[Earlier posts in this series about responding to atheism: 1 The Challenge of Atheism 2 What is Secular Humanism? 3 Responding to Atheism 4 The Theistic Manifesto, The Lord’s Prayer 5 Theistic Manifesto, The Lord’s Prayer, Part 2] God Forgives  Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive . . . “Forgive us our trespasses” (v. 12). Now you can be an atheist and

Perhaps the most pervasive kind of atheism is what some have called practical atheism, the life stance of many who may say they believe in God, but for all intents and purposes, the reality of God never enters their minds, never influences a decision, never shapes a value, never prompts them to worship. Not atheists

Another face of atheism in the modern world is the worldview known as secular humanism. Two words here: “humanism” and “secular.” Humanism, broadly viewed, can either be hostile toward God or accepting of God.

The starkest religious alternative to Christian faith is atheism. While it may seem strange to even describe atheism as a religious alternative, doing so is accurate because atheism is the dogma that there is no God, a position that usually requires a great deal of talk and debate about God. At the twenty-fifth annual meeting

Many believers say they pray best when prayer is a continual dialogue with God during the course of the day. As one person put it: “I do not often pray for 15 minutes straight, but hardly ever does 15 minutes pass without me praying.” This is obviously not the kind of prayer where someone is