My professor of apologetics seminary told stories of odd reactions he received when he would tell people what he did for a living. The best story involved a bank loan officer. When he told the loan officer that he was a professor of apologetics, she replied, "Thats wonderful." Then she added, "These days, we really do need to teach people how to say they are sorry."
The loan officer was both right and wrong. We do need apologetics professors, but apologetics isnt about saying we’re sorry. Rather, its about defending the faith. In fact, defending the faith is urgent today that we need more than apologetics professors—we need all Christians to realize that they are apologists.
…by Stephen J. Nichols