Believer On Sunday Atheist By Thursday

Author : Ronald P. Byars
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532667450
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Believer on Sunday, Atheist by Thursday written by Ronald P. Byars and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regular worshipers may be believers on Sunday but (nearly) atheists by Thursday. The general public, not making fine distinctions, lumps mainline Protestants together with fundamentalists fighting to hold on to a privileged status already lost. Circumstances favor religious skeptics, who find themselves with rising influence. Church members in mainline denominations feel caught between a rock and a hard place. Thus comes the critical question of the moment: is Christian faith of an intellectually serious and recognizably generous sort still possible? This book invites readers to explore basic questions about faith itself, and classically inclined Christian faith in particular. Faith is a kind of knowing, but a knowing that makes use of doubt and asserts that it is possible to be confident without claiming absolute certainty. Faith is less like agreeing with an argument and more like falling in love. Faith involves learning how to see with the eyes of the heart. Faith embraces realities that can be perceived even by a child, but that cannot always be directly expressed in the kind of language we use for discussing serious matters. Living in faith is and will always be an against-the-grain way of imagining the world.

Author : Cassandra Arnold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atheist to Believer: My Story written by Cassandra Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written in obedience to God. It is my personal account of how Jesus Himself saved me from life-long atheism. Please read if you'd like to find out how He turned an atheist, who had no belief in God since childhood, into a blood washed believer. I didn't believe in the existence of God or anything supernatural. I couldn't believe in something I couldn't see for myself. In this book, I detail several supernatural experiences that led to my rebirth in Christ. atheisttobeliever.com

Author : Terry L. Miethe
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Does God Exist? written by Terry L. Miethe and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1991 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian Terry Miethe and philosophical athiest Antony Flew dispute the most basic of questions--does God exist? This lively and enlightening debate covers every possible angle of this universal question.

Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307907104
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion for Atheists written by Alain De Botton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world. Religion for Atheists suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it—because the world’s religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we look to religion for insights into how to, among other concerns, build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either swallowing some peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last, in Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton has fashioned a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.

Author : Daniel Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970651150
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Skeptical Believer written by Daniel Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to God, there are believers and there are skeptics. But there are also Skeptical Believers, a particular kind of believer who lives with an Inner Atheist that is constantly raising objections. The Skeptical Believer is a book about making peace with your Inner Atheist, and about working out useful responses to questions that have no definitive answers. It steers a middle course between the modernist conviction that faith is agreement with a set of statements about God and the postmodernist assertion that religious faith is just one story among many, no more or less true than any other. The Skeptical Believer proposes that one can live a rich and meaningful life of faith without proof (and despite the weaknesses of the church) by seeing oneself as a character within an ancient story. As believers, skeptical or otherwise, always have.

Author : Robert Simpson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462850820
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Atheist in the Choir Loft written by Robert Simpson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who has ever given serious thought to questioning the extraordinary claims of the Christian faith. For those who have harbored suspicions about the idea of a loving protector God; or the idea that an eternal paradise awaits us after death; or that there is a divine purpose to our lives – this book will be athought provoking read. The author was once a devout believer in the tenets of the Christian faith. He is now a contented atheist. An Atheist in the Choir Loft puts forward an honest account of what one firm believer discovered when he allowed himself to step back, separate his religious convictions from his identity, and objectively scrutinize the beliefs he had held for most of his life.

Author : Michael Minot
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1630471240
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beckoning written by Michael Minot and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Unexpected Journey From Atheism To Christianity "In The Beckoning: Examining the Truths That Transformed an Atheist Attorney Into a Believer In God", Michael Minot details his journey from Atheism to Christianity. Engaging and thought provoking, this story provides incite into the inner workings of Michael’s deeply prejudiced atheist mind and the intense struggle that occurred when he encountered God’s truths. “Encouraging to fellow believers and a revelation to skeptics, Michael Minot's recounting of how he was wooed from atheism to faith is a fascinating read, unique in its approach and thorough in its layout of his case.” --- Jerry B. Jenkins, Writer of the Left Behind series “An amazing story and superbly written. "The Beckoning" may be one of the most powerful conversion stories brought to print in the last 10 years. Page after page, so many insights I never considered before. And I've been a Christ follower for more than 40 years. An outstanding read.” --- Dr. Larry Thompson, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Author : Michael Novak
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0385528620
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No One Sees God written by Michael Novak and published by Image. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying the contemporary religious landscape, the division between atheist and believer seems stark. However, having long struggled to understand the purpose of life and the meaning of suffering, Michael Novak finds the reality of spiritual life far different from the rhetorical war presented by bestselling atheists and the defenders of the faith who oppose them. In No One Sees God, Novak brilliantly recasts the tired debate pitting faith against reason. Both the atheist and the believer experience the same “dark night” in which God’s presence seems absent, he argues, and the conflict between faith and doubt stems not from objective differences, but from divergent attitudes toward the unknown. Drawing from his lifelong passion for philosophy and his personal struggles with belief, he shows that, far from being irrational, the spiritual perspective actually provides the most satisfying answers to the eternal questions of meaning. Faith is a challenge at times, but it nonetheless offers the only fully coherent response to the human experience. Ultimately, No One Sees God offers believers and unbelievers the opportunity to find common ground by acknowledging the complicated reality of the human struggle with doubt. Novak provides a stirring defense of the Christian worldview, while sidestepping the shrill tone that so often characterizes the discussion of faith, and given the challenges faced in the present age, all who value liberty will find hope in his new way of conversing.

Author : David G. McAfee
Publisher : Ockham Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1839190132
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist written by David G. McAfee and published by Ockham Publishing Group. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential guide to coming-out as a non-believer has been written to make it easier for atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and non-believers of all ages and backgrounds to be open about their non-religiosity while minimizing the negative interactions in familial, social, and professional circles. As a survival guide for non-believers who wish to come out, this book provides advice and resources for those interested in publicly rejecting religious dogma as well as real stories from non-believers who have experienced coming-out to less-than-supportive family or friends. Whether you’re new to disbelief and looking for the cleanest possible break from your former faith or you’re a lifelong atheist who wants to establish a sense of community with like-minded people, this guide provides useful resources including:tips for handling potential conflicts with believers, the author’s answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on behalf of believers, and numerous references to support groups, services, and advocacy organizations dedicated to non-theists. From dealing with grief from a secular perspective to handling potential clashes in religious worldviews between significant others, this book offers multiple perspectives from non-religious individuals who have generously shared their experiences to help those atheists who may find themselves in similar situations.

Author : Stephen Bullivant
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848254997
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith and Unbelief written by Stephen Bullivant and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a rounded understanding of the development of atheism, its many faces, and the places were Christian faith modern-day unbelief interact. It asks: Can a rational person still believe in God? What does the rise in atheism in Christian countries say about the church? How can Christians present the gospel in a world of unbelief?