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Medium (20-45 mins)
Doctrine
EvangelicalBaptist

Atheism is Devastating and Unlivable

Theologian

Gavin Ortlund


Duration

32.24


Uploaded to YouTube

4 August 2025

Added to Database

25 November 2025


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Gavin Ortlund addresses some of the practical challenges involved in embracing atheism, particularly concerning questions of meaning and death.

Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.

Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.

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00:00 Atheism
01:51 Existentialism
07:24 Absurdity
10:57 Sisyphus
14:30 Modern Culture
19:48 Meaning Without God?
26:14 Dostoevsky
31:46 Wrapping Up