Religion and Theology

Evidentialism  in  the  modern  age  has  taken  a  forward  step  in  dominating  the  classical  apologetic  approach,  but  the  need  for  apologists  is  increasing  with  age.  Refusal  to  believe  in  anything  without  proper  proof  is  a  lasting  trend.  Evidentialism  focuses  on  providing  evidences  that  support  the  universal  facts  about  the  existence  of  God,  the  willing  sacrifice  of  Christ  for  the  sins  of  human  and  the  truth  of  the  Bible,  in  many  ways  providing  the  path  in  guiding  non-believers  towards  the  truth.

Methods of Evidentialism
It keeps simple with a common ground to everyone.  Considering  the  fact  that  the  people  looking  into  evidentialism  wouldnt  be  a  kind  that  can  go easy with the religious elements which tend to appear threatening to the non Christians, it rather binds to the logic, science and histological facts, creating a friendly atmosphere for those seeking in for the truth. This does not mean that it puts aside the Word, Evidentialism is Biblical, its main aim is to reveal the word of God, the truth, in the best way possible.

It also provides enlightenment to the ones who call themselves as Christians because they had been raised from early childhood in a church, read lessons about the 6 day creation and were reading the Bible because they had been asked to. It is like a notion created in them, but when they come to their understanding age of 12 and are being given books of school to read about evolution, it then raises a confusion in their innocent minds. Only would they know that there are several opinions and several speculations and interpretations regarding the evolution, all of which refuse to believe in the involvement of a higher brain, a thought laid on, an intelligent work that our human minds cannot comprehend. Minds set on worldview fallacies have always been the hard nuts to crack, especially with science believing in its own concept of big bang. Then is the need to prepare on aiming at the one indwelling faith that can make understand the true nature of everything which seems a mystery but is not.

To summarize an evidentialist is the one who looks out in obtaining affective results, irrespective of the methods used.

The method has found advocates in J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.,Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, Gary Habermas, John Warwick Montgomery, and Wolfhart Pannenberg.

A Critique
Evidentialism with its advantages has a balanced approach that is well supported by the Bible. Evidences are used to convince the non Christians without asking them to believe in blind faith, without evading from its concentration from basic elements of Christianity i.e.. claims of God, Christ and the Word.