Cool "Apologetic" Article

Found a GREAT article Today! I was searching "Christian Apologetics" and was sort of discouraged, because articles with people named Christian kept coming up, until, I found this: Does God exist? Christian, Atheist to present different points of view. The article announces a Debate forum for the topic "Does God Exist" at "First West's" worship center. At first I was a bit shocked. I mean, what sort of church invites an Atheist in and says, "Hey, we want you to argue against the existence of God." ??? Except, they gave a very good explanation for it. I loved Mr.Frost's (A Host of the Debate) comment: "To bring someone in who says, 'I don't believe this and here's why,' helps us to grow and mature as believers," Frost said." I completely agree. I had never thought about it before, but people hear Atheistic world views in their everyday lives all the time... So why not invite a Christian and Atheist to come together, so that we can defend against what non-believers are already saying? I think sometimes we shy away from "arguing" when it comes to religion, because we think there's some sort of bad stigma around it. This article shows that as Christians, we can civilly bring issues out in the open in order to defend our position. On a smaller scale, when it comes to our everyday lives, I think this article is extremely applicable as well. If we never bring up our beliefs, or try to talk about it with other people, how do we expect anyone to be converted? (Granted, the civil part is extremely important, and I'm not advocating "pressing" religion upon other people. All I really mean here is that discussion, believe it or not, is a good thing, and can be used to our advantage.) Still looking for a podcast/video of the Debate. If I find a good one I'll post it. Oh, and here's the link to the article: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120825/LIFESTYLE/208250305

Because it was a Wednesday it was a short class, but still pretty happy with what I got done. Interesting article!