Theology Precedes and Determines Apologetics

How we defend the faith, obviously, depends on the essence and shape of the faith itself. Theology matters, and in this case, determines what is a consistent means of defending the faith and what is not. Today I began reviewing a recent debate involving Bart Ehrman and in so doing began discussing the foundational differences between apologetics that begins with the sovereignty of God and apologetics that begins with the autonomy of man.