Natasha Crain

Author, speaker, host of The Natasha Crain Podcast, co-host of the Unshaken Faith Podcast w/Alisa Childers. Biblical clarity in a secular culture.

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

RELEASE DAY!

When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square is now officially out!

Frank Turek wrote the foreword and it’s been endorsed by Jack Hibbs; Greg Koukl; Erwin Lutzer; Andrew T. Walker; Jim Daly; John Stonestreet; Kirk Cameron; Alisa Childers; Seth Dillon; Mark Mittelberg; Robert Pacienza; Melissa Dougherty; Everett Piper; Krista Bontrager; and Monique Duson.

From the back cover:

As cultural hostility toward Christianity intensifies, many Christians have grown more reluctant to advocate for biblical values in the public square. But our perseverance for the common good—a good defined by God alone—is more important than ever in a culture that embraces darkness.

When Culture Hates You is a call for Christians to unashamedly pursue righteousness in society out of our love for others. In this timely resource, author Natasha Crain will help you:

--make sense of cultural hostility by better understanding the roots of secular outrage on issues like Christian nationalism, social justice, abortion, transgenderism, and sexuality
--advocate for the godly functioning of society with greater biblical, cultural, and civic understanding
--take concrete action for the common good with more than 35 practical ideas to get you started

As Christians, our calling is to speak truth in the face of hostility. Not because we want to “war” with culture but because we love both God and others.

Available now!

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@megbasham Praise the Lord for such wonderful news! And I’m glad you’re going to take some time off. I have been on social media only lightly the last few months and it really does make a difference.

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

Happy 4th of July, friends!

The most important thing I pray everyone would deeply understand today is this: We live in an exceptional country, but we can never become complacent in assuming it's here to stay in the form that made it exceptional to begin with.

It is said that when Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention, he was approached by some people asking what kind of government the delegates had created. He famously replied, "A republic, if you can keep it."

Can we keep it when so many "Americans" today want to destroy its foundations and replace it with some form of Marxism? That remains to be seen. But it will surely be lost if Christians become intimidated by leaders (Christian or otherwise) who tell us that advocating for righteousness in society according to biblical truths is some dangerous problem labeled Christian nationalism.

Christian, use your earthly citizenship to BE SALT AND LIGHT in the country in which the Lord has placed you!

Tell people about Jesus AND advocate for the righteous functioning of society!

Thank you, Lord, for the freedoms we celebrate today in America. Please open our eyes to the importance of working to KEEP them.

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

I'm starting a deep dive on Romans for my personal Bible study time this summer. In reading Romans 1 this week, I was reminded of how much this verse has always struck me:

(For context, this is speaking of those who have been given over to a debased mind.) "Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them" (Romans 1:32).

It's so interesting to me that Paul highlights the fact that people don't simply stop with sinning themselves, but rather go on to APPROVE of the same sin in others. We see that everywhere today. And not only that--our culture condemns you if YOU don't approve of sin too. In other words, those who are of the world:

Practice the sin --> Approve of the sin in others --> Condemn those who DON'T approve of the sin

It's the natural trajectory for those who are slaves to sin (Romans 6:16). Christians should be less surprised as we see this playing out more and more in a culture in which there are fewer and fewer Christ followers

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

Very strong piece from @joe_rigney on the Muslim grooming gangs in Britain. https://t.co/glkZtS3zDe

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@JoshDaws @theblaze Congratulations!

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

The latest research shows that Christians have some very conflicting thoughts on AI. For example, nearly half of "practicing Christians" say they trust AI's advice for growing spiritually, yet 70%+ also have serious concerns about how it handles Scripture, how it's replacing the role of pastors, and much more.

There's a lot Christians need to think through about AI, so @alisa_childers and I invited @ErikReed and Brandon Maddick (two of the cofounders of @Dominion_chat) onto the Unshaken Faith Podcast to have a fascinating conversation on worldview implications. Whether you're new to AI or are consulting it daily, I think you'll find this episode insightful and clarifying!

https://t.co/wmC0p7PP4a

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@conservmillen Congratulations!! That’s amazing! So happy for you.

[Coral Ridge Ministries @CoralRidgeMin]

@Natasha_Crain outlines red flags that every Christian can look for when discerning whether a church has become progressive.

On this week’s episode of Christ Meets Culture, Dr. Rob Pacienza sits down with author, speaker, and cultural apologist Natasha Crain to share practical guidance for parents and grandparents. They discuss how to root families in God’s Word so that the next generation is prepared and sent into the world grounded in truth.

