Define, Define, Well Educated Infant

See Paddy O's comment re. the Absolutely post. He says it is very important to read Through A Glass Dimly and send money to the author. That's not true, but he does hit on one of the problems (if not THE problem) of modern/Modern Apologetics: it is largely wrapped up in philosophy of the modern era.

All Christians should be a type of apologist, so I have no issue with apologetics in general but, as Paddy O points out, many contemporary Christian leaders are playing with ideas that they found in a box hidden way in the back of the garage marked "Caution: Modernity." No one was using them much so they figured they'd have a go with them, but they're just going to end up getting hurt. In short, this strain of apologetics is enmeshed with Enlightenment thinking in such a way that it is incompatible with the Gospel.

I happen to know that Paddy O. holds the Eastern Christian tradition in high regard. So maybe we react to similar things of Liberalism- not conservative versus liberal liberalism- Liberalism as a political philosophy that assumes that natural autonomy of the individual is the highest expression of humanity (and the greatest gift of an unspecified creator). That's dangerous garbage, especially if you have even the slightest inkling of what it means to be in Christ. To be united with God in Christ in thought, will and action- to be in communion with God sure does seem to preclude Liberal conceptions of autonomy. The idea that I only have life and purpose in the vine seems at odds with the idea that the world is a better place if I simply pursue my interests.