Talking with Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

by Natasha Crain, Sean McDowell (Foreword by)

Overview

Confidently nurture faith in your children—one conversation at a time

You want to pass on your faith to your children. But in today's increasingly skeptical and hostile world, how can you prepare your kids for the challenges and doubts they will inevitably face?

In a friendly, parent—to—parent voice, Natasha Crain brings clarity to this question by walking you through thirty essential conversations about God that parents and kids must have today, including discussions about

● the existence of God
● science and God
● the nature of God
● believing in God
● the difference God makes

Organized so that each chapter builds upon the last, this book provides a cumulative learning experience appropriate for home, church classes, youth groups, small groups, and homeschools. Every chapter has a conversation guide, and content is adaptable for use with kids from elementary age through high school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801075520
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/17/2017
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Natasha Crain is a national speaker, author, and blogger who is passionate about equipping Christian parents to raise their kids with an understanding of how to make a case for and defend their faith in an increasingly secular world. In addition to Talking with Your Kids about Jesus, she has authored two other apologetics books for parents: Keeping Your Kids on God's Side and Talking with Your Kids about God. Natasha's articles have been featured in the Focus on the Family magazine and the Christian Research Journal, and she's been interviewed on radio shows across the country. She has an MBA from UCLA and a certificate in Christian apologetics from Biola University. A former marketing executive and adjunct professor, Natasha lives in Southern California with her husband and three children. She writes at www.natashacrain.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sean McDowell 15

Acknowledgments 17

Introduction 19

Part 1 The Existence of God

Overview 29

1 What Can We Learn about God from Nature? 33

2 Where Did the Universe Come From? 41

3 Where Did Life Come From? 49

4 Where Did Our Moral Understanding Come From? 58

5 What Is the Difference between God and a Flying Spaghetti Monster? 66

6 How Much Evidence Do We Need to Be Confident God Exists? 73

Part 2 Science and God

Overview 83

7 Can Science Prove or Disprove God's Existence? 87

8 Do Science and Religion Contradict Each Other? 95

9 Do Science and Religion Complement Each Other? 103

10 Is God Just an Explanation for What Science Doesn't Yet Know? 110

11 Can Science Explain Why People Believe in God? 118

12 What Do Scientists Believe about God? 125

Part 3 The Nature of God

Overview 135

13 What Can We Learn about God from the Bible? 139

14 What Does It Mean That God Is Love? 147

15 What Does It Mean That God Is Just? 154

16 Why Does God Seem So Harsh in Parts of the Old Testament? 161

17 How Can God Be Three Persons in One? 169

18 Why Didn't God Reveal More of Himself in the Bible? 177

Part 4 Believing in God

Overview 185

19 Why Do People Believe So Many Different Things about God? 189

20 Do All Religions Worship the Same God? 198

21 Is What You Believe about God Simply a Matter of Where You Grew Up? 206

22 Why Do Christians Sometimes Doubt Their Belief in God? 214

23 How Do We Know God Hears and Answers Prayers? 223

24 How Can We Develop a Relationship with a God We Can't See or Hear? 231

Part 5 The Difference God Makes

Overview 243

25 What IS the Meaning of Life? 247

26 Do We Really Have Free Will? 255

27 What Should We Do with Our Lives? 262

28 What Is Our Responsibility to Other People? 270

29 How Should We Make Sense of Evil? 278

30 Why Does Biblical Hope Matter? 287

Notes 297