A Crash Course in Wicca
[For those of you who might be new to my world religion series, the purpose of this series is to help Christians be better informed about others’ beliefs in order to have more productive conversations. As you engage with others on these topics, be sure to do so...
Forget “The Talk,” Mama Bears. It’s all about Discipleship
A few weeks back, our Facebook page had a flurry of comments suggesting great sources to use when you have “the talk” with your kiddos. (And our executive director, Lindsey, just had this exact conversation with her oldest girls, so trust us when we at Team Mama Bear...
Cuties: 5 Lessons We Totally Lost in Our #CancelNetflix Culture (And no, we are not endorsing Cuties)
For the past month, #cancelnetflix has been trending on social media. Why? It all comes down to a new French film titled Cuties. (A grand jury recently issued an indictment against Netflix because of this film. Read about it here.) I read many of the reviews, but one...
5 Questions Everybody has About “The Chosen”
So you want to watch The Chosen, but aren’t sure if it’s legit? That was the main question that I had when I first saw The Chosen advertised on my Facebook News Feed. (If you haven’t heard of The Chosen, it’s a multi-season series about the life of Jesus. The first...
A Case for Church
By Teasi Cannon Ah, Sunday morning! When Christian children everywhere rise early, yelling through the halls with gleeful anticipation, Wake up, everyone! It’s church day! Wait, what? This isn’t your reality? No need to worry. I’m not sure it’s anyone’s reality. In...
Resistir la tentación de volverse frío
Tengo una buena amiga y apologista que publicó algo en Facebook el otro día. No fue su típica respuesta, tan meditada y razonada. Estaba enfadada y se mostró despectiva, algo que no se le parece en nada. Le envié un mensaje privado que decía algo así como: «¡Te quiero, amiga! Haz...
MBA Episode 51: We Will Not Be Divided: Grieving with Those Who Grieve, and the Necessary Process of Building Kingdom Community
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS I (Hillary) titled this podcast/blog about a thousand times because I couldn’t quite figure out how to summarize our main message. The messy art of kingdom community? No. I...
MBA Episode 42: The Unfortunate (and Painful) Lessons We Learned From #WakeUpOlive
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSBefore we start diving back into the Richard Dawkins book, Amy and I felt it necessary to address a heartbreaking, but concerning cultural issue that cropped up over the holidays....
Top 5 Reasons to Attend the WIA 2020 Conference (or at least do the livestream)
We wrote another blog about what happened at the 2020 WIA Conference described below. You can find it here. Special thanks to Lisa Quintana from Women in Apologetics for contributing this article. It’s been said, “The third time’s a charm,” and we think that the 3rd...
Genderbread Person Part 4: Sexual and Romantic Attraction
In the final installment of the Genderbread Person series, we will discuss attraction. (See parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series here: gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex) This article will probably be the most confusing out of all the Genderbread...
2019 Wrap Up and Plans for 2020!
Mama Bear Apologetics is blessed to have been a part of your lives in 2019. What a year! In addition to our podcasts and blog/social media posts this year, we just celebrated the six-month anniversary of publishing our first Mama Bear book and, thanks to you, the...
Genderbread Person Part 3: Biological Sex
Nothing summarizes our discussion more today than the famous scene from Kindergarten Cop where a little boy respectfully raises his hand to speak and waits to be called upon. His words of wisdom for the class that he so ardently and patiently waited to share? “Boys...
Genderbread Person Part 2: Gender Expression (And maybe how we got to where we are now?)
In our previous blog, we introduced you to the Genderbread curriculum, a teaching guide that tells kids as young as kindergarten how to think of sex and gender as a really confusing, multi-variable continuum which are mostly unrelated to one another. While I want to...
La persona Genderbread, parte 1: Identidad de género
Forget the muffin man. Do you know the Genderbread Person? If not, you need to—and especially if you have kids. The Genderbread Person is now a commonly used craft for teaching kids (at least those young enough to be interested in anthropomorphic gingerbread cookies)...
MBA Episode 35: Wounded Sheep vs Wolves (and the Importance of Knowing the Difference)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn our last podcast, we asked “What in the world is happening to our Christian leaders?” where we addressed the differences between the way that Joshua Harris and Marty...
How to Christian-Celebrity Proof Your Kids
by Teasi Cannon It really is crazy how much weight we are prone to place upon the words and endorsements of celebrities. After all, we are fully aware they get paid to entertain us. Whether on the big screen or a sports field, these bigger-than-life icons usually...
MBA Episode 34: What in the World is Happening to Our Christian Leaders?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | RSSIn 1 Timothy 4:1 it says “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and...
4 Good Things That Go Bad When They Are Idolized
The internet has been abuzz with Joshua Harris’ announcement that he and his wife are separating AND that he is no longer a Christian. In case you missed the whole I kissed Dating Goodbye craze in the late 1990’s, let me summarize: Joshua Harris was a prominent...
Purity Culture part 2: The 5 Worst Takeaways From Purity Culture
Laaaaand sakes! We are diving deep in the purity culture dirty laundry pile today. For some of you this is going to sound way more familiar than my first post because you either experienced this first hand or know someone who did. The awful part is that there are...
