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  Jana Harmon

  Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLI
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Jana Harmon
Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLI
Jana 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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  Ashley Lande

  Speaker
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Ashley Lande
Speaker
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

  Speaker
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Erik Manning
Speaker
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.
 
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  Craig Northwood

  Podcast Guest
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Craig Northwood
Podcast Guest
Craig Northwood, Podcast Guest, thought he was too intelligent to believe in God, but after a series of sobering events, he was shocked to find himself affirming the truth of Christ.
 
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  Julie Hannah

  Author
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Julie Hannah
Author
Julie Hannah, Author,  takes an intellectual, scientific journey to discover answers to life's biggest questions and finds Christ. Julie's autobiographical book, A Skeptic's Investigation into Jesus (2020), is available on Amazon and Kindle.
 
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  Jack Barsky

  Speaker
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Jack Barsky
Speaker
Jack Barsky, This true spy story had a very humble beginning in the most backward corner of the old East Germany. Smarts and hard work got Jack out into the world, where he started a career teaching chemistry and math at a well-known university. Then his life took a fantastic detour – Jack was recruited by the KGB and infiltrated into the US where he spent ten years spying for the Soviet Union. He “resigned” from the KGB and was eventually discovered by the FBI. Today, Jack is a law abiding patriotic American citizen who is taking advantage of one last chance to live a normal life. He is now taking his story and his vast experience on both sides of the iron curtain to live audiences.
 
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  Mary Poplin

  Professor
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Mary Poplin
Professor
Mary Poplin, Professor, was spiritual, not religious and sampled many ideologies until a vivid dream made the Jesus of Christianity undeniable to her. She is also the author of Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews, Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me about Meaningful Work and Service, and Highly Effective Teachers of Vulnerable Students: Practice Transcending Theory.
 
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  Daniel Rodger

  Podcast Guest
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Daniel Rodger
Podcast Guest
Daniel Rodger, Podcast Guest, used to subscribe to a culturally informed form of atheism because he had grown up in it. In the Side B Stories podcast, he shares about his journey from atheism to faith in Christ, which has transformed his life.
 
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  Nikki Naparst

  Podcast Guest
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Nikki Naparst
Podcast Guest
Nikki Naparst, Podcast Guest, a Jewish atheist, wanted nothing to do with Jesus until an unexpected spiritual experience caused her to question all she believed as real and true.
 
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  Stuart McAllister

  Apologist
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Stuart McAllister
Apologist
Stuart McAllister is an itinerant speaker and writer. Since becoming a Christian in his home country of Scotland in 1977, he has traveled the globe, first smuggling bibles and other Christian resources behind the Iron Curtain. Throughout almost forty-five years of ministry, he has spoken to business groups, medical professionals, and government and community leaders. He has been a frequent contributor to many publications over the years. He has contributed chapters in the books Beyond Opinion (Thomas Nelson, 2007) and Global Missiology for the 21st Century (World Evangelical Fellowship, 2000). He and his son, Cameron, have co- written a book, Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief , which was published in 2021.