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How Christianity Makes Sense of This Gerber Baby
A recent Washington Post article celebrated the naming of Lucas Warren as the 2018 Gerber baby. Every year, the Gerber Products Company selects an infant “who best exemplifies Gerber’s long-standing...
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Three Tips for Parents Raising the Next Generation of Case Makers
If you’re a Christian Case Maker (a Christian interested in making the case for what you believe) and you’re also a parent, you’re probably interested in raising your son or daughter to become a Case...
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How to Raise Your Kids So They Will Remain in the Faith
As most of you know who follow my Twitter feed, I read hundreds of blog posts every day and tweet the best of these apologetics resources so you can stay on top of the best Christian case making. Some...
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Parents Are Still the First Line of Defense
After a presentation at a large church here in Southern California, a woman approached me at the book table and eagerly asked me to sign a copy of Cold-Case Christianity for her daughter. She asked me...
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Four Ways to Come Alongside Your Kids to Strengthen Their Faith
If you’re paying attention to what’s happening in America today, you’re probably aware of the challenges facing young Christians in their teens and twenties. It’s a simple fact: most young Christians...
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Four Truths About the Universe You Can Share with Your Kids to Demonstrate...
If you’ve raised your children to believe Christianity is true, you probably want them to continue to believe it’s true, especially through their critical university years. There are good reasons to be...
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6 Things You Can Tell Your Kids When Trying to Explain Pain and Suffering in...
Devastating storms, killer earthquakes, record-setting fires and horrific acts of evil dominate recent news headlines. Why would an all-loving, all-powerful God allow these things to happen? Is God...
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There Are Still Good Reasons to Celebrate Father’s Day, Even Though Fewer Do
Fewer people celebrated Father’s Day than ever before, a fact that may have less to do with the nature of the holiday than it does with the nature of American families. A recent U.S. census found that...
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How Can We Instill a Faith that Endures?
My colleague at Biola University, Robert Marriot, recently wrote a book entitled, A Recipe For Disaster: Four Ways Parents and Churches Prepare Individuals to Lose Their Faith And How They Can Instill...
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Preparing Young Christians to Understand the Truth
There’s a new resource available for those of us who struggle to respond to the lies told by our culture. Even though some of these lies may sound harmless, they threaten the truth of Christianity,...
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Tips for Teaching Christian Truth to Gen Z
Have you ever struggled to communicate the truth of Christianity to your teen (or pre-teen) children? You’re not alone. Even those of us who feel properly equipped to understand what Christianity...
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Simple Suggestions to Challenge Young Christians Toward Spiritual Maturity
As a youth bi-vocational youth pastor, I quickly learned the difference between teaching and training, especially when it comes to preparing the next generation of Christians to grow in their...
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Three Ways to Ignite Your Teenager’s Passion for God
We’ve all seen it before. That inattentive expression in the eyes of our teens (or pre-teens) when someone starts talking about God or Christianity. Maybe it’s subtle, maybe it’s more pronounced, but...
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Five Ways to Help Your Kids Grow in Their Christian Confidence
Wondering if your middle schooler or high schooler is ready to defend the truth of Christianity in an increasingly secular world? My coauthor, Sean McDowell, and I have talked to a lot of parents in...
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Parents: Train Your Young Christians by Finding the Right Mentor
All four of my kids were raised in the context of Christian community. I didn’t train, mentor or prepare them on my own, and you shouldn’t either. Young Christians will face a real challenge in their...
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The Resource You Need to Help You Talk with Your Kids About Jesus
I’ve written extensively about the growing number of young people who have abandoned their Christian identity. The problem is statistically significant, and for many of us, painfully true. For this...
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Parents: Don’t Train Your Kids On Your Own
I became a Christian when my first two children were very young. They have no memory of me prior to my conversion. But all four of my kids were raised in Christian community. I didn’t train, mentor or...
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