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  Jana Harmon

  Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLI
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Jana Harmon
Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLIJana Harmon, Ph.D, is the Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics for the C.S. Lewis Institute and a Teaching Fellow for C.S. Lewis Institute Atlanta. She serves on the Atlanta Advisory Board and as an Adjunct Professor of Cultural Apologetics at Biola University. Her doctoral research studied the religious conversion of atheists to Christianity looking at the perspectives and stories of 50 former Atheists. She views apologetics through a practical, evangelistic lens. She is the host of the podcast eX-skeptic for the C.S. Lewis Institute. Jana received her PhD from the University of Birmingham, England.  
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  C.S. Lewis Institute

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C.S. Lewis Institute
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C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr. James Houston and James R. Hiskey, the Institute provides leading teachers who address important issues of the day from the perspective of Biblical orthodoxy, while also providing discipleship for individuals in small groups.
 
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  Jeremy Evans

  Podcast Guest
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Jeremy Evans
Podcast Guest
Jeremy Evans,  Podcast Guest, a Former skeptic, he comfortably presumed his atheism was true until a sobering event caused him to ask life's biggest questions. To know more about Jeremy, visit www.dreamcenterevansville.org and Unbelievable Podcast.
 
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  Rachel Gilson

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Rachel Gilson
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Rachel Gilson,  Campus Minister, she embraced atheism until her intellectual curiosity regarding God's existence led her to Jesus. She is also a writer and she also has a wonderful book called Born Again This Way.
 
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  Mike Bird

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Mike Bird
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Mike Bird, Lecturer , a Former atheist, tells his story of moving from a culturally-informed skepticism and caricatured Christianity to finding that perhaps his presumptions were mistaken. He is also an Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College)
 
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  Robert Kunda

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Robert Kunda
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Robert Kunda, Podcast Guest, former atheist Robert Kunda took a closer look at his atheistic presumptions, opening him to new possibilities.
 
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  Brian Causey

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Brian Causey
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Brian Causey, Financial Trader, is a director at a Seattle, Washington-based investment company. He manages a team focused on various portfolio solutions for large institutions such as endowments, foundations, and state and corporate pension funds. Over his career as a portfolio manager, he has instructed trades valued at nearly a trillion dollars. Brian is a licensed registered representative and a CFA® charterholder. Brian was not raised in the church and this is the journey of his search for truth. He is now actively involved in local ministries, has taught apologetics classes at his church, and blogs about spiritual matters. Brian and his wife, Karlie, have a son (Blaise) and live near Alki Beach.
 
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  Bruce Blackshaw

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Bruce Blackshaw
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Bruce Blackshaw, Podcast Guest, tells his story of moving from atheism as informed by science to a rational Christian faith that informs both science as well as the most profound questions of life.
 
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  Ashley Lande

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Ashley Lande
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Ashley Lande, writer, she is also an artist and  has a blog, www.ashleylande.com.  She is passionate about limning out in words and stories and images how Jesus loves us in the here and now, this beautiful and sometimes terrible place between the kingdom come and the kingdom not-yet-here.
 
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  Erik Manning

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Erik Manning
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Erik Manning, Speaker, he viewed Christianity as just a pleasant myth. But after becoming dissatisfied with his conclusions, his search for meaning led him to affirm the truth and reliability of the Christian faith.
 
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  Rob Oram

  Investigator
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Rob Oram
Investigator
Rob Oram, Investigator, As an atheist, presumed God didn’t exist until unexpected circumstances caused him to reconsider.