According to some atheists, Christianity is for the ignorant and the weak. It’s anti-intellectual. It’s anti-reason. It’s for stupid people who’ve been brainwashed to believe in a “sky god” and not ask questions. We’re mired in ignorance and darkness. Satan really is the original public relations master of spin, isn’t he? Since I became a Christian about 13 years ago, I found the opposite to be true. When I first read the Bible all the way through or even thought about defending my faith, I knew I had my work cut out for me.
Although I grew up going to church, I wasn’t saved. I attended vacation Bible school, where I memorized Scripture and sang catchy songs about Jesus Christ. I wasn’t saved. But my unbelief wasn’t an impediment for God. As the Apostle Paul said in Ephesians, God chose me “before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:4-6). Amen!
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