
The Natasha Crain Podcast
Equipping Christians to think biblically about worldviews, apologetics, culture, and parenting in a challenging secular world.
Episodes
54 episodes
51. Andy Stanley's Church is Coaching Middle School Leaders to Affirm Trans Identities
The website and X account protestia.com got ahold of a training video from Andy Stanley's hugely influential North Point Church on how middle school leaders should respond to trans-identifying kids and their families. The video features Britt K...
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Quick Response 3: Is It Problematic for Christians to Align with One Political Party More Than Another?
Today I’m responding to an X post from author and speaker Preston Sprinkle:“My political theology has allowed me to be so hopeful in this political season. I reject the empire, yet submit to it, because Jesus is king. I embrace and celeb...
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50. How to Share Truth with an Ever-Changing Culture, with Sean McDowell
Sean and I discuss some fascinating subjects from a new book he edited called Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talking about God. Sean is a professor of Apolo...
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49. How the New Thought Movement Is Shaping Today's Culture, with Melissa Dougherty
In today’s episode, I talk with Melissa Dougherty about her groundbreaking new book, Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World. As I said in my endorsement of the book, "Happy Lies is the m...
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48. Does the Culture Hate Christians?
My new book, When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square, is out TODAY! In this brief episode, I tell you a bit about the book and answer the question some are asking: Does the culture actual...
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Quick Response 2: If Trans People Aren't Harming Anyone, Why Should You Care What They Do to Themselves?
Today I’m addressing the following tweet from someone who is troubled by Christians and others who are concerned about public policy related to transgender issues: “For all those who are terrified of trans people and believe this is more import...
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Quick Response 1: If Christianity is really about saving souls, we wouldn't legislate values
Welcome to my first quick response episode, in which I respond briefly to popular claims I see online that sound good and draw in a lot of Christians, but fail from a biblical and/or logical perspective.Today, I respond to a Tweet from R...
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47. What the Church Is Getting Wrong about Race and Racism, with Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager
Today I’m talking with my good friends from the Center for Biblical Unity, Monique Duson and Krista Bontrager, about their new book, Walking in Unity: Biblical Answers to Questions on Race and Racism. Ever since 2020, there have...
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46. Exposing the History of the Sexual Revolution, with Seth Gruber
Today I talk with Seth Gruber about his new documentary that exposes the "hidden history of the secular moral revolution and the architects of our current culture of death." Seth's documentary and corresponding book are called The 1916 Proj...
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45. The State of Christian Colleges, with Dr. Everett Piper
What is the state of Christian colleges today? Is a Christian college education worth the money? How should parents evaluate a given Christian college to determine if it’s biblically sound? What are some signs that a school is going progressive...
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44. What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life, with Detective J. Warner Wallace
Cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker, and best-selling author J. Warner Wallace joins me to talk about his new book,
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43. America's Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity, with Erwin Lutzer
My guest today is Dr. Erwin Lutzer. Dr. Lutzer is pastor emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as the senior pastor for 36 years. He is an award-winning author of many books, including We Will Not Be Silenced, and the featured ...
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42. How The After Party Curriculum Is Sowing Political Confusion in the Church
The After Party is a small group curriculum and corresponding book that's being heavily promoted this election year to individuals, churches, and Christian institutions. The marketing is designed to attract churches who would like to s...
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41. Is There a Leftist Agenda Infiltrating the Church?, with Megan Basham
Megan Basham's new book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda, has become the source of much discussion and controversy in the few days it's been out. In this episode, Megan and I talk about the cent...
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40. How to Discern Truth from Culture’s Lies, with Pastor Jack Hibbs
Deception of many different kinds is a pervasive problem in the church today. The problem with deception, of course, is that people rarely know when they're being deceived. In this episode, I talk about some of the most pressing examples of dec...
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39. The Biggest Faith Challenges Facing the Next Generation, with Dr. Jeff Myers
Culture has gone through an enormous shift in the last few years, and raising kids with a confident faith is more challenging than ever. Today I talk with Dr. Jeff Myers about the biggest faith challenges today and how parents (and grandpar...
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38. The State of Parental Rights, with Ryan Bangert of Alliance Defending Freedom
Today I'm featuring the work of a very important organization that every Christian should know about: Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). ADF is one of the leading Christian law firms committed to protecting re...
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37. The He Gets Us Campaign: Why Its Portrayal of Jesus is Still a Problem
Super Bowl Sunday is in a few days, and He Gets Us will once again be running ads as part of their $100 million advertising campaign intended to "rescue Jesus's reputation." Last year, I wrote a viral article on 7 key problems with it. Since pe...
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36. The Pro-Life Movement, Culture Wars, and How the Church Got Soft, with Seth Gruber
Seth Gruber is a bold and passionate pro-life speaker and the founder of The White Rose Resistance. His mission is to be a voice for unborn children and to educate and expose culture to the evil of abortion until every person has the right to b...
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35. Public Schools (Part 2): How to Know What's Going On in the Classroom (Plus Q&A), with Andy White
In this part 2 on public schools (see episode 34 for part 1), my guest Andy White explains seven things Christian parents can and should be doing to know what's going on in their child's school and classroom. In the second hour, Andy answers a ...
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34. Public Schools: What Christian Parents Need to Know, with Andy White
This is the third part of my series on educational choices for Christian families. In today's episode, I interview Andy White, a Christian who has been a public high school principal for the last 19 years. Our purpose is NOT to tell every Chris...
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33. How to Have Better Conversations with Nonbelievers, with Greg Koukl
Many Christians are finding that it's getting harder and harder to engage in faith conversations with nonbelievers. With culture becoming increasingly hostile to Christian beliefs (particularly on morality), it's natural to want to just slink a...
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32. Living Counter Culturally Can Make Your Kids Resent Christianity
We're raising kids in an increasingly challenging world--which means we have to be intentional in raising them in a counter cultural way. But if we’re not careful in how we do it, it can lead to our kids’ resentment of Christ...
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31. When You Have Trouble Believing the Bible, with J. Warner Wallace
Even Christians struggle with believing what the Bible says sometimes. We want to believe it's God's Word, but there can be doubts that nag at us. Can miracles really happen? If they can, why should we believe some of the stranger mira...
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30. A Christian Response to a Viral Deconversion Post
Social media has been a popular place to share deconversion stories over the last few years, and sometimes so many people resonate with those posts that they go viral to some extent (being liked and shared by thousands of people).There’s...
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