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 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 | Mar 17, 2017 | Hot topics, Podcast - Mama Bear, pop culture, Uncategorized
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSThe book The Shack first began making waves in 2007, and here we are 10 years later, still a church divided. Some people love The Shack, others practically want to have The Shack burning parties....
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 | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Current Events, Hot topics, Uncategorized
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Dec 18, 2016 | Podcast - Mama Bear, Uncategorized
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSMom guilt: the tendency for moms to feel guilty for taking any kind of break for themselves, even though breaks are vital for emotional, intellectual and spiritual health. I can’t speak for other...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Nov 21, 2016 | Mama Bear News, Uncategorized
IT’S A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE!! In the spirit of this Thanksgiving holiday, Mama Bear Apologetics is pleased to add one more thing to thank the LORD for!! As of today, we have now gotten both the Mama Bear Apologetics Podcast and the Audio Apologetics Blog up on...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Nov 6, 2016 | Blog, Hot topics, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, a post made by a woman in Utah began circulating around on Facebook. In her post, she recounts the traumatic experience of when her twins died shortly after an emergency C-section, and urges the public to discount all they have heard about late-term...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog, Essentials, Novice, Uncategorized
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
(This is way number four in the blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus.) Pray for them. Strategically. Seriously. Scripturally. Intentionally. Intelligently. And with other moms.* And yes, while you can do it alone, while...
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
In my series on “Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus,” I’m serving up way number three: Develop or reinforce the basic spiritual disciplines of Bible Study and prayer. It’s doubtful parents would send their kids to college...
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
It’s a faith-building booster shot called apologetics. In my blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus, I proposed that way number two was building confidence for the truth and evidence of Christianity and a biblical...
by Julie Loos | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog, Christian Parenting, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
If you are the mom of a soon-to-be-college freshman, hang on. You will survive. But the more important question might be—will your child survive spiritually? Even if he or she has checked all the boxes associated with growing up in the church? I have walked in your...
