Mark Matlock - Spiritually Curious Teens

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Our kids aren't growing up in a culture that supports following Jesus. Yet kids and teens are spiritually curious. How can we reach the spiritual curious with the good news of Jesus? How can we help our kids engage their friends about faith? Mark Matlock, senior fellow at Barna, is here to explain the culture we live in and why spiritual openness is on the rise. Sharing from his book, Faith for the Curious, you'll learn: 

2:05 What does it really mean to be curious?

8:30 How do we give space for curiosity and still give our kids guidance?

13:05 How to have essential conversations with your kids when they are curious about the “wrong” things 

18:36 Living in Digital Babylon 

21:28 Helping our kids reach their spiritually curious friends 

26:48 How to create opportunities to talk about faith using curiosity

Mark Matlock is an author, senior fellow at Barna, the founder of WisdomWorks, and currently serves as the Executive Director of Urbana for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Mark's books include Faith for Exiles, and today we're talking about his new book, Faith for the Curious. 

Learn more about Mark Matlock and his book Faith for the Curious on his website. https://markmatlock.com/

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