Keeping Your Kids on God's Side - by Natasha Crain (Paperback)

About the Book

Are your children being exposed to negative criticism of Christianity at school, from their friends, or online? This book will help you equip your kids to respond with confidence to the tough questions others ask.

Book Synopsis

Answers to Their Hard Questions about Christianity

How do we know Jesus existed? Are Christians less intelligent than atheists? How can a loving God send people to hell? In a culture of secularism and skepticism, your kids are bound to encounter questions like these and many more--and you have both the duty and honor of equipping them with the training they need for a lasting faith.

From author and speaker Natasha Crain, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side provides 40 concise, compelling responses to culture's most common challenges to Christianity. As you read, you will

• build a strong foundation of Christian apologetics as you survey the many reasons for being confident in the truth of Christianity
• gain the wisdom and encouragement to have honest, informed, and age-appropriate discussions about faith with your children
• discover tools for teaching your kids the critical thinking skills they'll need to navigate differing worldviews

An excellent starting point, refresher course, or reference guide for every Christian parent, this book prepares you to answer your kids' questions about Christianity with clarity and keep the door open for ongoing conversation about why they can be confident in Christ.

Review Quotes

"Keeping Your Kids on God's Side is an outstanding resource every Christian parent should have in their home library...this book is the most accessible, non-intimidating treatment of key apologetics issues I've seen to date, and I will be recommending it to every parent I encounter!"
--Melissa Cain Travis, Assistant Professor of Apologetics, Houston Baptist University, author of Young Defenders series of apologetics books for kids

"As a pastor over family ministries, I am very excited about this book! It answers many of the strong objections against Christianity in amazing depth, yet in such a clear manner that even someone new to apologetics can easily understand it."
--Jared Novak, Family Pastor, New Life Church Bonita Springs

"As a youth pastor, I'm thrilled to see an apologetics book written with parents in mind! It is not a matter of if your children or students will encounter arguments against Christianity, but when. Questions will come, and when they do, where will your kids find answers? The Internet? Their college professors? Atheist friends? We need to take responsibility to equip ourselves to be that resource...this book will help you do just that!"
--Patrick Brown, Student Ministries Director, Whitehaven Road Baptist Church

"I almost wish my children were young again so I could use Natasha Crain's book with them. Through her parenting blog, Crain has access to the most important questions and challenges parents are hearing from their children today. She writes in strong, vigorous prose and does a great job of pitching her answers at a level that parents can understand--and, even more importantly, that they can use."
--Nancy Pearcey, author of Total Truth and Finding Truth, apologetics professor, Houston Baptist University

"I consider Keeping Your Kids on God's Side to be an important, eye-opening 'gateway' book. Natasha has done a wonderful job of quickly introducing the important issues and evidences from the perspective of a parent. She's engaging, thoughtful, and she knows how to throw the ball so you can catch it. Let Keeping Your Kids on God's Side serve as an introduction to the most important work you will ever do as a parent."
--J. Warner Wallace, author of Cold-Case Christianity and God's Crime Scene, international speaker, professor at Biola University

"Many well-intentioned, godly parents unknowingly send their children out into the world malnourished by an insufficient diet of evidence for their faith...We know. Ratio Christi sees it every day in our chapters on high school and college campuses. Students come to us starving for ways to defend their faith from intellectual assault. As the director of parent outreach at Ratio Christi, I've been looking for a tool to recommend to parents so they can start this training early at home. This is it. Start feeding your family a steady diet of Keeping Your Kids on God's Side to strengthen their hearts and minds for the battles against the secular smorgasbord they will face."
--Julie Loos, Director, Ratio Christi Boosters

"Parents, wake up. The secular culture is challenging our kids like never before and we've got to prepare them for the barrage of false ideas they will most certainly face. Apologetic conversations are no longer optional; they're a necessary part of our kids' discipleship. Thankfully, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side is the resource we all need. It's accessible and comprehensive, and it will equip you to engage your kids in conversations that count, big time."
--Brett Kunkle, Student Impact Director, Stand to Reason

About the Author

Natasha Crainis a speaker, author, blogger, and podcaster who equips Christians to think biblically in a secular world. She is the author of three apologetics books for parents: Keeping Your Kids on God's Side, Talking with Your Kids About God, and Talking with Your Kids About Jesus. Natasha has been featured on radio shows nationwide. 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.