Apologetic Tips


Mindset:
You're a gardener, not harvester. Your job is to put a little pebble in their shoe. Let the Holy Spirit convert them.

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Rather than go on the defense answering questions, go on the offense with good questions
Resist the urge to answer all their questions?

Get good at asking questions
Q1: What do you mean by that?
Q2: How did you come to that conclusion?

Begin by:
-stressing what we agree on
-acknowledge their sincerity and zeal

Insist on discussing the Eucharist in any apologetic dialogue.
Never end a discussion without stressing that all the earliest Christians were Catholic.

When they bring up Mary:

Insist on starting with more basic differences
-Apostolic Authority
-Bible Alone
-The Eucharist

Once you do discuss Mary:
Q1: Why do you think it’s so wrong to honor the Mother of the Savior?

Insist on focusing on Mary’s Title Mother of God (helps explain the rest, easiest to defend, reformers believed it)



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