Episode Details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPCw3o21Bk

How To Bring Apologetics Into The Church

In this episode, we responds to a great listener question about how to bring apologetics into the church. The question is specifically from a pastor’s point of view but we answer it in a way to be useful for the pastor, elder, deacon, Christian teacher, or layperson to be useful to his/her local church and build up the body of Christ.

With all the things the church needs to address – sound doctrine, exegesis, sanctification/morality, etc. it can feel a little overwhelming for pastors to hear about things like apologetics or textual criticism or church history and be told that “the Church needs to cover these topics as well”. What if that pastor or teacher or layperson doesn’t feel particularly equipped to deal with those things especially on top of all the other responsibilities?

Is the only response to make a general suggestion to the congregation that they can read about it in books about apologetics? Do you want to direct your people to random YouTube searches? Or what about people who don’t think they need to hear about these topics?

Well here’s a random YouTube show who encourages you to read books about apologetics especially for those who may not be interested in the depth of the topic – to provide their answer.

Timeline:

00:00 – Introduction
00:37 – How To Bring In Apologetics Into The Church
02:06 – Carve Out A Special Message To Cover Topics Of Apologetics
04:40 – Incorporate It Into The Sermon
11:27 – Encourage The Church To Stretch Or They Might Fall
14:04 – Crowd Source Apologetics
18:53 – It Encourages Evangelism & Sanctification
27:35 – Heading The World Off At The Pass
32:18 – Church History & Preaching Apologetically
38:01 – Conclusion

The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep161/

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