Watch the full episode live now on our streaming platform https://t.co/s8pvBjOwOC (https://t.co/s8pvBjOwOC)

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@ShesAPepper @ErikReed @alisa_childers @BullyPulpitPod Thanks so much! I hope you find it helpful!

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

Loved doing this show with Alisa and the guys from the Bully Pulpit Podcast!

[Erik Reed @ErikReed]

We had a great convo with @alisa_childers and @Natasha_Crain about how Christians should engage with a culture that hates us. @BullyPulpitPod

https://t.co/3zFlidsj5A

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

This is an excellent response from @Katy_Faust regarding the Seattle Times article on her. She is fearless and will be increasingly targeted. Pray for her and her family.

[Katy Faust @Katy_Faust]

My @FDRLST response to @seattletimes

"Had my deployed husband replied to his inquiry, I wonder whether @Jim_Brunner would have thanked him for defending the reporter’s First Amendment rights- rights Brunner would later exercise by doxxing the time and location of his wife’s upcoming speaking event..."

https://t.co/8BX3wAxw95

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@TheIndieBuffet This is so great! Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out and even share about it on your channel. Super awesome. I know he really appreciated the support!

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@bunniferated Absolutely. I wasn’t suggesting otherwise.

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

I was in Salt Lake City this weekend for a volleyball tournament for my daughter. We had an Uber driver who was a young lady probably in her early 20s. I asked her how she liked Salt Lake City and she told us how she liked the area except how it was so "religious." I asked her if she had grown up in a Mormon home and she said, "Yes. I'm not part of that anymore though. My parents weren't super serious about it. It really just provided some good structure and community. Now I just focus on being a good person and don't need all that."

We only had a couple of minutes left in the ride at that point so unfortunately I didn't get to talk more with her. But I thought her perception was interesting that her church upbringing was functionally just a structure and community, and therefore could be easily replaced with her own structure and community eventually.

I recently posted here about a convicting question Christian parents should ask themselves, but this conversation raised another one: When your kids are adults, will they look back at their childhood faith formation as one that was mostly about a functional structure and community? If so, that's easily replaceable. That's why teaching kids to think about worldviews as actual claims about the nature of reality is so important...and why teaching apologetics as a way to compare the evidence for those claims across worldviews is so critical. Without that context, kids grow up to think religions are nothing more than (sometimes) helpful communities.

Christianity is true or false, and as CS Lewis said, "Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

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[Frank Turek @DrFrankTurek]

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[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

Hey @ErikReed and @brandon_maddick -- you might be interested in checking this out at 24:22. We took a question regarding AI in the life of a Christian and I talked about @Dominion_chat quite a bit! I'm loving it!

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

I just wrapped up a fun livestream called "Ask an Apologist" with Mike Sherrard, Matthew Mittelberg, and Alycia Wood. One of the first questions Matthew asked me was, "If you had the attention of every Christian parent in America for two minutes, what would you say?"

My answer is that I would ask every Christian parent to (honestly) answer the following question: "What is your greatest desire for your kids?"

My guess based on many conversations over years with both nonbelievers and Christians is that the vast majority of parents would say, "That my kids would be happy."

If your answer isn't (honestly) that your greatest desire is for your kids to grow to know and love the Lord, it will misshape the entire trajectory of your parenting and discipleship. You can't CONTROL whether they know and love the Lord, but if your greatest desire for them isn't in line with this eternal perspective, you'll often end up prioritizing things that are at odds with their spiritual development...and that's something that IS in your control.

Incidentally, this isn't a one-time question to ask yourself. I ask it of myself regularly. The reminder of what my greatest desire MUST be--not whatever it feels like at the moment--continually redirects my perspective.

Give it a try and ask yourself the same.

Check out the full livestream here: https://t.co/kNAwvjWFXP

[Matthew Mittelberg @MatthewVMitt]

Can't wait to have this conversation tomorrow with
@Natasha_Crain! Join us and ask your questions about cultural apologetics, worldview formation and discipleship, parenting and raising kids, and Christian identity in a hostile culture!

https://t.co/bbHLKL25NY

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@Markins Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. How tragic.

[Natasha Crain @Natasha_Crain]

@megbasham I was so excited that I actually made sure to check the post date wasn't April 1. 😂My excitement level of needing to confirm it wasn't an April Fool's joke definitely places me in the top nerd category.