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Winter 2015<br />

down just such a gauntlet before the Holy One of Israel, seeking<br />

to frame God for their own crimes. In response to this blasphemy,<br />

Guinness throws down his own gauntlet, “God’s name must be cleared<br />

and his existence and character brought to the fore beyond question”<br />

(55). That, not the winning of debates, must be the ultimate goal of<br />

the apologist.<br />

LOUIS MARKOS, PhD, (www.Loumarkos.com),<br />

Professor in English and Scholar in Residence<br />

at Houston Baptist University, holds the Robert<br />

H. Ray Chair in Humanities; his books include<br />

Apologetics for the 21st Century, On the Shoulders of Hobbits:<br />

The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis, and C. S Lewis: An<br />

Apologist for Education.<br />

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