26Jan 2024 by Post

The Deconstruction of Christianity | with Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS What is this thing called “deconstruction” that has disrupted, dismantled, and destroyed the faith of so many people? Is it really a quest for truth, or is this radical spiritual makeover motivated by something else? As the deconstruction movement continues to grow in popularity, families and faith communities are often blindsided by individuals who leave Christianity and place the blame on “toxic Christians” or the allegedly “immoral” God of the Bible. How do you keep the line of communication open with “exvangelicals” and what types of questions can help foster meaningful faith conversations? This week, our friends Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett join Frank to get to the heart of deconstruction and…
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15Feb 2023 by Post

What Should You Do When a Loved One Deconstructs (Leaves the Faith)? | with Alisa Childers

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS This internet age is full of trends. One of the latest is the trend to “deconstruct” one’s beliefs about Jesus and Christianity. If someone you love has done this, how should you respond? On today’s podcast, Alisa Childers joins Frank to offer insights on how you can make progress, especially when your loved one now thinks you are “toxic” and seems resistant to reason. Join our listeners as they ask questions related to their personal experiences, including: What is causing this trend? What are the top 4 reasons why people leave the Christian faith? What is “deconstruction” and how does it compare to having doubts? What if your pastor…
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13Jan 2023 by Post

Will You Stand UNSHAKEN? | with Alisa Childers and Natasha Crain

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS Who or what are we worshiping? Are we bowing to the one true God, or to the god of the self? We’ve all witnessed the Western world change quite dramatically, especially during the past few years. It goes from faith “deconstruction” to woke ideology to radical gender theory. Anti-Christian ideas haven’t just crept into our homes. They’ve kicked the door down and pulled a chair up to the table! Christians feel immense pressure to bow down to these false idols as we watch the culture (and many of our loved ones) being shaken up all around us. Once you decide to take a stand for Christ and His authority,…
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21Oct 2022 by Post

Live Your Truth and Other Lies | with Alisa Childers

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS We’ve all seen the memes that populate the internet: “live your truth”, “follow your heart”, and “authenticity is everything”. Sounds great, right?! Many come from mainstream authors and influencers with millions of followers. But what if these slogans are really just deceptions that unhinge us from reality and lead to our spiritual decline? In this episode, the one and only Alisa Childers joins Frank to discuss her brand new book, Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed. In it, Alisa delivers an apologetic response to mainstream Progressive Christianity and the self-help industry, explaining that being the captain of our own destiny…
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13Apr 2022 by Post

5 Reasons the Resurrection of Jesus is NOT a Copy of Ancient Pagan Myths

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By Alisa Childers We are coming up on a time of year when the resurrection of a virgin-born child whose followers called the “Good Shepherd” and “Messiah” is celebrated. He had twelve disciples, performed miracles, and sacrificed himself for the peace of the world. He was buried in a tomb only to rise from the dead three days later. His followers went on to celebrate his resurrection every year, and this celebration eventually became what we call “Easter. Think I’m talking about Jesus? Nope. I’m talking about Mithras. This is a common claim that is made by skeptics all over popular media, the internet, and even in some universities. The only problem—it’s simply not true. According to Mithraic tradition, Mithras was born out of solid rock (I guess it counts…
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07Mar 2022 by Post

3 Practical Steps to Help Build Your Kids’ Immunity to Anti-Christian Ideas

Alisa Childers, Another Gospel, Anti-Christian Ideas, Apologetics, Apologetics for Parents, Christian Parents, Christianity, Culture
By Alisa Childers When my daughter Dyllan was a toddler, I exercised quite regularly at the YMCA. (And by “exercised,” I mean that I read a book on the stationary bike and pedaled as slowly as possible while I enjoyed an hour of free childcare. Not gonna lie.) One day when I picked her up from the kid’s room, the childcare worker pulled out the unopened granola bar I had put in Dyllan’s bag, handed it to me, and said, “We can’t give this to her because it contains peanuts. We don’t allow anything with peanuts into the childcare area.” I admit I was a bit surprised because it wasn’t something I had given much thought to. But I quickly learned that there was almost nothing parents feared more in…
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18Feb 2022 by Post

