Apologetics for a New Generation

Apologetics for a New Generation

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Many teenagers leave home for college but don't take their faith with them. Popular writer and speaker Sean McDowell offers a solution for this problem: a new way of approaching faith that addresses the questions the emerging generation is asking and that incorporates a radically humble and relational approach.

An impressive list of contributors including Dan Kimball ("They...more
Paperback, 246 pages
Published March 1st 2009 by Harvest House Publishers
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John
Jun 01, 2012 John is currently reading it
Quotes that stood out to me as I read:
Ch. 4: CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE: DEFENDING OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS
"Cultures can change - quickly. Why should we care? We care about cultures because we care about people. Bad cultures hurt people, and good cultures help them." (pg. 70)

"We discredt our spiritual parents by ignoring the cultural gifts they gave us while mindlessly benefiting from them." (pg. 71)

"Biblical faith (among other things) a reasonable belief in the truth of an uncertain proposition. F...more
Stephanie
This is NOT a book that will teach you how to defend your faith. In fact, the editor, son of Josh McDowell, is quite adamant that you still read his father's book in order to do that. This IS the book that is tackling the subject of how we approach apologetics in a post-postmodern world. I LOVE how they take all of the good, amazing qualities behind the philosophy of the emergent movement and then affirm that we still MUST have truth, absolute truth. This is a great book for anyone that is looki...more
Alexandra
Really liked this...he made some interesting points and I thought some of the techniques he used were quite effective...
Jeremiah Gumm
Dec 16, 2012 Jeremiah Gumm rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jeremiah by: Prof. Forrest Bivens
With the exception of maybe 3 essays, I found this book very helpful for how to go about Christian apologetics in the 21st century. Not only is it a worthwhile tool to equip one to defend the Christian faith, but also to train others to clearly proclaim the truth of Holy Scripture in this day and age. This is a necessity that we have ignored for far too long.
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