Saturday, June 14, 2008

Unapologetic Apologist | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Do you have an answer for fiery Islamic Religious Rhetoric? Do you have the guts to stand face to face against someone spewing it in your face and slamming your faith at the same time? Jay Smith does. Here's a bit I clipped from a Christianity Today piece about him:

At times, 10 passionate Islamic speakers, using a short ladder as a platform, roused equally passionate crowds of men in native dress, all punching the air, shouting "Allahu akbar." These individuals were imams or educated men of high standing. Women also attended. Combative free-for-alls between followers of different Muslim clerics erupted on occasion.

Smith decided to step right up and start speaking to the crowd. But he didn't get far. The crowd laughed at him. They pushed, punched, and cursed him, and yanked his beard (since shaved off).

"I was not expecting vitriol, aggression, physical abuse," Smith says. "This was way out of my comfort zone." Smith found addressing Muslims' objections to Christianity next to impossible. These adept debaters responded with challenges that Smith's years of apologetics and seminary studies had not prepared him to confront.

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Unapologetic Apologist | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

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