Taking Off Roofs and Building Bridges: Worldview Apologetics for Assessing and Critiquing Systems of Belief - Paperback

by Alan J. Pihringer (Author)

Why don't they believe the same things I do? Why don't they see things my way? We get frustrated when people hold differing opinions from ours or view life's major issues from conflicting angles. Their system of belief (their worldview) seems foreign to us as they filter the events of this world in ways that we would never have imagined and then come to conclusions that we would never even consider. When other peoples' worldviews contradict ours, both of us cannot be right. Is there a way to account for the differences and determine if one is right and the other wrong? For the Christian especially, can we defend the Christian worldview in a way that upholds our entire system of belief and then opens the door to share the gospel with those who believe differently from us? The method of worldview apologetics enables the Christian to expose the faults in other worldviews, demonstrate the truth of the Christian worldview, and build a bridge for others to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Both scholarly and practical, worldview apologetics equips the Christian to assess and critique differing belief systems and fulfill the call to Great Commission outreach.

Author Biography

Alan J. Pihringer is senior pastor of Harvest Baptist Church in Harvest, Alabama. He received his PhD in apologetics and worldview from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Pihringer's ministry to the local church and to the evangelical community at large is to equip Christians to know, defend, and live out the Christian worldview.