Mama Bear Apologetics

Welcome to the first of our “Get to Know Our Team” podcasts, in which we interview Mama Bear team members (in no particular order!). In this interview, Amy Davison talks with Teasi Cannon, who contributed to the Mama Bear Apologetics book (she wrote Chapter 5: “God Helps Those Who Help Themselves – Self-Helpism” and co-authored […] The post MBA Episode 58: Get to Know Our Team: Teasi Cannon appear...

Chapter 3 of our first book, Mama Bear Apologetics, describes the “Chew and Spit” method. In the chapter, we write, “We don’t need to train our children to be picky when it comes to what they feed their bodies—they do this on their own. But we do have to train them to be discerning about […] The post MBA Episode 57: Teaching Your Kids the Chew and Spit Method appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetic...

Did you know that before Amy was a Mama Bear, that she was almost a witch?!?! Yeah, I didn’t either, until we had a conversation last July at Hillary’s house. Thank You God for pursuing her and wooing her back! I can’t imagine where Mama Bear would be without her. We’re changing things up for […] The post MBA Episode 56: A Conversation with an Almost Witch: Amy Davison Shares About Her Experiences...

Let’s all make a pact, Mama Bears, that in a world gone mad…we don’t add to the madness. You may remember our recent Daily Discipleship videos about disagreeing well (you can watch them here), but we didn’t say all we wanted to about the topic in those videos, so Hillary and Amy decided to talk […] The post MBA Episode 55: The Art of Disagreeing Agreeably appeared first on Mama Bear Apologetics .

If you read the Mama Bear Apologetics book, you are likely familiar with the term “linguistic theft.” Hillary wishes she’d been able to include much more on that topic in the book, so in today’s podcast, Hillary and Amy are going to address the subject, because this is something that is taking our kids (and […] The post MBA Episode 54: Linguistic Theft: What It Is, How It Works, and WHY Your Kids...

Welcome to our very first video-formatted podcast! Shoutout to Papa Bear Jerimiah for helping us get it looking so nice. Now you can watch our podcast on YouTube, or you can still listen to it on your favorite podcast app. Our Patrons over on Patreon got to see this early, and we’re thrilled to share […] The post MBA Episode 53: Todd White and the Importance of Trials and Tribulations appeared fir...

We took a break from our Dawkins series to discuss the racial tensions that have been building in our world (listen here), but we’re back with part 10 of our ongoing talk about Dawkins’s book, Outgrowing God. Today, we’re going to look at another area of his expertise, though he hasn’t really been involved in […] The post MBA Episode 52: Doubting Dawkins – Oh, Nuts! What Do Whale Testicles Have to...

I (Hillary) titled this podcast/blog about a thousand times because I couldn’t quite figure out how to summarize our main message. The messy art of kingdom community? No. I hate the word messy. It’s so misused. (But this topic is legit “messy” if there ever were one.) Grieving with those who grieve? Yes, but that’s […] The post MBA Episode 51: We Will Not Be Divided: Grieving with Those Who Grieve...

Today, we celebrate a very special milestone! This is our 50th podcast episode, and we’ve got something fun for you. We turned the tables on our Mama Bear-in-Chief, and Amy interviewed Hillary Ferrer. This is your chance to learn more about Hillary, from how she got involved with apologetics, why she started Mama Bear, and […] The post MBA Episode 50: An Interview with Mama Bear Apologetics Founde...

Whenever we turn on the TV these days, it feels like we’re being bombarded with bad news. Because of that, we decided to record this “chaser” episode of the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast. While the Covid-19 pandemic is something we should take seriously, we wanted to point out that we have also been surrounded by […] The post MBA Episode 49: The Unexpected Blessings of COVID appeared first on Mama...

In this episode of the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast, we’re continuing our dissection of Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God, in our Doubting Dawkins series. Today, Hillary and Amy discuss chapters 7 and 8, which were the easiest to go through of all of the chapters for us. In Hillary’s opinion, this is where the book […] The post MBA Episode 48: Doubting Dawkins – No, the Human Eye Isn’t an Exa...

In this podcast, we’re wrapping up our discussion of comments made by Richard Dawkins in his book, Outgrowing God, Chapter 6 (regarding whether slavery is advocated in the Bible) by discussing the most commonly asked questions about slavery in the Bible. The previous two podcasts (part one here and part two here) addressed the question, […] The post MBA Episode 47: The 8 Most Commonly Asked Questi...

