Hope Channel's VP Wanted to Make You an Atheist Mission to Convert People | unScripted EP38
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At 13, Robbie Berghan watched a science teacher shred a classmate for believing in God, and decided people of faith were foolish. By his early twenties he was a staunch atheist, a software developer earning more than his parents combined, and certain he could explain everything. Then came three moments in 2001 he couldn't explain: a figure in a nightclub mirror, a lightning storm and a thought that said "If there is a God, you're lost," and September 11.
So he did what he thought only a sane atheist would do. He bought the Bible to figure out how Christians had been fooled, and found a test in Isaiah 46 he was sure it would fail. On this episode of unScripted, Shawn Boonstra sits down with Robbie, now a vice president of Hope Channel International, to hear how Bible prophecy, and the Book of Daniel in particular, took apart his atheism.
*Chapters*
0:00 Intro
0:45 Meet Robbie Berghan, Hope Channel
1:47 "I would have sworn at you"
2:28 Growing up secular in Brisbane
4:23 The classroom moment: "People who believe in God are foolish"
7:18 Dot-com money, four cars, and trusting no one
9:35 Three defining moments
12:29 The figure in the mirror
18:04 Lightning on the motorway
19:32 "If there is a God, you're lost"
24:29 September 11, 2001
30:23 "Hey, it was all predicted"
34:24 "God bless America," and a religious war
36:20 An atheist buys the scriptures
37:08 Isaiah 46: the test the Bible should fail
39:39 How many predictions are in the Bible?
40:28 Daniel 2, 8, and 9
42:53 What to say to someone doubting the Bible
43:27 Daniel 9: the bridge to Jesus
*Your turn:* Was there one moment, or one passage, that made you take the Bible seriously? Tell us in the comments. And if you're doubting right now, tell us what's holding you back. Shawn reads them.
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Hope Channel's VP Wanted to Make You an Atheist Mission to Convert People | unScripted EP38
Adventist Review
3,050 views
At 13, Robbie Berghan watched a science teacher shred a classmate for believing in God, and decided people of faith were foolish. By his early twenties he was a staunch atheist, a software developer earning more than his parents combined, and certain he could explain everything. Then came three moments in 2001 he couldn't explain: a figure in a nightclub mirror, a lightning storm and a thought that said "If there is a God, you're lost," and September 11.
So he did what he thought only a sane atheist would do. He bought the Bible to figure out how Christians had been fooled, and found a test in Isaiah 46 he was sure it would fail. On this episode of unScripted, Shawn Boonstra sits down with Robbie, now a vice president of Hope Channel International, to hear how Bible prophecy, and the Book of Daniel in particular, took apart his atheism.
*Chapters*
0:00 Intro
0:45 Meet Robbie Berghan, Hope Channel
1:47 "I would have sworn at you"
2:28 Growing up secular in Brisbane
4:23 The classroom moment: "People who believe in God are foolish"
7:18 Dot-com money, four cars, and trusting no one
9:35 Three defining moments
12:29 The figure in the mirror
18:04 Lightning on the motorway
19:32 "If there is a God, you're lost"
24:29 September 11, 2001
30:23 "Hey, it was all predicted"
34:24 "God bless America," and a religious war
36:20 An atheist buys the scriptures
37:08 Isaiah 46: the test the Bible should fail
39:39 How many predictions are in the Bible?
40:28 Daniel 2, 8, and 9
42:53 What to say to someone doubting the Bible
43:27 Daniel 9: the bridge to Jesus
*Your turn:* Was there one moment, or one passage, that made you take the Bible seriously? Tell us in the comments. And if you're doubting right now, tell us what's holding you back. Shawn reads them.
Subscribe for new episodes, and find more from the Adventist Review on Review+: www.reviewplus.org
Hope Channel: hopetv.org
#unScripted #AdventistReview #BibleProphecy
#SDAChurch #Adventist #SeventhdayAdventist #AtheistToChristian #BookOfDaniel #Isaiah46 #HopeChannel #Testimony #ShawnBoonstra