apologist are to remain humble and also to rely on the Holy Spirit’s empowerment, not on any assumed intellectual prowess. Apologetics is not a license to treat people abrasively. Hours of apologetics preparation is no substitute for prayer (without prayer, a person may be well read, but spiritually powerless). Apologetics is not a substitute for the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit in the life of unsaved people. (It has been said, “You can’t argue someone into heaven.” Of course not. But the truths