Today we’re continuing our critique of the Richard Dawkins book, Outgrowing God. We have been talking about his main criticisms of Christianity in each chapter. In this episode, we are in Chapter Four: “Is God Really Good?” We are going to take a few of Dawkins’ examples and channel Paul Harvey as we look at […] The post MBA Episode 38: Doubting Dawkins – Did God Really Advocate for Child Sacrifice in the Old Testament? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 26, 2019•53 min
Today we’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we are going over what we talked about during the last episode, then diving into Chapters 2 and 3 by following the different rabbit trails through the text. Main Points Covered: […] The post MBA Episode 37: Doubting Dawkins – “Proof,” Oral Culture, the Telephone Game, & Ancient Scribes appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 19, 2019•52 min
We’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we will focus on the main criticisms of the book, as well as the different tactics that are covered in it. Does it stand to scrutiny? Main Points Covered: A prayer for […] The post MBA Episode 36: Doubting Dawkins – A Beginner’s Guide to Better Reasoning: Intro to Richard Dawkins’ New Book appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 05, 2019•50 min
In 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 Sampson of Hillsong declared their loss of faith. In this episode, we go a little further into what the differences are between sheep, wounded sheep, sheepdogs, […] The post MBA Episode 35: Wounded Sheep vs Wolves (and the Importance of Knowing the Difference) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Sep 29, 2019•36 min
In 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 teachings of demons.” This is what is known as “the great apostasy.” Apostasy is just a fancy word for falling away from the faith. Within the last […] The post MBA Episode 34: What in the World is Happening to Our Christian Leaders? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Aug 30, 2019•39 min
You can’t get around it. There are rainbows on everything your kids see this month, from the parking lots to the barista aprons. So how do we address this with our kids? But first things first, we have a new podcast co-host! Meet Amy Davison! I know you’ll love her as much as we do. […] The post MBA 33: How to Talk About Pride Month With Your Kids (but first meet Amy!) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Laurie would not describe herself as a victim. Laurie is a lawyer and a survivor of sexual assault. A former liberal feminist, Laurie rediscovered the truths of God, recommitted her life to looking at everything through the lens of Scripture, and is now the president of Women in Apologetics. I can think of no one better to […] The post MBA 32: How Should Christians Respond to the #MeToo Movement? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 08, 2018•45 min
Social Media was abuzz with the recent Supreme Court Decision overturning the Colorado Civil Rights Commission decision. In 2012, a baker, Jack Phillips, declined to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. He stated that he would make them any other cake they wanted, just not a wedding cake. His religious convictions prevented him from […] The post MBA 31: What Really Happened with the Colorado Baker Supreme Court Decision? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jun 07, 2018•41 min
If your newsfeed is anything like mine, you might have seen a few posts last week asking if the new California Bill 2943 will “ban the Bible.” Folks, let’s not jump onto bandwagons before we have properly checked them out. I’m not denying that the bill itself is deeply concerning. In fact, if enforced as written, […] The post MBA 30: What is California Bill 2943 and What does it ACTUALLY say? (i.e. Does it really ban the Bible?) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
May 11, 2018•46 min
Do you sometimes wonder if bad things happen to you because you “don’t have enough faith?” If you do, chances are, you have heard a sermon or two (or more) based on the “gospel” of health and wealth. God wants you to be healthy! God will heal every time. . . as long as you […] The post MBA 29: Does God Heal Every Time if we Ask in the “Right Way?” appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Mar 13, 2018•46 min
SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE: We originally shared this podcast in February 2018. Recently, Hillary F. and Teasi Cannon joined Alisa Childers on her podcast to talk about Jen Hatmaker’s latest book, Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire. They analyze the worldview of the book and how it interacts with biblical Christianity. They also discuss the recent […] The post MBA 28: Is Jen Hatmaker Suffering for the Gospel? (The power of a deconversion story) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Feb 11, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Boy did we bite off a lot to chew in this episode! For all you moms out there, raise your hand if you have heard this question. (Aunt Hillary raising her hand…) I have heard this question from children, from adults, from basically anyone who has thought about the origins of our universe. The issue […] The post MBA 27: Who Made God? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics .
