At Crossway Books, there is a new interview with Rebecca McLaughlin, who is a gifted theologian and speaker.
She wrote Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion, which received phenomenal reviews. She also spoke at Covenant College: Where is God when I suffer?, Hasn’t science disproved Christianity?, and Turning gospel roadblocks into signposts.
Her new book, due next month, is 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) About Christianity.
Dr. McLaughlin’s children are very young (her oldest of three is 10). This interview includes topics like the role of the nuclear family in comparison to the church family, protecting our children as it relates to equipping them, equipping our children before they need it rather than afterwards, and saying “no” to our desires.
I appreciate her insistence that it is very important to point our children to Jesus and the church. Listen to the end. Dr. McLaughlin shares data about how the kind of home our children grow up in (Protestant, Catholic, non-religious) impacts their lives as they grow up, and even the kind of home they are likely to create for their children. Do you think that your non-religious friends and neighbors are raising children who are certain to remain non-religious lifelong? Think again.
