Paul at Mars Hill: Apologetics as Evangelism
Paul's defense of the faith in Athens was not a warm-up to evangelism; it was evangelism. He engaged the idolatry and poetry of his hearers and pressed them toward Jesus and the resurrection, and the text records mockery, delay, and belief together.
Paul at Mars Hill: Reasoning With Athens
Paul meets a city of idols and a crowd of philosophers, and he does not change the message. He begins with what Athens already confesses, the altar to an unknown God, and leads from there to the Creator, the command to repent, and the resurrection.