In the early 2000’s I had the privilege to teach at Delaware County Christian School, in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, ten miles outside of Philadelphia. I taught a variety of theology and biblical studies courses to 9th thru 12th graders, one of which was apologetics. I cannot say what benefit my students derived from my teaching, but I can confess that I gained a lot from my students. Their questions pushed me to think about the most biblically accurate answers, and the best way in which to deliver those answers. I will be forever grateful for those students and classes. But I can say, that around 2007, I began to notice a shift. Now, to say that I noticed it in 2007 is not to say that is when this “shift” began. In point of fact, the very nature of this “shift” demanded that I could not conclude that its point of origin was 2007. No, the “shift” I noticed was actually the fruit that had its root long prior to its emergence. What was this “shift”? It was the increasing propensity of students to be unable to distinguish between a person and the beliefs that a person professed as true.
