Apologists

"So we see that as the culture and ideas changed, so too the apologists adapted their method and their goal. First apologists seek to describe Christianity accurately, then to contend for it philosophically, and finally try to prove it unequivocally."

I saw this in the blog entry Apomogetics by Steve Knight from Emergent Village. I found it an interesting quote because we have a person from our congregation seeking eventual ordination. He sometimes emphasizes certain points that come close to attacking some of the theological ideas I find valuable to me.