Faith and Reason

Faith and reason in the apologetics go hand in hand. There can not be a good argument (reason) for Christianity without a deep rooted faith in Christ. Beilby wrote, "The goal of apologetics is to offer sound reasons to believe the Christian faith, reasons that (1) accurately represent the gospel of Jesus of Christ, (2) are presented in a Christlike manner, (3) address our interlocutor's questions and current disposition, and (4) help the interlocutor move from a position of basic mistrust (of God, Christianity, etc.) to a position of basic trust." (1) A good argument would have at its foundation the "want" for the interlocutor to come to a saving faith in Christ. Without a true faith and a true love for other as Christ (Christlike manner) apologetics can be reasoned.
Some would say that Groothuis had an eclectic approach to apologetics. From reading the book thus far, he seems to lean more to presuppositionalist, but he does have a well rounded approach to apologetics. As I read through the discussions it seems that everyone has the same idea that apologists need to have a well rounded approach to apologetics; I also agree with this. There are so many different views in our current culture that it would be difficult to make a good case staying with one method of apologetics. The one method approach would be more for the professional that defends against one "world view". For the rest of us we need to have a great knowledge of all of the approaches to properly defend the faith and the hope we have in the culture that we journey through.


References
James K. Beilby, Thinking About Christian Apologetics: What it is and Why We Do it, (Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 2011), 24.