This is part 2 of our discussion of whether the Bible advocates slavery. You can listen to part one here. Do you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes? Send us an email at askthemamabears@gmail.com. Main Points Covered: Recap of the Women in Apologetics Conference from January 2020 at Biola University LiveStream recording […] The post MBA Episode 46: Doubting Dawkins – Does th...

Today we are continuing with our Richard Dawkins series. As we are preparing for this podcast, we acknowledge it’s a tough book to discuss because he keeps introducing individual hornets’ nests and then moving on to the next. This is going to take some focus and not drift on to other challenges he raises. Today […] The post MBA Episode 45: Doubting Dawkins – Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? (Part...

Today, we are back with Part 5 of our series on Richard Dawkins’s book, Outgrowing God. In this episode, we are tackling Dawkins’s question “Do Christians think Atheists can’t be good without God?” We think he is asking the wrong question. The question is not “Can atheists be good? Can they do moral things?” The […] The post MBA Episode 44: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be...

We are back to our Richard Dawkins series with Part 4. In this series, we are going over Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God. Today, we will be discussing Chapter 5, “Do We Need God in Order to be Good?” We’ll be talking about the topic of morality and staying away from the concept of “innate […] The post MBA Episode 43: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be Good Without God?...

Before we start diving back into the Richard Dawkins book, Amy and I felt it necessary to address a heartbreaking, but concerning cultural issue that cropped up over the holidays. On December 14, 2019, Bethel worship leaders Kalley and Andrew Heiligenthal’s two-year-old daughter stopped breathing in her sleep and was pronounced dead by doctors at […] The post MBA Episode 42: The Unfortunate (and P...

Today, we’re continuing with Part 3 of Simon Brace’s talk on Spiritual Warfare. In this last part of his talk, he covers the importance of apologetics and critical thinking in the education of pastors and laymen. Main Points Covered: A brief overview of what went on during the second episode of this series: Elders need […] The post MBA Episode 41: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare (feat...

On today’s episode of Mama Bear Apologetics, we’ll continue to listen to Simon Brace’s talk on the use of apologetics as a means for spiritual warfare. We’ll be listening with you and discussing important points that Simon covers. Main Points Covered: A brief overview of what went on during the first episode of this series: […] The post MBA Episode 40: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare...

On today’s episode of Mama Bear Apologetics, we’ll be discussing a talk by Simon Brace. When I sat down at my computer to think about topics for today’s podcast, I was struck with the urge to discuss a talk (which I was present for) by a close friend. In this talk, Simon Brace tackles the […] The post MBA Episode 39: The Role of Apologetics in Spiritual Warfare (featuring Simon Brace) – Part 1 app...

Today we’re continuing our critique of the Richard Dawkins book, Outgrowing God. We have been talking about his main criticisms of Christianity in each chapter. In this episode, we are in Chapter Four: “Is God Really Good?” We are going to take a few of Dawkins’ examples and channel Paul Harvey as we look at […] The post MBA Episode 38: Doubting Dawkins – Did God Really Advocate for Child Sacrific...

Today we’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we are going over what we talked about during the last episode, then diving into Chapters 2 and 3 by following the different rabbit trails through the text. Main Points Covered: […] The post MBA Episode 37: Doubting Dawkins – “Proof,” Oral Culture, the Te...

We’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we will focus on the main criticisms of the book, as well as the different tactics that are covered in it. Does it stand to scrutiny? Main Points Covered: A prayer for […] The post MBA Episode 36: Doubting Dawkins – A Beginner’s Guide to Better Reasoning: Intro...

In our last podcast, we asked “What in the world is happening to our Christian leaders?” where we addressed the differences between the way that Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson of Hillsong declared their loss of faith. In this episode, we go a little further into what the differences are between sheep, wounded sheep, sheepdogs, […] The post MBA Episode 35: Wounded Sheep vs Wolves (and the Importan...

In 1 Timothy 4:1 it says “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.” This is what is known as “the great apostasy.” Apostasy is just a fancy word for falling away from the faith. Within the last […] The post MBA Episode 34: What in the World is Happening to Our Christian Leaders? appeared f...