“Some Christians oppose apologetics for fear of rationalism driving out faith. Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit through the Word, not a logical conclusion of reason. But much of the best apologetics is simply explanation.” - Veith
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
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NewWhy the disjunction?
I don’t disagree with the gist of his post, but this part touches a pet peeve…
Why can’t a logical conclusion of reason be a gift of the Holy Spirit? I’m asking because I can’t think of any reason (oops there’s that word) why that should be the case?
Noetic effects of sin. Among other things, it means we don’t reason right because of sin. So if a person in the domain of darkness (Col 1) manages to have “a conclusion of reason” that the gospel is true, it has to be a gift.
… best I can tell.
But I’m open to being wrong. Talk me out of it.
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