Pastor Jack's desire is to see your relationship with Christ deepen and your effectiveness for His purposes maximized. His bold preaching will encourage and challenge you to walk with Jesus.
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Equipping Christians to think biblically about worldviews, apologetics, culture, and parenting in a challenging secular world.
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that God is the origin of all that is good. This means that everything that exists that is not sinful is from God, and His plan is good for our lives. The post Considering The Goodness Of God – B first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches us that we may already understand that God is good, but do we really believe that He is good all the time? Our emotions can lead us in the wrong direction. But, as Christians, we’re not led by our feelings but by our faith in God. The post Considering The Goodness Of God – A first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.…
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that God loves us, and is for us, He even likes us. So, then why are we being tempted? So, that we might know the will of God, because He knows what’s best for us. The post Why Am I Being Tempted? – C first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that happiness comes to those who endure temptation, by keeping their eyes on the Lord. A victorious condition of our hearts can happen when we remain faithful no matter what. The post Why Am I Being Tempted? – B first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that temptation is one of the most confusing areas in the Christian life. Why are we being tempted? Because God is using the things of life to develop a spiritual depth of character within us. The post Why Am I Being Tempted? – A first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that money for the Christian should simply be seen as tools for the kingdom. Money can be a resource to bless others, or if not used wisely, can steal the depth of our character, and alter our Biblical worldview. The post What’s Wrong With Money? – B first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.…
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that we live in a culture that places so much pressure on finances that we tend to overextend ourselves. Money can blur our vision, give us false hope, and can even change our hearts towards God. The post What’s Wrong With Money? – A first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that Jesus is the personification of wisdom. It’s why we’re to go to Him, recognizing our need for clarity, knowing that He will supply all our needs according to His riches, and not ours. The post Lord, Give Us Wisdom – B first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches us that Christ followers are developed under the pressure of trials. In the world, we will have trouble, but we can still have peace, knowing that when we ask the Lord for wisdom to overcome, He is faithful to give it. The post Lord, Give Us Wisdom – A first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.…
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that every time the world gets angry at our right living, God’s name is blessed. The world will be against us, even persecute us, but the result is pure, and sincere joy in our lives. The post Faith Well Done – B first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that the book of James not only gives us a better understanding of God’s grace, but forewarns the Christian to expect trials in the years ahead. Trials that produce patience, that we may be perfect and complete, and lacking nothing. The post Faith Well Done – A first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.…
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Today, Pastor Jack teaches that faith is what comes when we hear the word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit, believing that we are more than conquerors, strong and courageous. The post The Great Put On – 2C first appeared on Pastor Jack Hibbs.By JackHibbs.com
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Quick Response 2: If Trans People Aren't Harming Anyone, Why Should You Care What They Do to Themselves?
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Today I’m addressing the following tweet from someone who is troubled by Christians and others who are concerned about public policy related to transgender issues: “For all those who are terrified of trans people and believe this is more important than any other issue, can you please let me know just once when a trans person harmed you? One persona…
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Quick Response 1: If Christianity is really about saving souls, we wouldn't legislate values
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Welcome to my first quick response episode, in which I respond briefly to popular claims I see online that sound good and draw in a lot of Christians, but fail from a biblical and/or logical perspective. Today, I respond to a Tweet from Rev. Benjamin Cremer, a progressive Christian on X who has quickly been gaining influence with a lot of people. H…
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47. What the Church Is Getting Wrong about Race and Racism, with Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager
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Today I’m talking with my good friends from the Center for Biblical Unity, Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager, about their new book, Walking in Unity: Biblical Answers to Questions on Race and Racism. Ever since 2020, there have been all kinds of discussions about race in the church, and unfortunately a lot of those discussions have included some v…
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46. Exposing the History of the Sexual Revolution, with Seth Gruber
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Today I talk with Seth Gruber about his new documentary that exposes the "hidden history of the secular moral revolution and the architects of our current culture of death." Seth's documentary and corresponding book are called The 1916 Project and reveal the long, devastating trajectory of how we got to where we are today as a culture that celebrat…
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45. The State of Christian Colleges, with Dr. Everett Piper
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What is the state of Christian colleges today? Is a Christian college education worth the money? How should parents evaluate a given Christian college to determine if it’s biblically sound? What are some signs that a school is going progressive? These are just a few of the questions I discuss with my guest today, Dr. Everett Piper. Dr. Piper was pr…
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44. What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life, with Detective J. Warner Wallace
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Cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker, and best-selling author J. Warner Wallace joins me to talk about his new book, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life. Jim has incredibly unique and valuable insights about life from his many years working homicide cases. In this episode, he shar…
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43. America's Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity, with Erwin Lutzer
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My guest today is Dr. Erwin Lutzer. Dr. Lutzer is pastor emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as the senior pastor for 36 years. He is an award-winning author of many books, including We Will Not Be Silenced, and the featured speaker on two radio programs heard on more than 750 outlets worldwide. In this episode, we talk about Dr. Lutzer's…
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42. How The After Party Curriculum Is Sowing Political Confusion in the Church
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The After Party is a small group curriculum and corresponding book that's being heavily promoted this election year to individuals, churches, and Christian institutions. The marketing is designed to attract churches who would like to simply encourage charitable communication around politics, but the execution is designed to convince Christians that…
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41. Is There a Leftist Agenda Infiltrating the Church?, with Megan Basham
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Megan Basham's new book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda, has become the source of much discussion and controversy in the few days it's been out. In this episode, Megan and I talk about the central thesis of her book, the evidence for it, and why Christians should be concerned. She also responds to …
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40. How to Discern Truth from Culture’s Lies, with Pastor Jack Hibbs
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Deception of many different kinds is a pervasive problem in the church today. The problem with deception, of course, is that people rarely know when they're being deceived. In this episode, I talk about some of the most pressing examples of deception in the church with pastor Jack Hibbs based on his new book, Living in the Daze of Deception: How to…
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39. The Biggest Faith Challenges Facing the Next Generation, with Dr. Jeff Myers
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Culture has gone through an enormous shift in the last few years, and raising kids with a confident faith is more challenging than ever. Today I talk with Dr. Jeff Myers about the biggest faith challenges today and how parents (and grandparents!) should respond. Dr. Jeff is the president of Summit Ministries and is one of America’s most respected a…
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38. The State of Parental Rights, with Ryan Bangert of Alliance Defending Freedom
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Today I'm featuring the work of a very important organization that every Christian should know about: Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). ADF is one of the leading Christian law firms committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life. Ryan Bangert, Senior VP at ADF, joins me to talk…
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37. The He Gets Us Campaign: Why Its Portrayal of Jesus is Still a Problem
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Super Bowl Sunday is in a few days, and He Gets Us will once again be running ads as part of their $100 million advertising campaign intended to "rescue Jesus's reputation." Last year, I wrote a viral article on 7 key problems with it. Since people will be talking about it all over again this week, I've done an updated evaluation of the campaign, i…
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36. The Pro-Life Movement, Culture Wars, and How the Church Got Soft, with Seth Gruber
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Seth Gruber is a bold and passionate pro-life speaker and the founder of The White Rose Resistance. His mission is to be a voice for unborn children and to educate and expose culture to the evil of abortion until every person has the right to be born. In today's episode, Seth and I talk about the state of the pro-life movement post-Roe, the history…
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35. Public Schools (Part 2): How to Know What's Going On in the Classroom (Plus Q&A), with Andy White
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In this part 2 on public schools (see episode 34 for part 1), my guest Andy White explains seven things Christian parents can and should be doing to know what's going on in their child's school and classroom. In the second hour, Andy answers a dozen questions from listeners. MENTIONED IN THE SHOW: Gateways https://gogateways.org/ Rise Up Christian …
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34. Public Schools: What Christian Parents Need to Know, with Andy White
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This is the third part of my series on educational choices for Christian families. In today's episode, I interview Andy White, a Christian who has been a public high school principal for the last 19 years. Our purpose is NOT to tell every Christian parent to leave public schools; we know that every family has different considerations and opportunit…
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33. How to Have Better Conversations with Nonbelievers, with Greg Koukl
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Many Christians are finding that it's getting harder and harder to engage in faith conversations with nonbelievers. With culture becoming increasingly hostile to Christian beliefs (particularly on morality), it's natural to want to just slink away...but that's not what we're called to do. The good news is, it can be easier than you think to have fr…
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32. Living Counter Culturally Can Make Your Kids Resent Christianity
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We're raising kids in an increasingly challenging world--which means we have to be intentional in raising them in a counter cultural way. But if we’re not careful in how we do it, it can lead to our kids’ resentment of Christianity over time. In today's short episode, I talk about four ways that can happen and how to avoid it. MENTIONED IN THE SHOW…
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31. When You Have Trouble Believing the Bible, with J. Warner Wallace
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Even Christians struggle with believing what the Bible says sometimes. We want to believe it's God's Word, but there can be doubts that nag at us. Can miracles really happen? If they can, why should we believe some of the stranger miracles in the Bible like a talking donkey? Why would God leave enough uncertainty around what the Bible says that peo…
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30. A Christian Response to a Viral Deconversion Post
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Social media has been a popular place to share deconversion stories over the last few years, and sometimes so many people resonate with those posts that they go viral to some extent (being liked and shared by thousands of people). There’s one that’s being shared all over Facebook right now, written this week by a lady named Myndee Mack. At the time…
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29. Christian Private Schools: What Parents Should Know
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This is part 2 of my episode, "Public, Private, or Homeschool: Thinking Through Your Child's Education (Part 1)." In this part, I talk about the widely varied types of Christian private school options available to parents, breaking them into four general categories: progressive Christian schools, nominally Christian schools, committed Christian sch…
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28. Understanding and Responding to Transgender Ideology, with Frank Turek
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You’ve probably noticed that it seems everything is about transgender issues today. Why, exactly, is that? Why is everyone talking about transgenderism in particular? Why are we seeing an explosion of people identifying as trans? What’s even involved in the transition process, in particular for the growing number of teens who are pursuing a gender …
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27. Why Does Culture Think Men Are Toxic? with Nancy Pearcey
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In her newest book, The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, bestselling author and speaker Nancy Pearcey explains how secularism has villainized the concept of masculinity. For example, one media researcher analyzed more than 2,000 mass media portrayals of men and found that more than 75 percent of all media representat…
