“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.” - Mortimer Adler
If this happens in the context of Christian beliefs, it's a sound bet the person conceives of faith as primarily a mental assent to various propositional truths.
He can repeat "what" he has read in books or heard from the pulpit, especially if it has been repeated often.
But if you ask him the "how" and the "why", you will get nothing but stammering or shrugging.
In the best case scenario, that momentary embarrassment becomes the impetus for digging into Scripture with a genuine desire to gain a firsthand faith.
In the worst case scenario, the status quo of the American church is preserved at least one day more.
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