Who has the gifts for Apologetics?

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Herbert

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I’m just curious. Is there anyone who is gifted with apologetic reasoning without reading any literature? Most people who are gifted have read enough of it and are continuously reading about it still. But I’m just wondering, if you were already gifted with apologetic reasoning before you even started reading apologetics literature. I’m just curious because I think that’s really an amazing gift.
 
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Matthias

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I’m just curious. Is there anyone who is gifted with apologetic reasoning without reading any literature? Most people who are gifted have read enough of it and are continuously reading about it still. But I’m just wondering, if you were already gifted with apologetic reasoning before you even started reading apologetics literature. I’m just curious because I think that’s really an amazing gift.

Welcome to the forum.

I wasn’t. I advise putting in the work:

Read widely. Read deeply. Read thoughtfully. Read critically.
 

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I’m just curious. Is there anyone who is gifted with apologetic reasoning without reading any literature? Most people who are gifted have read enough of it and are continuously reading about it still. But I’m just wondering, if you were already gifted with apologetic reasoning before you even started reading apologetics literature. I’m just curious because I think that’s really an amazing gift.
I ran into a brother on another forum who MAY have had that gift, but sadly, he's long gone on.
 

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“The task of apologetics, it is easy to forget, is one of persuasion. The science of apologetics involves mastering evidence that the Christian worldview is true, but the art of apologetics is in tailoring that evidence to listeners in such a way that they may come to see it to be true and believable.”

(David A. Horner, “Humble Apologetics: Persuasion with Humility and Respect”)

 
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