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C. S. Lewis took up his apologetic pen because he felt that most theologians spoke jargon. “Any fool can write learned language,” he said, “the vernacular is the real test. If you can’t turn your faith into it, then either you don’t understand it or you don’t believe it.” In the infernal correspondence of Screwtape, the haunting myths of his Space Trilogy, and the allegories of Narnia, he brings...

THE CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST must face certain decisive problems within his study before he faces the non-Christian world. What he does before he makes an apology determines the content, approach, impact, and value of his apologetic effort. He must decide how he knows, what he knows, and how to communicate what he knows. A breakdown at any point is disastrous for an apologetic attempt. Epistemology is the starting point for any apologist, followed by the corollary problems
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