How should Christians approach conversations about faith with atheists? At the Urbana Student Missions Conference, Rick Mattson examined common atheist arguments and argued for a holistic Christian response that includes intellect, care-giving, and friendship. From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. This post was co-written … [Read more...] about Loving our Atheist Neighbors with Truth and Love: Rick Mattson at Urbana
Love Your Atheist Neighbor series
Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 4 (Urbana Preview)
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Love Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 3 (Urbana Preview)
Picture: University of Michigan Law School Reading Room Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics (InterVarsity Press, 2014), continues his series. Rick will be speaking at Urbana Student Missions Conference (December 27-31) in a seminar called “Love Your Atheist Neighbor,” and he's giving us a preview here. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Interested in doing a series on Urbana or an interview with an Urbana speaker? … [Read more...] about Love Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 3 (Urbana Preview)
Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)
Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics(InterVarsity Press, 2014), continues his series. Rick will be speaking at Urbana in a seminar called "Love Your Atheist Neighbor," and he's giving us a preview here. Read Part 1. Interested in doing a series on Urbana or an interview with an Urbana speaker? Email us here. Responding to the Science-only Objection In my prior post I replied to the question, Who is my … [Read more...] about Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)
Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)
As preparation for Urbana, we'll be sharing encouragement from speakers who are giving seminars, and possibly others involved in Urbana as well. Today Rick Mattson, InterVarsity staff and author of How Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics (InterVarsity Press, 2014), kicks off with an excellent series. Because Urbana is a place to engage with our vocations as Christians and missional academics, we'll sometimes share these on Mondays, alternating with Scholar's Call. … [Read more...] about Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)