Articles
Short reads on apologetics and the conversations behind it.
- Foundations How to Have a Hard Faith Conversation Without Losing the Relationship Most apologetics training teaches you how to be right. Almost none teaches you how to stay close to the person while you're doing it. Here is how.
- Atheism, Doubt & Culture What to Say When Someone Calls Christians Hypocrites It is one of the most common objections to Christianity. It is also one of the most theologically interesting. Here is how to answer without becoming defensive.
- Foundations The Five Apologetic Methods, Without the Jargon Classical, evidential, presuppositional, cumulative, and experiential. Each does something different. Here is which one to reach for in which kind of conversation.
- Atheism, Doubt & Culture How to Talk to a Friend Who's Deconstructing A friend you love is unwinding their faith. Most Christians make the same three mistakes in this conversation. Here is what to do instead.
- Foundations When You Freeze Mid-Conversation: A Recovery Playbook Every Christian who has tried to talk about faith has frozen at some point. Here is what to do in the moment, and how to make sure it does not happen the same way next time.
- Atheism, Doubt & Culture The Minimal Facts Case for the Resurrection: A Plain-English Guide Almost all scholars in the field agree on a small set of historical facts about Jesus's death and the days after. Those facts are harder to explain without the resurrection than with it.
- Foundations 'I Don't Know' Is an Apologetic The most underrated answer in apologetics. Why honest admission of limit, used well, does more for the conversation than any prepared response.
- Foundations What 1 Peter 3:15 Really Asks of You The most-quoted apologetics verse in the Bible says more than 'be ready with an answer.' The instructions before and after are the part most Christians skip.
- Atheism, Doubt & Culture How to Answer 'Science Disproves Religion' It is one of the most common objections, and one of the most misframed. Here is the calm, honest reply that does not require a physics degree.
- Atheism, Doubt & Culture The Problem of Evil: A Christian's First Response The problem of evil is the single most common reason people walk away from faith. Here is the honest answer, before the academic one.
- Foundations What Is Apologetics? A Practical Introduction Apologetics is not about winning arguments. It is about being ready to give a reason for the hope you have. Here is where to start.