Brittney Brown

Apologetics is derived from the Greek word “apologia” found in 1 Peter 3:15 which means “defense”. It’s not about shoving your biblical worldviews in someone's face in hopes of winning an argument, but it’s about knowing what you believe and being willing to share in love and diplomacy why you live for Jesus; especially when a contention is raised.

 

I nearly abandoned my entire belief system because of a guy who bombarded me with questions and claims I couldn’t answer or refute: is Jesus really God, is the bible reliable, etc.

 

His questions put me on the fence about Jesus. I often thought, well maybe I was just force-fed this Jesus stuff from my parents and He isn’t actually real. Or maybe He is real, but He isn't God.

 

So, I tested it. I cried out to God one night and said, "Jesus if you're really God show me that you're real,” the following week He did.

 

An indescribable experience with Jesus through deliverance (similar to Acts16:18) jumpstarted my willingness to follow Him. After that, I knew He was real, but I still couldn’t prove it—and that was frustrating.

 

A few months later, I enrolled in Biola University where I received my masters in Christian apologetics. I figured, if I was going to give up my former life, believe in Jesus and follow Him, I wanted to know as much as I possible could about Him. I also wanted to know how my worldview compared to others. 

 

I sat down with people from different worldviews and spiritual philosophies (including a few leaders) and there were just too many inconsistencies in their beliefs. Christianity had science, archaeology and ancient documents from people, many who were eyewitnesses and some who weren’t even followers of Jesus, attesting to the validity of the people, places and events mentioned in the Bible—and that’s what I needed.

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I didn’t have a natural volition to love, serve or defend Jesus. I often hear stories of people, who seemingly, come out the womb an ambassador and defender of Christ and, although that’s a great story, it's not my story.

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I was born humanly depraved with only a natural desire toward everything that was anti-God. I was young and I wanted to live my life the way I saw fit, autonomously. It was only after coming into relationship with Him and realizing that He first loved me that, in turn, I began to love Him. Only after having a relationship with Him did I realize that it’s because He was first willing to defend me, that I now defend Him.