1 Peter 3:15 — 'in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense'; Sye says the verse establishes presuppositional starting point before giving reasons

Sye argues: the verse says first 'honor Christ as Lord,' then give a defense — the ordering shows that Christ's lordship is the foundation from which apologetics flows, not that you put him on the shelf and argue from neutral ground. Winger counters: in context (v.14 onward), the passage is about persecution and Christian character, not about establishing an epistemological method. 'Honor Christ as Lord' refers to personal faithfulness under pressure, not to a philosophical presupposition.