Every day people from around the world message me with questions about life, theology, God and more. Inevitably, the No. 1 question I get is, “Chris, why did you become a Christian?” This is usually followed by some derivation of the following statement: “… because my son (daughter, mother, father, friend, co-worker and so on) says he is an atheist and I don’t know how to talk to him about God.”
Don’t get me started on the church’s current failure to train the body how to address this issue. Shameless plug: Check out my book Prove It: The Art and Science of Understanding and Articulating Why You Believe What You Believe if you’re looking for strategic communication techniques and a general understanding of the arguments for the existence of God, the deity of Christ and the reliability of Scripture. READ MORE