2025 Cactus Clash

Mars Hill Speech & Debate (AZ) · Oct 23-25, 2025

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Apologetics

Apologetics

For this tournament we will be using Apologetics questions from the following Stoa categories.

  1. Category 1: The Character and Nature of God
  2. Category 3: Scripture
  3. Category 5: Christian Worldview Application

Please see the updated Apologetics questions here.

Description: In Apologetics, the competitor is given four (4) minutes to prepare a persuasive and reasoned speech that defends a tenet of the Christian faith.

Goal: Stoa Apologetics is designed to help students understand the core issues of their faith. Students will craft a response considering their audience may or may not accept the Bible as truth. The speech is not intended to be a sermon, and it is not necessarily a presentation of the Gospel or an overtly evangelistic opportunity. Therefore, the presentation should be a thoughtful response to the question/topic and the reason(s) why it is important for theological truth and Christian living.

Content is key: Greater weight should be given to the speech content, rather than the presentation style.

 

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