The apologetic that Ravi Zacharias endorses (and uses) "pays very close attention not just to the question but to the questioner." 

What he's getting at is that people have a reason for asking the questions and raising the objections that they do.  Sometimes it comes out of a past personal hurt or negative experience and sometimes it's just a question that they heard somewhere else.

If you and I are going to be evangelists, we ought to take into consideration not only the question being asked, but the person asking the question.  After all, it is the person that we're interested in, right?  or is it winning a theological debate?

Isn't it interesting that Jesus almost never answers a question directly in the Gospels.  Of course, he has the unique advantage of being able to see into people's hearts!  I think, though, that if we remain spiritually sensitive and ask good questions instead of spitting out canned answers, we can get through the questions too.

What do you think?