Dec 04, 2017•56 min
Events like the Las Vegas shooting and now the Florida school shooting inevitably bring questions to people’s minds. Where was God? How could He let such a thing happen? For those who have been affected by the shooting, there are no words we can say that can assuage the grief. There is no answer that […] The post MBA 26: Why Does God Allow Mass Shootings? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Oct 12, 2017•53 min
There is an interesting phenomenon which the late Herman Kahn described, where “those with engineering or sociology training [are unable to] understand certain issues which they would have been able to understand if they had not had this training.” Kahn called it “educated incapacity,” but the idea was originally taken from economist Thorstein Veblen, who […] The post MBA 25: How Educated Do You Have to Be to Identify Nonsense? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Aug 29, 2017•48 min
Jenga is a game about seeing how many foundational pieces of a structure can be removed and/or repositioned before it finally collapses. While this game was never intended to have philosophical undertones, I think it is an apt analogy for what we see occurring in some churches, and particularly the movement known as “progressive” Christianity. […] The post MBA 24: “Progressive” Christianity… and WHY you need to understand it appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jul 27, 2017•50 min
I have noticed a tendency for people to fall into one of two categories: the terrifying truth-tellers, and the compassionate compromisers. The terrifying truth-tellers are ready at a moment’s notice to call out heresy or unbiblical beliefs wherever they are found, but often create division over secondary matters, or become so obnoxious that the aroma […] The post MBA 23: How to Love Your Ideological Enemy appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jun 21, 2017•52 min
Just a few short months ago, I was reading an article titled “Why Would an Engineer-Turned-Mom Care so Deeply About Apologetics?” As soon as I saw the words “Mom” and “Apologetics” in the title, I knew I had to find out more about this Cathryn Buse lady. I immediately bought her book on kindle, and […] The post MBA 22: Introducing Cathryn Buse (and a recap of the apologetics conference) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
May 27, 2017•37 min
Normally, when Rebekah and I do an “article of the week,” it is because the content is so awesome that we want to share and discuss. This time… not so much. A week or so before Easter, a highly disturbing article written by a woman professing to be a children’s pastor at a “progressive Christian church” started […] The post MBA 21: Is the Progressive Gospel a Gospel at All? (i.e. Why you need to know what your children’s pastor is teaching) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
May 04, 2017•48 min
The Lord of the Rings is a timeless classic, able to capture the minds of young and old alike. But apart from its singularly masterful writing and vivid imagery, The Lord of the Rings has an element of theological truths interwoven into its very fabric in such a way that even the most hardened skeptic […] The post MBA 20: I was an Atheist Until I Read <i>Lord of the Rings</i> appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Apr 05, 2017•41 min
The 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. Very rarely has someone read it and remained neutral. As with most things in pop culture, the truth is somewhere in between. […] The post MBA 19: The Shack – Hope, Healing… and Heresy? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Mar 18, 2017•45 min
“It is often said with a sneer that the God of Israel was only a God of Battles, ‘a mere barbaric Lord of Hosts’ pitted in rivalry against other gods only as their envious foe.” (From “The Everlasting Man” by G.K. Chesterton) It is indeed often said with a mocking and dismissive sneer that the […] The post MBA 18: Why Does the God of the Old Testament Seem So Different from the God of the New Testament? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Feb 18, 2017•41 min
At Mama Bear Apologetics, our motto is “Mess with our kids, and we will demolish your arguments.” For those who have seen the carnage wrought by the battle of ideas, this tagline makes immediate sense. For others, the question becomes “Is that a Christian attitude? Isn’t demolishing things too aggressive for Christians?” The short answer to […] The post MBA 17: Discussing the Mama Bear Tagline – Isn’t “Demolishing Arguments” a Bit Harsh? appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Feb 07, 2017•36 min
When I posted the blog this weekend dissecting the “Guiding Vision and Definition of Principles” from the women’s march, I never expected the kind of attention that it would receive. And while I stand behind my words, that one post was never intended to be my defining moment. I value balance, and there is only […] The post MBA 16: Addressing the Divide From the Women’s March appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jan 27, 2017•56 min
The question of eyewitness reliability is a pertinent conversation that every parent will have (or should have) when their child asks, “How do we know that we can trust the Bible?” If the New Testament documents are not reliable, and if the people writing the New Testament documents were not reliable, what leg does our […] The post MBA 15: Are the New Testament Eyewitnesses Reliable: The Flashbulb Memory Objection appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jan 22, 2017•40 min
If you have never read the “resolutions” of Jonathan Edwards, you are missing out! As Rebekah and I discussed in our last podcast, Jonathan Edwards was an early-mid 18th century revivalist preacher. He is (unfortunately) best known for “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon, which– to understand the context — please listen […] The post MBA 14: Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions Can Beat-up Your Resolutions appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Jan 02, 2017•42 min
In this podcast, Rebekah and I introduce you to one of the central figures of the Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards. Why is he such an important figure to discuss? He is what many people would classify as a “fire and brimstone” preacher who lived in the mid 18th century (i.e. mid 1700’s). In preparing for this […] The post MBA 13: Resolutions and Legalism Part 1 – An Intro to Jonathan Edwards appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Dec 30, 2016•30 min
Mom 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 countries, but I know for a fact that we have an epidemic of mom guilt here in America. Call me nostalgic, but […] The post MBA 12: An Honest Talk About Mom Guilt appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Dec 18, 2016•31 min
One of the most important questions that we as Christian parents can answer for our children (and for ourselves) is, “Are the New Testament documents reliable?” While this podcast in no way represents a comprehensive answer, it is a good intro to the discussion if you have never heard it before. Topics Discussed: Who is […] The post MBA 11: Are the New Testament Documents Reliable: an Introduction to Bart Ehrman appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Dec 07, 2016•29 min
This is possibly one of the most awkward podcasts we have had to do. This election season was brutal. Never have I seen the results of an election affect kids in such a profound way, and never have I seen so many young adults behaving like children. When I was a kid, I knew the elections were […] The post MBA 10: 3 Essential Truths to Include When Discussing the Election With Kids (or Even When You’re Processing on Your Own) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 16, 2016•35 min
This is part 2 of our interview with Jody Vise. In Part 1, we heard Jody’s story of raising her children in the church, dealing with the devastating news when her son walked away from the faith, and looking at what she felt were some of the contributing factors. In Part 2, we discuss the differences […] The post MBA 9: What to Do When Your Child Walks Away From God – Jody’s Story Part 2 appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics ....
Nov 15, 2016•45 min
