Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Pet 3:15). Apologetics is the enterprise of obeying that command. Many people scorn apologetics because it seems very intellectual, abstract and rational. They contend that life and love and morality and sanctity are much more important than reason. Those who reason this way are right; they just don’t notice that they are reasoning. We can’t avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well. Further, reason