BibleSponge

The following video is a perfect example of how a well-intentioned person can unknowingly assist, and on the surface, validate a non-believer’s thoughts.  Now, I’m not implying that you need to be a theological scholar to respond to challenges of defending your faith.  However, what I am suggesting  is that if you take a lackadaisical approach to answering the call of the non-believers, then you are setting yourself and the representation of all Christians (at that moment) up for a sure fall.

The solution is to use the God-given gift that sits between your ears and feed on the Word of God. Lebron James didn’t achieve his basketball prowess by chucking a basketball in gym class three times a week.  Lance Armstrong didn’t win all those Tour De France races by taking a few laps around his neighborhood on his bicycle.  You can’t  be “prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;” (1 Peter 3:15 - ESV) if you are not reading the Word regularly.  Remember, you don’t have to defend the Bible, it stands on its own.  Charles Spurgeon said it best:

“Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself."  -- Charles Surgeon

Trying to contend for your faith without reading and studying the Word is a mistake that will prove fatal at times when you need to do it most.  And the stakes are never higher than when you are dealing with an atheist, or worse yet, an atheist in the radio/TV spotlight.

Remember that when you are dealing with an atheist, David tells us that, “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 14:1 - ESV).  You are trying to reach a person who has made Satan their god and in return he, “has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:4 – ESV).  Be prepared!