I used to love being a debater in high school and college; but I think I had more patience then. It’s like, you can throw logic and truth at certain people from now till Doomsday… and nothing happens. They won’t hear you. They don’t want to hear you. That gets frustrating.
But I would never ask debaters to give up debating–who knows whom they might be reaching?
Mathematics professor John Lennox, lecturing at Oxford in this video, once again hit atheism with a belt of logic. Christianity is reasonable. And atheism, when all is said and done, is not. It never stops contradicting itself.
So some of us have the gift of persuasion. Good Lord, see the Biblical example of St. Paul! No hostile audience had the power to silence him.He’d stand up and preach the truth in front of anybody.
And yes, we should indeed be thankful for those who have that gift.
I don’t know how many students Professor Lennox converted with his speech; but that would be up to God the Holy Spirit. We, His servants… serve.
You make some good points. Actually, we are commanded to bring the truth to everyone we can. They don’t have to like it, and we don’t have to care whether they do or not, but we do
need to present the truth- to save them from the horrors of the alternative.
If we’re going to be God’s messengers, we have to deliver God’s message.
Lennox is a treasure. He speaks fearlessly for creation.
What a sound, interesting, informative, and inspiriting message. What surprised me was the silence from those listening. There was respect, even from those who disagreed. No woke folks in that bunch, and if there was, not a sound.
Richard Dawkins was in that audience… being very small and quiet.
People can have all the evidence there is and still reject it. Lucifer had the full knowledge of God, and still rebelled. Ultimately, it’s a matter of the heart. -Watchman
You can’t call Satan an atheist.
I love the stories in the “Acts of the Apostles” where Jesus is preached and then the Holy Spirit falls on all who are listening.