetics so they might better be able to answer the inevitable skeptics they will face.  On the other hand, those who rely exclusively upon their personal feelings or experiences concerning their belief in Christ will almost always slowly lose their zeal and have a dull and fruitless Christian life.  Subjective feelings concerning Christian doctrine may be in error and are certainly open to the criticism that all individual “feelings” concerning the correctness of any doctrine are equally valid.  Objective evidence, however, is not open to that criticism as truth it truth; it can be studied, examined, tested, and dispassionately shown to be valid.  It is a much stronger evidence and infinitely more convincing than mere feelings.

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