Mama Bear Apologetics

Jody, a mother who became an apologetics expert, shares her story of raising kids in a Christian bubble. She discusses the dangers of shielding kids from the world and the challenges they face in college. Topics include temptations, cultural differences, and the need for open communication.

The podcast explores strategies for engaging with hardened and angry doubters in apologetic conversations. It emphasizes the importance of being a pebble in the shoe for apathetic doubters and being long-suffering with angry doubters. The goal is to prepare kids to meet hardened doubters and employ gentleness and humor as effective tools. It also discusses the significance of responding with love and wisdom, and the importance of emotional strength and breaks when dealing with challenging interactions.

Many women shy away from apologetics because they assume that apologetics means that you will always be debating with atheists. That is simply not true. Our children need reasons for their faith just as much (if not more so) than the local atheist. And guess what? YOU are the primary missionary to your children! In […]The post MBA 6: The 5 Types of People You Will Meet in Apologetics appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

In this episode, we discuss the differences between core truths and peripheral truths of the Christian faith, and the importance of teaching these differences to your children. A core truth could be defined as beliefs that separate a Christian from a non-Christian. These would be the tenets of the faith that are necessary in order […]The post MBA 5: Core Truths vs Peripheral Truths of Christianity… and the Importance of Knowing the Difference appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Hillary Morgan FerrerHillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder of Mama Bear Apologetics. She is the chief author and editor of Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies and Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God’s Design. Hillary has her masters in Biology and has […]The post MBA 4: Discussion of Melissa Cain Travis’ “Motherhood and the Life of the Mind” appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

This talk was graciously provided to us by Melissa Cain Travis, one of our associate Mama Bears. It is from Mother’s Day 2016, and is from Hope Point Church in Houston, Texas. Here’s a summary of what Melissa talked about: – Testimony – Believer from young age – Surrounded by people growing up who didn’t […]The post MBA 3: Motherhood and the Life of the Mind appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

I thought that Rebekah’s G.K. Chesterton quote was a good one to pick back up on. We continued our introduction to Mama Bear Apologetics. Here’s some of the highlights: Surgeon’s scalpel vs mugger with a knife (blog to follow) God has no grandchildren Different types of doubt (blog and podcast to follow) Protein crystallography and […]The post MBA 2: Intro to Mama Bear Part B appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Welcome to Mama Bear Apologetics! The original recording was a bit long so we divided it up into two parts. Here Rebekah and I give an overview of what Mama Bear Apologetics is, where we got the idea, what our own personal stories are and some helpful resources. We cover some basic topics like: The […]The post MBA 1: Intro to Mama Bear Part A appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.