Mama Bear Apologetics

In this episode of the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast, we’re continuing our dissection of Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God, in our Doubting Dawkins series. Today, Hillary and Amy discuss chapters 7 and 8, which were the easiest to go through of all of the chapters for us. In Hillary’s opinion, this is where the book […]The post MBA Episode 48: Doubting Dawkins – No, the Human Eye Isn’t an Example of Bad Design (a Discussion on Design Constraints) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

In this podcast, we’re wrapping up our discussion of comments made by Richard Dawkins in his book, Outgrowing God, Chapter 6 (regarding whether slavery is advocated in the Bible) by discussing the most commonly asked questions about slavery in the Bible. The previous two podcasts (part one here and part two here) addressed the question, […]The post MBA Episode 47: The 8 Most Commonly Asked Questions About Slavery in the Bible appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

This is part 2 of our discussion of whether the Bible advocates slavery. You can listen to part one here. Do you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes? Send us an email at askthemamabears@gmail.com. Main Points Covered: Recap of the Women in Apologetics Conference from January 2020 at Biola University LiveStream recording […]The post MBA Episode 46: Doubting Dawkins – Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? (Part 2) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Today we are continuing with our Richard Dawkins series. As we are preparing for this podcast, we acknowledge it’s a tough book to discuss because he keeps introducing individual hornets’ nests and then moving on to the next. This is going to take some focus and not drift on to other challenges he raises. Today […]The post MBA Episode 45: Doubting Dawkins – Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? (Part 1) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Today, we are back with Part 5 of our series on Richard Dawkins’s book, Outgrowing God. In this episode, we are tackling Dawkins’s question “Do Christians think Atheists can’t be good without God?” We think he is asking the wrong question. The question is not “Can atheists be good? Can they do moral things?” The […]The post MBA Episode 44: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be Good Without God? (Part 2) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

We are back to our Richard Dawkins series with Part 4. In this series, we are going over Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God. Today, we will be discussing Chapter 5, “Do We Need God in Order to be Good?” We’ll be talking about the topic of morality and staying away from the concept of “innate […]The post MBA Episode 43: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be Good Without God? (Part 1) appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Before 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. On December 14, 2019, Bethel worship leaders Kalley and Andrew Heiligenthal’s two-year-old daughter stopped breathing in her sleep and was pronounced dead by doctors at […]The post MBA Episode 42: The Unfortunate (and Painful) Lessons We Learned From #WakeUpOlive appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

Today, we’re continuing with Part 3 of Simon Brace’s talk on Spiritual Warfare. In this last part of his talk, he covers the importance of apologetics and critical thinking in the education of pastors and laymen. Main Points Covered: A brief overview of what went on during the second episode of this series: Elders need […]The post MBA Episode 41: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare (featuring Simon Brace) – Part 3 appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

On today’s episode of Mama Bear Apologetics, we’ll continue to listen to Simon Brace’s talk on the use of apologetics as a means for spiritual warfare. We’ll be listening with you and discussing important points that Simon covers. Main Points Covered: A brief overview of what went on during the first episode of this series: […]The post MBA Episode 40: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare (featuring Simon Brace) – Part 2 appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.

On today’s episode of Mama Bear Apologetics, we’ll be discussing a talk by Simon Brace. When I sat down at my computer to think about topics for today’s podcast, I was struck with the urge to discuss a talk (which I was present for) by a close friend. In this talk, Simon Brace tackles the […]The post MBA Episode 39: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare (featuring Simon Brace) – Part 1 appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics.