Why You Don’t Need a PhD to Defend the Faith | Essay 4
In Always Ready chapters 19–24, Greg Bahnsen shows that apologetics begins with prayer, faith, and submission to Christ—not credentials or neutrality.
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Apologetics Book Club. Today we’re discussing Chapters 19–24 of Greg Bahnsen’s book, Always Ready. This is my fourth companion essay for the book. For this week’s study/discussion questions, scroll to the bottom. The Apologetics Book Club is for paid subscribers, so if you’d like to get full access to all the essays and to join the conversation—and to help support The Think Institute—please become a paid subscriber of Worldview Legacy!
You Don’t Need to Be an Expert
One of the most daunting things about getting into apologetics is the realization of just how little you really know about important subjects like philosophy, science, history, and even the Bible. This can lead to a feeling of inadequacy or inability. Without becoming experts, how can we successfully defend our faith?
In the rest of this companion essay, we’ll see Bahnsen’s encouraging answer: you don’t need to master philosophy, science, history, and world religions before you can defend the faith. You need to know where every unbelieving objection breaks down—and how Scripture equips you to answer with confidence. I’ll also give you nine discussion questions to consider and respond to.
