A Journey Through the Psalms: Reflections for Worried Hearts and Troubled Times
Preaching the Psalms Cycles A, B, C
It's interesting how words and meanings evolve over time. The word "atheist," means literally, one who is without God. Its root meaning doesn't have much at all to do with believing or not believing. It simply means that a particular person is "without" God. For some years after leaving home as a young man, I deserted church and all its trappings in favor of the university intellectual scene. Personally, I just needed to get away from it. It didn't occur to me that I was without God at the time. But, perhaps, I was.