This abridgment of Practical Atheism calls the modern reader to grapple with a surprising and probably unwelcome truth: our sins of thought, word, and deed spring from the hideous atheistic tendency we have inherited from our fallen father Adam. In Psalm 14, David indites the fool’s heart language—“There is no God.” Puritan Stephen Charnock shows this is the dark lie whispered by every sin as it usurps God’s rule, makes man his ultimate goal for happiness, indulges unworthy concepts of God, and entertains no desire for God. May this edition lead many readers to find deliverance from the pervasive effects of this atheistic principle through the grace of Christ’s gospel applied in a life of prayer and God-glorifying obedience.
