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Talking With Your Kids About Jesus: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have, by Natasha Crain, is a thought-provoking book that might be as helpful for parents as it is for kids. The premise of the book is that it is important for parents to have conversations about Jesus with their kids before they leave the house and go into adulthood. The author frames these conversations around questions that kids might encounter from doubters, atheists, or anyone else who wants to challenge Christian beliefs. Some of these questions include, “Did Jesus Really Perform Miracles?”, “If Jesus Is God, How Could He Die?”, “Was Jesus’s Tomb Really Empty?” and “What Does It Mean To Be Saved?”.
As you can see, this book covers some weighty topics. Crain does an excellent job of finding everyday life stories that tie into the introduction for each chapter. However, her detailed explanations of some of these questions were difficult for me to grasp; I think it would be even more difficult to explain the arguments in a way that children could understand. This book showed me that I myself have a long way to go in being able to explain what I believe to critics. At the end of each chapter, there is a “Conversation Guide”. It provides questions (and answers) for each topic geared towards younger kids and then to older kids, depending on their level of understanding. Being able to defend your faith is important when the culture is full of people who want to attack it. Therefore, I would recommend Talking With Your Kids About Jesus in order to have a better understanding of effectively answering difficult questions about Christianity.