On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision

by William Lane Craig

the universe’s incredible fine-tuning defies coincidence and exhibits the handiwork of an intelligent designer.

To the audience’s surprise, Bill promptly used Zindler’s arguments against him. He pointed out that if evolution did occur despite the prohibitive odds against it, then it must have been a miracle and therefore it would be additional evidence for the existence of God!

Besides, he added, in a deeper sense the presence of evil “actually demonstrates God’s existence, because without God there wouldn’t be any [moral] foundation for calling anything evil.”

Apologetics comes from the Greek word apologia, which means a defense, as in a court of law. Christian apologetics involves making a case for the truth of the Christian faith.

Good apologetics involves “speaking the truth in love” (Eph. 4:15).

If America’s slide into secularism continues, then what awaits us tomorrow is already evident today in Europe. Western Europe has become so secularized that it’s hard for the gospel even to get a fair hearing.

Second, apologetics can also help you to keep the faith in times of doubt and struggle.