Thanks you for this. It reminds me a bit of my father who passed away last year at a very young 96 years of age. When I started getting interested in apologetics, I was excited to talk about it to my Dad.
He patiently listened to an early, clumsy version of one of my arguments for the rationality of Christianity. He was easily intelligent enough and well-read enough to understand it. However, he then replied, "That's great, son. If that helps you and others, then I'm all for it. But I never had any doubt."
That really stuck with me. I'm very glad there is apologetics for recalcitrant, skeptical nerds like me. But I am also exceedingly thankful for examples of quiet, persevering, powerful faith like that of my Dad.
He had many failures in life, as we all do, but he won the race. He kept the faith. He is my hero.
Thanks you for this. It reminds me a bit of my father who passed away last year at a very young 96 years of age. When I started getting interested in apologetics, I was excited to talk about it to my Dad.
He patiently listened to an early, clumsy version of one of my arguments for the rationality of Christianity. He was easily intelligent enough and well-read enough to understand it. However, he then replied, "That's great, son. If that helps you and others, then I'm all for it. But I never had any doubt."
That really stuck with me. I'm very glad there is apologetics for recalcitrant, skeptical nerds like me. But I am also exceedingly thankful for examples of quiet, persevering, powerful faith like that of my Dad.
He had many failures in life, as we all do, but he won the race. He kept the faith. He is my hero.