There is no way to use non-Christian language and logic to arrive at Christian statements, conclusions, and behaviors.
- Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen
Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen has been described as the man atheists fear most. Pushing the Antithesis will show you why. His 1985 debate with the late atheist activist and religious skeptic Gordon Stein has been dubbed "The Great Debate" and remains a classic benchmark in Christian apologetics. If you want to understand how to defend the faith against all opposition, then Pushing the Antithesis is a good place to start.
As Dr. Bahnsen wrote: The apologist is called to bear faithful witness to the truth, not to attempt to improve upon the Lord's wisdom by autonomous arguments. Trusting in His ability to challenge apostate thinking, the believer must reason, not according to the principles of secular thought, but to the presuppositional truth of the Word of Christ, and looking to the power of His Holy Spirit to bring conviction, conversion, and understanding. A successful apologetic, presented according to the Word and Spirit of Christ, is a function of God's grace, not human intelligence or wisdom.
