For those who do not know,what the ministry of
"Apologetics" is.
Christian apologetics combines
Christian theology,
natural theology,
[13] and
philosophy to present a rational basis for the Christian faith, to defend the faith against objections and misrepresentation.
Christian apologetics has taken many forms over the centuries. In the
Roman Empire, Christians were severely persecuted, and many charges were brought against them. J. David Cassel
[14] gives several examples:
Tacitus wrote that
Nero fabricated charges that Christians started the
burning of Rome.
[15] Other charges included
cannibalism (due to a literal interpretation of the
Eucharist) and
incest (due to early Christians' practice of addressing each other as "brother" and "sister").
Paul the Apostle,
Justin Martyr,
Irenaeus and others often defended Christianity against charges that were brought to justify persecution.
[16]
Later apologists have focused on providing reasons to accept various aspects of Christian belief. Christian apologists of many traditions, in common with Jews, Muslims, and some others, argue for the existence of a unique and personal God.
Theodicy is one important aspect of such arguments, and
Alvin Plantinga's arguments have been highly influential in this area. Many prominent Christian apologists are scholarly philosophers or theologians, frequently with additional doctoral work in
physics,
cosmology,
comparative religions, or other fields. Others take a more popular or pastoral approach. Some prominent modern apologists are
Douglas Groothuis,
Frederick Copleston,
John Lennox,
Walter R. Martin,
Dinesh D'Souza,
Douglas Wilson,
Cornelius Van Til,
Gordon Clark,
Francis Schaeffer,
Greg Bahnsen,
Edward John Carnell,
James White, R.C. Sproul,
Hank Hanegraaff,
Alister McGrath,
Lee Strobel,
Josh McDowell,
Peter Kreeft,
G. K. Chesterton,
William Lane Craig,
J. P. Moreland,
Hugh Ross,
David Bentley Hart,
Gary Habermas,
Norman Geisler,
Scott Hahn and RC Kunst.
[17]
Notable apologists within the
Catholic Church include
Bishop Robert Barron,
[18] G. K. Chesterton,
[19] Dr. Scott Hahn,
Patrick Madrid, Kenneth Hensley,
[20] Karl Keating,
Ronald Knox and
Peter Kreeft.
John Henry Newman (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) was an English convert to
Roman Catholicism, later made a
cardinal, and
beatified in 2010. In early life he was a major figure in the
Oxford Movement to bring the
Church of England back to its Catholic roots. Eventually his studies in history persuaded him to become a Roman Catholic. When John Henry Newman entitled his spiritual autobiography
Apologia Pro Vita Sua in 1864, he was playing upon both this connotation, and the more commonly understood meaning of an expression of contrition or regret.
Christian apologists employ a variety of philosophical and formal approaches, including
ontological,
cosmological, and
teleological arguments.
[21] The Christian presuppositionalist approach to apologetics utilizes the
transcendental argument for the existence of God.
[22]
Tertullian was a notable early
Christian apologist. He was born, lived and died in
Carthage. He is sometimes known as the "Father of the
Latin Church". He introduced the term
Trinity (
Latin trinitas) to the Christian vocabulary
[23] and also probably[
citation needed] the formula "three Persons, one Substance" as the Latin "tres
Personae,
una Substantia" (itself from the
Koine Greek "treis
Hypostaseis,
Homoousios"), and also the terms
Vetus Testamentum (
Old Testament) and
Novum Testamentum (
New Testament).
excerpts: Wikipedia
For "True Atheists " And Christian apologist " who are schooled in that field pertaining to the Christian Faith they both are heavy.
Apologetics is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called
Christian apologists. 
That is why I compel for "The True Child of GOD" to not only read their Bibles, over and over again, they should study their Bibles too! they read it over and over again to know their "bibles' so every word is in them "systematically" and they do not have to look up stuff in it! to defend their faith. Put it in you. So when it is time, you are skilled to Present "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" and not according to a man! For the "True Gospel According to Jesus Christ" will come up instantly into your mind by the way of your spirit at the time of need.
You must have The whole Counsel of GOD in you, meaning HIS WORD all of it.
If it is not in you, it cannot come out of you. And how you put it in you is how it comes out of you. If you put it in you in bits and pieces then in bits and only pieces will it come out. Nothing but scattered words.
