By Wycliffe Bible Translators Juan* has lived a difficult life. As a child, he grew up in a home where his mother would vent her anger and frustration by hitting him, and his father was bound to alcohol. His parents separated when he was very young, and his mother left him in a neighboring community […]
Category: Ex-Atheist Testimony
Atheist startled when God spoke through his prayer
By Michael Ashcraft and Mark Ellis As he left behind childhood Vacation Bible School and studied for a degree in electrical engineering, Clay Lein lost his faith in God. “I had a very rational mind. It had to be logical. I needed proof. There had to be evidence. And if there wasn’t proof then it […]
Noted geneticist turned from atheism to faith after trying to disprove God
By Michael Ashcraft and Mark Ellis The current head of the National Institutes of Health, Francis S. Collins, came to faith after he set out to disprove God. “I had always assumed that faith was based on purely emotional and irrational arguments and was astounded to discover that one could build a very strong case for […]
Atheist engineer became ‘radicalized Christian’
By Mark Ellis In his youth, he was already a firmly committed atheist, and his career path as a computer scientist only reinforced his views, but his wife’s flat tire one day in their Ford truck prompted a change in direction. “I decided on my own at 18 that God didn’t exist,” says Wallace “Shaun” […]
Impoverished atheist watched God provide, became a believer
By Mark Ellis He grew up in austere conditions in the heart of Mexico, convinced there was no God. But as he grew up and observed circumstances and situations that defied rational explanation, his unbelief was challenged. “I was an atheist,” says Alfredo. “My father deserted my mother, and that’s when everything changed for us. […]