Should Christians focus on influencing the world, or keeping the world from influencing them? Should Christians have non-Christian friends?
Continue ReadingAssumptions about Gen Z the Church Needs to Stop Making
The number of kids leaving the church and Christianity is growing rapidly. One reason for that is many in the church don’t realize what the current culture looks like for this generation.
Continue ReadingAnother Youth Study Reveals Similar Results
If you’ve been following us here at Tent Making Christianity the past few weeks, you know that we have been discussing the youth exodus from our churches. Depending on which study you read, between 60-80% of youth who are involved in the church walk away after graduation. Just recently released, yet another youth study reveals similar results. When […]
Continue ReadingAn Apologist’s Adventures in Critical Theory Class
I didn’t plan on discussing Critical Theory until I found myself in a university class on it. Here are my adventures in Critical Theory Class
Continue ReadingSubtle Attacks From Nice Professors
What Do The Numbers Say? If you have been following Tent Making Christianity, you’re probably aware of why young people need apologetics training. Christian students are leaving their faith behind in massive numbers when they go to college. “Data from the Southern Baptist Convention indicates that they are currently losing 70-88% of their youth after […]
Continue ReadingBack to Basics: Why Study Apologetics?
How do I explain why apologetics is essential to someone unfamiliar with the subject? Why am I so hyper-focused on this one area of Christian teaching, rather than others? It made me realize that it is a good idea to occasionally zoom out and go back to the basics.
Continue ReadingWas Reincarnation Originally in the Bible?
During college I took an Intercultural Communication course. The class was fairly unremarkable, but the text book gave no shortage of interesting material. One chapter in particular, written by one Professor Mary Fong, comparing Taoism and Christianity, taught me to be very careful how much stock to put in my text books when it comes […]
Continue ReadingDid Math Prove God Does Not Exist?
One night, after my college Algebra class finished, I needed to ask my professor a question about the homework. But I also had a different question. Earlier that night he made a casual comment about how he’s not religious. This wouldn’t be strange, except for the large cross tattooed across his forearm. Seeing a good […]
Continue ReadingThe 3-Word Question At the Heart of the Youth Exodus
Young Christians are facing a crossroads, and many are choosing to take the path away from Christianity. At the heart of that crossroads is a simple 3-word question that makes all the difference.
Continue ReadingCollege: Are We Preparing Kids for the Wrong Fight
The majority of those students leaving their faith in college are not jumping into the church of atheism or attending reason rallies. Most of them are simply stepping away from religion as something not worth caring about.
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