August 29, 2009 by iMonk

I received two letters this week from friends/readers asking for input and advice on relating to atheists in their workplace/families. It brought to mind a number of things I’ve been wanting to say about evangelicals and their take on atheism.

When I was growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church, the face of atheism was Madalyn Murray O’Hair. I knew three things about O’Hair: she had taken prayer and the Bible out of our public schools, she was trying to get religious programs off of television and she was a weirdo.

For years, O’Hair provided the face of atheism to America: an angry, ranting, God-hating, bitter old woman who wanted to force her bitterness on the rest of the country. The way to defeat O’Hair was simple: Christians needed to sign a lot of petitions and vote the right way when elections came around.

It was safe to say that few people wanted to be like Mrs. O’Hair, no matter what their case against God and religion happened to be. [Continue reading]

November 12, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 50 Bus sign Atheism; Angry Atheist Guy.

Bumper Music by Greenroom, “Spy Beats.”

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

October 17, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 49 Should you give them a Bible?

Bumper Music by Greenroom, “Spy Beats.”

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

October 5, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 48 The simplest objections.

Bumper Music by Greenroom, “Spy Beats.”

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

August 29, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 46 Thoughts on how it feels to be evangelized.

Bumper Music by Greenroom, “Spy Beats.”

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

August 6, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 46 Issues with scripted evangelism; Joe Thorn on “contact points” for conversations in suburban evangelism.

Bumper Music by Greenroom, “Spy Beats.” Exit Music by West Coast Revival.

Joe Thorn’s post at Sub*Text.

Preaching the U2 Catalog.

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

July 29, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 45 Spirituality or Christianity? (Is it OK to talk about “spirituality,” given the bad use of the word?)

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

July 18, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 44 Questions on The Shack, Denominational Apologetics, and Homosexuality and Apologetics.

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

June 18, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 43 Thoughts and reflections from the Ravi Zacharias Summer Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.

The podcast web site is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

June 6, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 42 How do we respond to those who ridicule us? and What do we say about “Christians” who are probably false teachers proclaiming false Gospels? (Plus a surprise at the end of the podcast. Wait ten seconds.)

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”

May 7, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 41 A letter from a Muslim student.

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”

April 22, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 40 Is Richard Dawkins the best atheism can do? (A review of “The God Delusion Debate” DVD.)

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”

March 25, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 39 Movies about Jesus: Are they useful in apologetics and evangelism?

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”

March 15, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 38 Movie recommendation, Keller on Hell and Keep It Simple.

Tim Keller resources

Andrew Peterson

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”

March 8, 2008 by iMonk

cca_small.gifPodcast 37 Question/Answer: “It’s too late for me to believe” + The Apologetics of Larry Norman.

Larry Norman.com

Mark Bryan

The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics.

All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. Go to iTunes and search for “Apologetics.”