What is apologetics? It is an activity of the Christian mind that attempts to show that the gospel message is true in its affirmations. This article discusses the difference between negative apologetics and positive apologetics. It also shows the necessity of apologetics for missions.

Looking at the relationship between positive apologetics and negative apologetics, this article shows that positive apologetics does not have room in the Christian faith since the word of God is self attesting, while negative apologetics on its own is not sufficient to stand the ground. The author of this article calls for offensive apologetics as a way of confronting unbelievers, since it has room for the use of evidence.

This article focuses on the task of apologetics, the difference between presuppositionalism and evidentialism, negative apologetics, and the context of apologetics.