by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, Encouragement, Mama Bear News, Novice, Personal Stories, Uncategorized, Youth Exodus
[By Elizabeth Urbanowicz] Have you ever noticed that apologetic events seem like the only place where there isn’t a line at the women’s restroom? As a female with a tiny bladder and a thirty-four-ounce Nalgene, I am usually thankful for this fact. However, as an...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog, Essentials, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Novice, Theology, Uncategorized
In my previous post, I partially answered the question, “Why did God create the tree in the first place?” This question is a big one for little minds to wrap themselves around. For a child, creating the tree in the first place sounds like God was just asking for...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 29, 2017 | Blog, Essentials, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Historical, Novice, Uncategorized, Worldview
A few weeks ago, our church’s 3rd-5th graders were learning about the creation story from Genesis, and I was brought in to the planning process to help address common science misconceptions that the kids will encounter as they get older. (i.e. “Science can disprove...
by Hillary Short | Sep 17, 2017 | Blog, Novice, Playground Apologetics, Uncategorized
Welcome back, Mama Bears! We are enjoying sharing this series with you. Currently we are moving through Greg Koukl’s three questions for guiding apologetics conversations. They are: 1: “What do you mean by that?” 2: “How did you arrive at...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Sep 4, 2017 | Blog, College Prep, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Uncategorized, Youth Exodus
As Mama Bear apologists, one of our greatest pleasures is seeing parachurch organizations recognize the need for youth apologetics training. For anyone unfamiliar with my personal journey, our head pastor did two series when I was in 7th grade that changed my life:...
by Alisa Childers | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog, Essentials, Historical, Novice, Theology, Uncategorized
One of the most common objections skeptics raise to the deity of Christ is the idea that Jesus never actually claimed to be God. Sure the church ended up worshiping Him as such, but this was a later development that was projected onto Jesus but wasn’t something...
by Hillary Short | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Novice, Playground Apologetics, Uncategorized
In my previous post, I discussed what Playground Apologetics was. Today, we are going to get in the nitty-gritty of how to go about having conversations with other moms, no matter where God has placed you! The main questions we are utilizing are from Greg Koukl’s...
by Cathryn Buse | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Theology, Uncategorized
The other night, as I was tucking my five-year-old son into bed, I was encouraging him to pray. He asked Jesus into his heart nearly a year ago and has such a passion for studying the Bible, but he still struggles with the concept of prayer. And I have to admit, this...
by Hillary Short | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Novice, Playground Apologetics, Uncategorized
Earlier this week I found myself caught in the morning line of cars leaving my neighborhood’s elementary school. I live with my husband and 3-year-old son in a suburb of San Antonio. We’re in south Texas and our “Mayberry” (as many call it) is incredibly conservative...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, pop culture, Uncategorized
I saw Wonder Woman for the second time this week, and loved it both times. I loved the story. I loved the cinematography. It was well-crafted and well-executed. I loved the pro-woman message. It wasn’t the modern feminist message; it was a classic feminist message. It...
by Cathryn Buse | May 30, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Current Events, pop culture, Worldview
Typically when I go to different venues to speak or teach, I begin by explaining the importance of being able to defend your faith. I illustrate the kinds of questions that we as Christians must be prepared to answer. We are in a time where we can’t just quote...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | May 14, 2017 | Blog, Encouragement, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Uncategorized
The idea of being a mother, but not having children sounds odd to some people, and yet I believe it is a painful reality that plagues more women than we realize. There are a lot of ways a woman can end up as a childless mom. The most obvious is, of course, the woman...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | May 7, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, Uncategorized, Worldview, Youth Exodus
This weekend, a blog was released titled “Why Your Children do NOT Need Apologetics.” In it, apologetics was characterized as a fear-based recitation of doctrines which “denies the realities of human experience.” I suspect that it was written in response to the blog...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Apr 22, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Personal Stories
Many people hear about the “battlefield of ideas” or “the battle for the mind” and think that we are speaking metaphorically. While yes, there are some senses in which it can be used metaphorically (i.e. we are not referring to physical armor and literal swords), I...
by Cathryn Buse | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Novice, Personal Stories
Why would a successful engineer leave NASA to be a mom, and apologist, and now a #mamabear apologist? Click To TweetI graduated valedictorian from a nationally ranked International Baccalaureate high school. I finished summa cum laude with a bachelor’s and master’s...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, pop culture, Uncategorized
Our society is obsessed with this idea of a zombie apocalypse. There are movies, and tv shows, and websites, and Facebook groups, and yes, even preparation kits available on Amazon. While there are certain things in pop culture that I just roll my eyes at and move on,...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog, Encouragement, Personal Stories
I went to a concert tonight, and remembered something that I like to forget about myself: I’m a crier. I never used to be when I was younger. I remember growing up a total tom-boy and seeing those girls who cried at weddings, and babies, and movies, and whatever and...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Current Events, Hot topics, Uncategorized
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog, Christian Parenting, Encouragement, Personal Stories
I’ve often said that we don’t give kids nearly enough credit for what they are capable of. As Barna’s research has shown, dumbing down the Christian message into a hollow, shallow, bumper sticker confession of faith is not making Christ’s...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog, Theology
In editing the most recent podcast, I realized that Rebekah and I threw the word “legalism” around a lot but never really defined it. Since I grew up in the church, the lingo is second-nature to me and I forget that not everyone knows what we are talking about. So, as...
