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By Alisa Childers 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...

Playground Apologetics Tactics Question 1: What do you mean by that?

By Hillary Short In my previous post, I discussed what Playground Apologetics was. Let’s get into the nitty-gritty of how to have conversations with other moms, no matter where God has placed you! The main questions we are using are from Greg Koukl’s book,...

Helping Our Kids to See God… When They Can’t Actually SEE Him

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...

Playground Apologetics: Apologetics Tactics for Busy Moms

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...

5 Conversations Every Parent Should Have With Their Kids After Seeing Wonder Woman

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...

An Open Letter to Moms Without Children

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...

Why Your Children DO Need Apologetics: Correcting Misconceptions

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...

MBA 19: The Shack – Hope, Healing… and Heresy?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | 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...

Are We Living in the Zombie Apocalypse?

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,...

So You “Marched for Women” This Weekend? 8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Were Marching For…

I picked the wrong week to stay off social media. I am apparently not in the circles that were notified of this weekend’s “March for Women,” so when Rebekah texted me on Saturday in a huff about pink hats, I wasn’t sure what she was talking about. I am a woman, but...

MBA 12: An Honest Talk About Mom Guilt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | 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...

Mama Bear Apologetics Podcast Now Available on iTunes!

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...

4 Important Take-Away Points From the “Late-Term Abortion” Post Making the Rounds on Facebook

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...

Who Cares What Christianity Teaches if it’s Not Actually True?

One of the most common objections to the faith I hear from college students is in regards to some aspect of Christian teaching or Christian morality that they find offensive. Often, these questions revolve around sexuality. While questions regarding the grounding of...

Way #4—Pray With Other Moms for Your College Students and Campuses

(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...

Way #3–Develop a Spiritual Meal Plan for College Students

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...

Way #2–The Last “Shot” Your Student Should Have Before College.

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...

Top 10 Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus–An Overview

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...

AAB Episode 4: Top 10 Ways To Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman For Campus