Josiah Concept Ministries

I slammed Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin the other day for not taking a stronger stance and calling for more action with Planned Parenthood. I accused him of only keeping theology in the intellectual realm and taking no action with it. I thought that was wrong. As apologists, we come in more contact with skeptics and unbelievers than the average Joe Pastor, and it is my position that we should use that responsibility wisely and for the glory of God. If the only Christian that a skeptic comes in contact with is an apologist who turns him off of the faith forever, how is that going to look for said apologist at Final Judgement time? This is why I believe that we, as apologists, have been entrusted with a greater responsibility.

While I still stand behind my original statements on July 20, I now realize that Jimmy Akin’s ministry is purely intellectual, so it only makes sense that the answer stay in the theoretical realms. His purpose is to give us the facts, but let us decide what to do with them. This is what God has set his ministry up to do. Akin seems very sincere in his faith from everything I’ve read in his blog.

I was hasty in my comment, and the blog entry I read today proved to me as much. Akin handled this situation very well. While he still didn’t use Scripture to point the seeker in the right direction, he nonetheless arrived at a similar conclusion to what those of us who believe in sola scriptura would have.

I have a lot of respect for Akin’s minsitry, or else I wouldn’t bother to read his blog everyday.