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A NEW KIND OF APOLOGIST

Copyright © 2016 Sean McDowell

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A new kind of apologist / Sean McDowell, PhD, general editor.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-7369-6605-4 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-6606-1 (eBook)

1. Apologetics. 2. Christianity and culture. I. McDowell, Sean, editor.

BT1103.N484 2016

239—dc23

2015021781

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Dedication

To my son, Shane.

I pray that you will be the kind of apologist that your generation needs.

I love you and am so proud of you.

Contents

Dedication

Introduction: A New Kind of Apologist

SEAN MCDOWELL

PART 1 A New Approach to Apologetics

1 Christians in the Argument Culture: Apologetics as Conversation

TIM MUEHLHOFF

2 Apologetics and New Technologies

BRIAN AUTEN

Interview with Bart Campolo

3 Servant Apologetics

TOM GILSON

4 Motivating Others to “Give an Answer”

MARK MITTELBERG

5 Social Justice and a New Kind of Apologist

KEN WYTSMA AND RICK GERHARDT

Interview with J.P. Moreland

6 “Don’t Blame Us, It’s in the Bible”: Understanding New Strategies for Shaking Up the Faith of New Generations

DAN KIMBALL

PART 2 New Methods in Apologetics

7 Shepherd Is a Verb: The Role of Relational Mentoring in Communicating Truth

JEFF MYERS

8 A Practical Plan to Raise Up the Next Generation

BRETT KUNKLE

Interview ...