The Increased Need For Apologetics In Our Day

Here's one reason, among others that could be cited, why apologetics is even more important today than in the past:

"Unlike the world of 250 years ago, the infrastructure of our society would collapse in a catastrophic way without hundreds of thousands of people who have been trained to think through extremely complex processes in creating, funding, manufacturing, managing, marketing, transporting, preserving, and disposing of tens of thousands of things we depend on every day. How does electricity get created and delivered to our homes? And how did all those electricity-dependent things (furnace, lighting, refrigerators) come to be? In a world where rigorous thinking is woven into the fabric of life, the thought of not thinking seriously about God and his Word is folly." (John Piper, Think [Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2010], 173)