Our Ready Defense
1 Peter 3:15
Introduction
I.Regarding Christ the Lord as Holy
A.The Context
B.The Background (Isaiah 8)
C.The Meaning (Matthew 10:10-33) 
II.Christian Apologetics
The term ‘apologetics' means 
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A.Always Being Prepared
B.To Make a Defense
C.To Anyone who asks You for a Reason
“The apostle tells us to be ready to give an answer
to anyone who asks us for an explanation of our
faith,…if an unbeliever asks me a reason for my faith
and hope and I perceive that he cannot accept it
unless he believes, I give him that very reason, so
that he may see how absurd it is for him to ask a
reason for things which he cannot grasp until he
believes.”              
—Augustine  
1.We are not called to always answer every man, but
to be ready to do so.
2.Our lives must provoke the request for a reason.
Conclusion
John 9:1-41