A Firm Foundation

There seem to be two easily made mistakes in Christians' attitude toward bearing a witness to a generation that is increasingly anti-Christian. For some, the answer appears to be a "holy withdrawal" into a fortified church among people who think alike. For others, the answer seems to be to memorize vast lists of information couched in formal refutations with which to attack the "enemy" and cow them into submission intellectually.

But rather than either of these extremes, the Bible presents a...