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26. Public, Private, or Homeschool? Thinking Through Your Child’s Education (Part 1)
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How you educate your child should be a very intentional choice--certainly not something you default into just because you haven't considered the various options available. But how is that decision best made from a Christian worldview perspective? In Part 1 of this episode, I walk through 6 key principles to keep in mind, followed by my thoughts on …
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25. Navigating Culture with Grace and Truth, with Sean McDowell
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Today I have the honor of talking with someone who I think is one of the best, if not the best, Christian models of navigating this tough culture with grace AND truth. Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and especially young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. In this episode, we go deep…
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24. The Toxic Roots Behind America's Spiritual Freefall, with Dr. Erwin Lutzer
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Cultural Marxism. Equity. Socialism. DEI. CRT. Anti-Racism. Collective Guilt. Christians can no longer stay silent about the divide between the Bible's truth and the world's lies. In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Erwin Lutzer, pastor emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as senior pastor for 36 years. Dr. Lutzer clearly explains the most…
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23. Who Are You to Judge?...and Other Claims That Christians Are Arrogant
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Jesus wants us to be humble, but we can misunderstand the nature of that humility and start to believe the world’s claims that we’re being arrogant about things that we’re not being arrogant about. In this episode, I walk you through how to respond to charges of moral arrogance ("Who are you to judge?"), epistemic arrogance ("Who are you to be so c…
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22. What's Wrong with Bethel Church and the NAR Movement? with Holly Pivec
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The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a popular and fast-growing new movement of Christians who emphasize signs and wonders and teach that God is giving new revelation through new apostles and prophets today. Some churches associated with those teachings have even become household names—you’ve probably heard of the widely influential Bethel Church…
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21. How Secular Wisdom Fails with Alisa Childers
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In today’s secular culture, there is a lot of popular-level wisdom that passes as self-evident truth we should all just accept--statements like live your truth; you are enough; authenticity is everything; God just wants you to be happy; you shouldn’t judge. These are claims about reality that sound good…but are they really good when we define good …
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20. What Is a Biblical Worldview? with Dr. George Barna
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If you have followed my content for any amount of time in the last year, you have heard me talk repeatedly about the jarring statistics related to the shrinking percent of Americans who have a biblical worldview. I’ve written and talked about a lot of different studies and numbers, but two of the most pertinent data points are these: 65% of America…
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19. The Homelessness Crisis from a Biblical Perspective with Bryan Crain
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There is a crisis of homelessness happening across the country, and many Christians wonder what can and should be done. This is an important question because not all attempts at helping the homeless are equally beneficial nor are they equally consistent with a biblical worldview. Bryan Crain, Chief Operating Officer of the Orange County Rescue Miss…
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18. How Mainstream Media Gaslights Christians
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Not only is mainstream media no longer trying to be objective, but they’re also openly advocating for specific viewpoints. And not only are they openly advocating for specific viewpoints, but they’re also strategically manipulating public thought. In this episode, I break down five implicit messages that mainstream media trumpets to push culture to…
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17. Why Christians Must Care About Politics
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There are few things more controversial than whether Christians should be involved with politics, and if so, to what degree and how that involvement should happen. In this episode, I break down two basic premises for thinking well about this subject: 1. Christians have the right, politically speaking, to advocate for our views in the public square.…
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16. How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God with Frank Turek
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My guest today is the best-selling author and nationally known speaker Dr. Frank Turek. Frank has a fascinating new book out called Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God. Hollywood Heroes shows how our culture's favorite movie heroes are patterned after the ultimate hero—Jesus of Nazareth— and how the stories we see played out on th…
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Evaluating Popular Progressive Christian Ideas with Alisa Childers
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Author, speaker, and podcaster Alisa Childers joins me to discuss a series of popular ideas found in progressive Christian writings, using the recent bestselling book If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk by John Pavlovitz as a case study. We explain why each idea is in conflict with a biblical worldview for those who accept the inspiration and authority…
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Yes, Saturday Night Live is Promoting Abortion in a Clown Outfit
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This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong played a character called Goober the Clown who had an abortion when she was 23 and now talks to people about how normal abortion is in between clown jokes. Every single one of us should be asking how on earth we, as a culture, have arrived at such a moment. Here's my answer. Mentioned in t…
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The Fast But Quiet Creeping of Everyday Cancel Culture
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There are plenty of high profile cancel culture examples that grab sustained public attention, but it’s the everyday cancel culture that picks off person after person without national attention that’s far more insidious...because the cumulative seriousness of what’s happening isn’t obvious to many people. In this episode, I discuss a recent example…
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Practical Tips for Teaching Kids Apologetics at Home
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When parents start to see the importance of teaching their kids apologetics (how to make a case for and defend the truth of Christianity), they often start reading books but then feel stuck as to HOW to pass the knowledge on to their kids. At what age do you start? What if your kids aren't interested? What subjects should you cover? What subjects s…
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