Apolenctics

I must say one of the great experiences of seminary was learning more about the theological foundation upon which VanTil developed his apologetics. The more I read him the more I appreciate his attempt to seek consistency between theology and apologetics. In rereading Theology in America by E. Brooks Holifield, this appreciation is even more pronounced as I recall the constant drift from Calvinism to the New Divinity, to Unitarianism and beyond. VanTil took exception to letting the unbeliever frame the debate.

I'm still not pleased with the separation between apologetics and elenctics either. These disciplines are two sides of the same coin and should operate as such--actually I rather think they do in practice, but have become separated in theory and study. How about "apolenctics" as the new discipline of defending the faith as you take the offense to spread the Gospel?