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On Guard

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• Author: William Lane Craig and Lee Strobel
• ASIN: B003ODJ34O
• Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ODJ34O
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Highlights

You may never debate an atheist. Nevertheless, the Bible says in 1 Peter 3:15 that all Christians should be prepared to explain why they believe what they believe—and to do so, as Bill Craig unfailingly does, with gentleness and respect. — location: 199 ^ref-60818

Ironically, if you have good arguments in support of your faith, you’re less apt to become quarrelsome or upset. I find that the better my arguments, the less argumentative I am. — location: 239 ^ref-7984

This doesn’t mean they didn’t trust the Holy Spirit to bring people to God. Rather they trusted the Holy Spirit to use their arguments and evidence to bring people to God. — location: 260 ^ref-10378

Moms and dads need to be trained in apologetics themselves and so be able to explain to their children simply from an early age and then with increasing depth why we believe as we do. — location: 347 ^ref-30841

Instead of saying sheepishly, “This is how I feel about it—it’s just my opinion, that’s all,” you’ll be able to say, “This is what I think about it, and here are my reasons.…” — location: 372 ^ref-18289

You can’t force someone to accept the conclusion if he’s willing to pay the price of rejecting one of the premises. But what you can do is raise the price of rejecting the conclusion by giving good evidence for the truth of the premises. — location: 435 ^ref-1013

So in presenting apologetic arguments for some conclusion, we want to raise the price of denying the conclusion as high as we can. We want to help the unbeliever see what it will cost him intellectually to resist the conclusion. — location: 442 ^ref-4184