An illustration of what apologetics really is. Apologetics is somewhat of a lonely endeavor. It is possible for a person to give a great deal of effort to apologetic work, to defending God's word, to answering questions, to reasoning with people and have it all seem as though it was worthless.
Discouragement is a reality to the apologist.
There are certainly victories, by God's grace. To help you keep your eyes on the real issue of apologetics, I offer the following illustration. The idea is to get you to understand what your job is as an apologist, as someone who answers questions and objections, and points people to Jesus. I believe that if you understand where you are and what your 'job' is, then you won't be as overcome with discouragement as you might otherwise be. Apologetics is like . . .