From More Ready Than You Realize:
Perhaps you are familiar with the term apologetics, which is the study of how to give a reasonable defense for the Christian faith. I wonder sometimes, especially since “defense” implies warfare rather than friendship, if postmodern apologetics should take a different approach. Instead of defending, perhaps apologetics should begin with an old-fashioned apology: I’m sorry we Christians have so often put roadblocks up for spiritual seekers through our narrow-mindedness, our failure to bridge racial and cultural and class barriers, and our lack of acceptance. I’m sincerely sorry. Please don’t blame Jesus for our failure to live up to his teaching and example. And be assured that we’ll try to do better, with God’s help. Please pray for us, okay?
Tags: apologetics, books, brian mclaren, christianity, philosophy
December 2, 2008 at 5:13 am |
Well if you really believe Christianity is responsible for that… personally I don’t see it though.
December 3, 2008 at 4:19 am |
hahaha! I quite like this humble approach to apologetics. This is, however, just a beginning to the warfare that can hardly be denied!