How Is Believing in Jesus Any Different From Believing in Santa?

Episode Summary. As our children and grandchildren leave their homes, we can expect them to hear the argument that they should act like adults and stop viewing the Bible’s fairy tales as anything more than morally uplifting stories like The Little Mermaid, The Lord of the Rings, or Santa Clause. Against this backdrop, we must help our children and grandchildren, before leaving home, realize that believing in Jesus is far different than believing in Santa Clause. The faulty idea that the TRUTH of what you believe DOESN'T MATTER is being shouted from the rooftops in academia today. But no one lives that way. This episode seeks to equip us all to explain the ways that belief that the child in the manger is God, himself, is rooted in solid evidence, unlike the myth of Santa. 

For Further Prayerful Thought:

1. How would you answer the objection, “I can’t believe in Christianity because I can’t believe God would be so narrow minded that only one religion could be right?
2. How would you answer Da Vinci Code fans who insist that the idea that the baby in Bethlehem’s manger was made up by a faction of Jesus’ followers? 
3. Which examples of archaeology’s validation of biblical accuracy do you most want to remember?
4. How might Jesus’ fulfillment of so many specific prophecies be a tool to help you ask those who don’t know him to consider his claims?

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