Christian Apologetics Are Not…

Christian apologetics is not an attempt to prove we’re right. We have arrived at the point where we recognize that whether we’re right or not isn’t a huge cosmic fact. You may say, “Wait a moment. You can’t mean that. I’m saved, because I’m right.” No. You’re right because you are saved. If that’s the way it is, get it in the correct order.

You didn’t get saved because you’re right—you got saved because of the grace of God, who loves you and gave his Son for you, and the Holy Spirit, which touched your heart through the word of the gospel so that you found yourself believing. And it turned out that what you were believing was right. That’s how you got saved.

That’s why so many churches have “Grace” in their name. Not many people want to go to “Right Church,” but we’ll gladly go to “Grace Church.” I’ve been to Right Church—you may have been there too—it’s a tough place. There are a lot of dead people at Right Church, because life comes by grace.