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Love Your Atheist Neighbor series

Loving our Atheist Neighbors with Truth and Love: Rick Mattson at Urbana

January 18, 2016 by May Yuan No Comments

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.

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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 4 (Urbana Preview)

November 9, 2015 by Rick Mattson 4 Comments

Everything we say about the faith is potentially dismissible. At first this may seem a liability, but I think just the opposite.

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Love Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 3 (Urbana Preview)

October 30, 2015 by Rick Mattson 3 Comments

The next question that needs to be addressed, then, is How does one find God? This moves us into positive case-making for Christian faith.

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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 2 (Urbana preview)

October 19, 2015 by Rick Mattson 6 Comments

“Science is rational and based on reason. Faith is just the opposite. It’s basically irrational. So unless God proves himself to me scientifically, I’ll never believe in him.” How would you respond?

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Loving Your Atheist Neighbor, Part 1 (Urbana preview)

October 5, 2015 by Rick Mattson 3 Comments

At the upcoming Urbana Mission Convention, I will be presenting a seminar called “Love Your Atheist Neighbor.” But who is my atheist neighbor? you ask.

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Filed Under: Life in the Academy Tagged With: alvin plantinga, apologetics, atheism, evangelism, Love Your Atheist Neighbor series, Richard Dawkins, urbana, urbana seminar, urbana15

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