Approaching Atheists: Top 9 Do's for Talking About Christianity with Atheists

In our previous post in the Approaching Atheists series, Jason and I discussed what not to do when you find yourself in discussions about religion with your atheist friends and family members. Here is our follow-up list, The Top 9 Do's for Talking About Christianity to Atheists.

Approaching Atheists: Top 9 Don'ts for Talking About Christianity with Atheists

In our continuing series about evangelization and atheists, Jason and I established that by far the best thing Christians can do to evangelize to their nonbelieving friends and family members is to simply pray and show Christ to others through their actions and words.

However, those of us who have many atheist friends, family members and/or coworkers often find ourselves in friendly discussions about religion even when we don't actively seek them out. Jason and I collaborated to put together a list of do's and don'ts with some tips for navigating these kinds of conversations when they arise. Our first list, Top 9 Don'ts for Talking About Christianity with Atheists, is up over at his site.

Approaching Atheists: What Can Christians Do?

The next installment of my interviews over at The Cynical Christian is up, this one on the topic of what Christians can do or say to evangelize to atheists.

Thoughts on atheism

A while back Jason at The Cynical Christian contacted me about doing a series of interviews about atheism. He's a lifelong Christian, and since atheism is an increasingly popular topic these days he wanted to learn a little bit more about atheists and atheism. Our first interview is up here, and his introduction is here.

I hope I threw in enough caveats to make it clear that my attempt in answering these questions is not to offer The Final Word on Atheism. Since it's the only belief system I knew for my entire life up until recently and I have many friends and family members who are nonbelievers, I thought that sharing my experiences and observations might offer some food for thought for those who aren't familiar with the subject. For anyone else who is unfamiliar with atheism but would like to know more, I encourage you to use my answers only as a jumping-off point for discussion and not as a perfect statement on the subject.

Comments are open over at Jason's blog.