1 Peter 3:15 and Romans 1 are off-limits (everyone knows them).

(assuming presuppositional bias)

what are some texts, longer passages if possible, that you have found helpful for *training* yourself/others in defending the faith?

Taking Bahnsen as cue, I began to look at Proverbs. Once I decided to get serious, I preached a message on Proverbs 3.1. After that I really decided that it still had more to speak to me (please don't read neo-orthodox interpretations into that. You know what I mean). I then began memorizing proverbs 3 (it was already fresh in my head).

I picked up the newest Greg Bahnsen book. He also recommended Ecclesiastes as a primer for apologetics. As I thought about it, I began/begin to see the point (Pushing the Antithesis, p. 59 fn. 4; p. 140 fn. 5).

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J. B. Atken
John Knox PCA
Layman, M.A. student at Louisiana College