A Mama Bear has two primary instincts: nurturing and protecting. Women are amazing at giving their children love and physical protection. However, when it comes to the battle of ideas, it is assumed that merely being raised in a Christian environment will ensure their children’s spiritual well-being. But did you know that research shows that being raised in a Sunday School environment is actually correlated with a less Biblical worldview?! (See study)
According to Barna and USA today, nearly 59% of youth leave the church after they graduate, and only 17% maintain a Biblical worldview. According to a Lifeway survey, the most common reasons for leaving the church are moving to college, church members seeming judgmental and/or hypocritical, and no longer feeling connected to the people in their church.
Questions are scary. What if we don’t know the answer? Will our child think less of of us? This is where we as ladies need to rally together, overcome our fears, and start equipping ourselves to answer the questions that our children will inevitably ask, and teach them how to “demolish arguments raised against the knowledge of God” (2 Cor 10:5) .
Rise up ladies. Rise up Mama Bears. The battle of ideas is real, and it is not taking prisoners.
