I have always held that the Bible is a self-evidencing book; God will take care of His Word if we ministers only take care to preach it.
We are no more called upon to defend the Bible than we are to defend the law of gravitation.

My beloved friend, Dr.McLaren, of Manchester, has well said that if ministers, "instead of trying to _prop_ the Cross of Christ, would simply _point_ men to that Cross, more souls would be saved." The vast proportion of volumes of "Apologetics" are a waste of ink and paper.

If they could all be kindled into a huge bonfire, they would shed more light than they ever did before.

It is not our business to answer every sceptic who shies a stone at the solid fortress of truth in which God places His ambassadors.

If Tobiah and Sanballat are challenging us to come down into the plain, and meet them on their level, our answer must ever be: "I am God's messenger, preaching God's word and doing God's work.