1.0Apologeticshttps://www.namb.net/apologeticsncornwellhttps://www.namb.net/apologetics/author/ncornwell/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kmsZ22EFff"><a href="https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/an-apologetic-of-virtue-from-the-second-letter-of-peter/">An Apologetic of Virtue from the Second Letter of Peter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/an-apologetic-of-virtue-from-the-second-letter-of-peter/embed/#?secret=kmsZ22EFff" width="600" height="338" title="“An Apologetic of Virtue from the Second Letter of Peter” — Apologetics" data-secret="kmsZ22EFff" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.namb.net/apologetics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/lightstock_160873_small_shawn_elledge.jpg1200800The field of apologetics, by nature, can seem a distant discipline from something like spiritual formation. In formal ministry training, courses such as apologetics, logic, and philosophy are often entirely separate fields of inquiry from ethics, discipleship, and spiritual formation.