Apologetic Quotes - Page 3

• An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.

  Peter Kreeft

  Listening, World, Care

  Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli (2009). “Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics”, p.11, InterVarsity Press

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• Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.

  Dan Millman

  Courage, Fear, Laughter

  Dan Millman (2009). “Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives”, p.163, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God. Novels should be neither homilies nor apologetics: the author's faith, and the grace he has received, will become apparent in his work even if it does not have Catholic characters or a Catholic theme.

  Piers Paul Read

  Writing, Character, Catholic

  Ignatius Press Interview, www.ignatius.com.

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• I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.

  Alexander P. de Seversky

  Respect, Inspiration, Loss

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• Love is the greatest apologetic. It is the essential component in reaching the whole person in a fragmented world. The need is vast, but it is also imperative that we be willing to follow the example of Jesus and meet the need.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Jesus, Love Is, Essentials

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• I'm a single-issue voter, to get straight to the point. I'm really only interested in the candidate who's toughest and least apologetic when it comes to the confrontation with Islamic Jihadism.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Islamic, Issues, Voters

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Some politicians are scared of Putin and some are extremely apologetic, actually. And I feel very sorry for this because some people who are like my friends from the left flank, they praise Putin because they see him as the fighter against American imperialism, which he is not. You know, why would you select between American imperialism and Russian imperialism? To my mind, it's exactly the same thing.

  Ilya Ponomarev

  Sorry, People, Mind

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• If I was a part of secret ninja group my power would be the power of apology. I would just apologize emphatically and freely. And my mech might just be a phone to send apologetic emails from.

  Zach Woods

  Apology, Secret, Ninja

  Source: collider.com

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• In the New Testament alone there are Gospels, acts, epistles, and an apocalypse. Gospels contain literary forms like miracles, parables, pronouncements, proverbs, farewell discourses, annunciations, and so on. Epistles can be apologetic, commendatory, friendship-oriented, exhortational, diatribes.

  Craig Blomberg

  Farewell, Miracle, Apocalypse

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books.' I think the convention a silly one. No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty-except, of course, books of information. The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all. A mature palate will probably not much care for crème de menthe: but it ought still to enjoy bread and butter and honey.

  C. S. Lewis

  Children, Reading, Silly

  C. S. Lewis (2002). “Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To have loved and lost, either by that total disenchantment which leaves compassion as the sole substitute for love which can exist no more, or by the slow torment which is obliged to let go day by day all that constitutes the diviner part of love - namely, reverence, belief, and trust, yet clings desperately to the only thing left it, a long-suffering apologetic tenderness - this lot is probably the hardest any woman can have to bear.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Letting Go, Compassion, Long

  "A Woman's Thoughts About Women" by Dinah Maria Murlock Craik, (Ch. 10), 1858.

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• Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

  Joseph Boyden

  Rooms, Conflict, Gentle

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Most of my library consists of books on the Catholic faith: conversion stories, books on saints and Early Church Fathers, Apparitions of Mary, prayer books, Scriptural resource books on Apologetics, Typology, concordances, bible dictionaries, bible encyclopedias and at least 40 bibles - both Catholic and Protestant editions in several different translations.

  Gail Buckley

  Prayer, Father, Book

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.

  Rick Warren

  Powerful, Heart, People

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• We preach sermons, write books on apologetics, conduct city-wide evangelistic campaigns. For those alienated from the church, that approach no longer has the same drawing power. And for the truly needy, words alone don't satisfy; "A hungry person has no ears," as one relief worker told me. A skeptical world judges the truth of what we say by the proof of how we live.

  Philip Yancey

  Book, Writing, Drawing

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• Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Way Forward, Mutual Interest, President

  "U.S. has history of respecting Muslims". The St. Augustine Record Article, staugustine.com. February 03, 2009.

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• The difference between apologetics and evangelism is that in apologetics, you are answering objections that the world raises, whereas in evangelism, you are bringing the message that Christ brought. So unbelievers tend to set the agenda in apologetics, and you set the agenda in evangelism.

  Mark Dever

  Differences, Agendas, World

  Source: matthiasmedia.com

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• The moment you're too apologetic about something and people know that something isn't finished, they listen/look for the mistakes or cracks, but if you act like it's done people experience things in a totally different way.

  St. Lucia

  Mistake, People, Different

  Source: www.planetnotion.com

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• English actors feel vaguely apologetic for being there at all. American actors know that the most important thing is to get one take out of fifty that is great, and they'll go to any length to get it. The English are used to working within consistently small, low-budget things and think, I mustn't waste their time.

  Helen Mirren

  Thinking, Important, Actors

  "New Again: Helen Mirren". Interview with James Saynor, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 18, 2015.

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• I think the current book [for Christian apologetics] is by Lee Strobel, its called A Case for Christ.

  Max Lucado

  Christian, Book, Thinking

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• My mission is not to give an apologetic for why I'm trying to impact people's lives and use the Gospel to transform. My mission is to impact people's lives and use the Gospel to transform. I want to be on that mission and not explaining it all the time.

  LeCrae

  Impact, People, Giving

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.

  Dan Harmon

  Looks, Hey, Look At Me

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• Yet church youth groups rarely teach apologetics, majoring instead on games and goodies.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Games, Church, Groups

  Nancy Pearcey (2015). “Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes”, p.59, David C Cook

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• I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith). This is a reaction to the current attacks on the essentials of Christianity that are coming from militant atheists, radical professors, and Internet gadflies.

  Lee Strobel

  Christian, Country, Atheist

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• When the enemy's envoy's speak in humble terms, but continues his preparations, he will advance. When their language is deceptive but the enemy pretentiously advances, he will retreat. When the envoys speak in apologetic terms, he wishes a respite. When without a previous understanding the enemy asks for a truce, he is plotting. When the enemy sees an advantage but does not advance to seize it, he is fatigued.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Humble

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