1 Peter 3:15 - but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.

As evangelicals, I believe we have lost part of what distinguishes us from the rest of the world - Christlike character. We want to defend the truth, and this is good. We certainly need to be able to give a defense of our faith. It is important, as well, to make a defense of that faith by the way we live it out.

We are called to "make disciples," but that is a difficult thing to do if we approach our defense of the truth by attempting to slaughter our opponent. The world is already spiritually dead and a dead man cannot reason. Instead, we need to offer life, and then live in such a way that it looks better than death!

Ravi Zaccharias has a wonderful blogpost on this, and I recommend that you read it. Quite convicting!