Religion & Spirituality Podcasts
Equipping Christians to think biblically about worldviews, apologetics, culture, and parenting in a challenging secular world.
Yes, Saturday Night Live is Promoting Abortion in a Clown Outfit
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.
The Fast But Quiet Creeping of Everyday Cancel Culture
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.
Practical Tips for Teaching Kids Apologetics at Home
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.
Are Christians the New Extremists? Yes, and That's Okay
Have you noticed how any view that doesn't track with the mainstream secular consensus today is considered "extreme"? Even Facebook is now encouraging people to report when they've been exposed to so-called "extremist" content.
Logical Thinking in an Illogical Culture
There’s something that often goes unsaid in discussions about the importance of critical thinking: Not everyone we interact with will actually VALUE good logic and critical thinking. Many people think emotionally rather than critically and that has a lot of implications for Christians engaging with culture.
Give Your Kids a Sense of Hopelessness This Easter
If you spend any time around Christians, you’ll hear about the “hope we have in Jesus.” But we’re often trying to offer people (including our kids) something they’re not even hungry for. In this episode, I share why kids need to more fully understand the true hopelessness of the world in order to hunger for the hope we have in Jesus.
Catch My Focus on the Family Episode Today!
Hey everyone! I’m the guest on today’s Focus on the Family radio broadcast! We talk about equipping your kids’ faith for a challenging culture, based on questions from my book Talking with Your Kids about Jesus. (To be clear, for those who have seen or heard me on Focus on …
How Culture Got to the Point Where Saturday Night Live is Promoting Abortion in a Clown Outfit
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. Goober explains that it’s a “rough” subject, so she does fun clown …
Join the Book Launch Team for Faithfully Different!
Before you read on to the main post, this is a quick SPECIAL NOTE for anyone who may have missed my announcement last week on social media: As a pre-order bonus for Faithfully Different, my publisher is offering the audiobook for FREE! I’m really excited about the audiobook, because I’ll …
The Fast But Quiet Creeping of Everyday Cancel Culture: 3 Things Christians Need to Know
Want to listen instead of read? You can hear the audio version of this article on Episode 13 of The Natasha Crain Podcast. Last month, the CEO of video game maker Tripwire Interactive was made to step down from his job just 53 hours after he tweeted support for the …
Faithfully Different is Now Available for Pre-Order!
I’m excited to share with you today, for the first time, all the details about my upcoming book Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture. For those familiar with my prior books, I’ll start by saying that Faithfully Different is my first book that isn’t about parenting. Rather, …
