Former skeptic Carrie Sheffield suffered abuse at the hand of her religious father and developed a skewed view of God. After years of questioning and searching, she finally found the unconditional love of God.

Resources Mentioned by Carrie

Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller

Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Works of Deepak Chopra

Resources by Carrie

Book: Motorhome Prophecies

Website: https://carriesheffield.com/

Chemist and former atheist Dr. Kirk Shanahan began to see science's inability to answer big questions of life and the universe.  It opened him up to the search for truth and the possibility of God.

Former atheist Dave Rankin's difficult life experiences proved to him that God could not exist.  Through his years of atheism, other surprising experiences awakened him to the possibility of something more than his atheism could explain. 

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Book(2012): 39 Years in the Wilderness, an Atheist Walk With God (available on Amazon Kindle)

As a Christian, Adam Terry experienced an intellectual crisis of faith. His doubts and questions prompted an investigation to determine whether his beliefs were true. His journey through skepticism led him back to a more robust faith.

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Adam's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@curiouschristianity

Adam's X (Twitter) account: @Curi_Christian

From a secular Jewish home, scientific scholar and former skeptic Dr. James Tour encountered the love and reality of Jesus, and his life was immediately changed.

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Former atheist Al Gascon rejected God in light of his life struggles. His study of science further convinced him intellectually of what he felt personally, that God did not exist. Now, Al works as a pastor who spends his life helping others know that God is real.

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Former atheist Stephen McWhirter rejected God because of Christian hypocrisy and abuse. Looking for comfort, he plunged into drug addiction. After an encounter with Christ, he left his skepticism and addiction behind and spends his life in leading others to Jesus.

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Liam Back, a deeply entrenched skeptic, had a vendetta against God fueled by personal loss. His quest to “make God pay” led him to an unexpected embrace of the Christian faith. 

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Former atheist Mark McGee left his childhood Christian faith to search for truth in Eastern world religions, but it eventually led him into atheism. An inquisitive journalist, he investigated the evidence for Christianity and believed.

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Former atheist Matthew Sabatine journeyed back and forth between faith and disbelief until he finally landed on a view of reality that best explained the universe and his own life.

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Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch