Historical Apologist: Edward John Carnell

Edward John Carnell (1919-1967) was one of the leading evangelical theologians and apologists in the twentieth century. Carnell's apologetic arguments tended to link the case for Christianity with our knowledge of values and ourselves, and he was one of the first evangelicals to write about Soren Kierkegaard.1



1. C.Stephen Evans, Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002), p. 21.

Sunday Quote: Edward John Carnell on Apologetics

"The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is voided, for apologetics is aimed at persuading doubters, not at refuting the defiant. He who demands a kind of proof that the nature of the case renders impossible, is determined that no possible evidence shall convince him."

- Edward John Carnell