Cómo enseñar a tus hijos a identificar un falso evangelio

Alisa Childers, Apologética, Apologética para padres, Crianza bíblica, Cristianismo, Doctrina, Español, falso evangelio, La verdad, Padres cristianos, Teología, verdadero evangelio
Por Alisa Childers Cuando mi hija era pequeña, le preparaba ” waffles ” de quinoa, avena y semillas de lino, y le encantaban. No fue hasta que estuvimos de visita con la familia en California que experimentó la barra de desayuno del hotel y exclamó en voz alta: “Mamá, estos waffles son mucho MEJORES QUE LOS TUYOS”. Se acabó la farsa. Los waffles impostores, secos y granulosos, ya no serían tolerados. Ahora había probado los auténticos y nunca más se dejaría engañar por una falsificación. Del mismo modo, una de las formas más eficaces de enseñar a nuestros hijos a detectar un falso evangelio es asegurarnos de que conozcan bien el verdadero. De esta manera, cuando se encuentren con una versión falsa del cristianismo, la reconocerán inmediatamente. He aquí algunas…
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21Jan 2022 by Post

La Biblia dice que “el conocimiento nos infla”. ¿Significa esto que no debemos estudiar demasiado?

Alisa Childers, Apologética, Biblia, Cristianismo, Cristiano maduro, Cristianos, Español, Estudiar las Escrituras, Teología, Teología bíblica
Por Alisa Childers Cuando decidí tomar más en serio el aspecto intelectual de mis creencias espirituales, algunos de mis amigos cristianos se quedaron rascándose la cabeza. Mi recién adquirido amor por el aprendizaje me llevó a recibir comentarios como: “No dejes que tu cabeza se interponga en el camino de tu corazón”, y “No necesito estudiar porque tengo fe”, y “Ten cuidado de no estudiar demasiado porque ‘el conocimiento te infla’ (1 Corintios 8:1)”. Por muy bien intencionados que sean estos comentarios, parecen reflejar el antiintelectualismo que ha saturado a la cultura estadounidense y se ha filtrado a la iglesia. En un artículo acertadamente titulado “Los corazones ardientes no se alimentan con cabezas vacías”, R.C. Sproul escribió, Vivimos en lo que puede ser el periodo más antiintelectual de la historia…
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17Dec 2021 by Post

3 Razones por las que los cristianos deben ser investigadores de la evidencia en lugar de adictos a la experiencia

Alisa Childers, Apologética, Cristianos, Español, Experiencia vs evidencia, fe bíblica, Fe cristiana, Teología
Por Alisa Childers Dos hombres. Ambos crecieron en hogares cristianos en los suburbios de Estados Unidos. Ambos tienen padres evangélicos famosos. Ambos tomaron decisiones personales porCristo y se involucraron de forma activa y se volvieron reconocidos en el ministerio. Uno se alejó de su fe y se convirtió en un humanista secular. El otro se ha convertido en uno de los principales apologistas y defensores de la fe cristiana. ¿Quiénes son estos dos hombres? El primero es Bart Campolo, hijo del evangelista y escritor Tony Campolo, y el otro es Sean McDowell, hijo del evangelista y escritor Josh McDowell. ¿Por qué sus caminos, bastante similares, los llevaron a destinos tan radicalmente diferentes? Recientemente, los dos se reunieron para tener una discusión en Premier Christian Radio titulada “Por qué Bart perdió…
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01Dec 2021 by Post

Biblical Judgment in a “Don’t Judge Me” World

Alisa Childers, Apologetics, Christianity, Jesus, judging, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Well Watered Women
By Alisa Childers “YOU SHOULDN’T JUDGE.” Once upon a couple of years ago, there was a wildly popular book written by a self-professed Christian author. It was released by a Christian publishing house and marketed on Christian platforms and websites. It was a fairy tale come true. Crushing it at the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and winning the hearts and minds of millions of women, it was featured in countless small group Bible studies and conferences nationwide. The only problem is that the core message of the book is the exact opposite of the biblical Gospel. So, I decided to write a little review of it and post it on my blog. I didn’t anticipate this “little review” going viral, nor did I predict the boatloads of…
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