Rebecca McLaughlin

So maybe personal question, how often do you think about the fact that you're going to die? And how does it shape you?

Gosh, Rebecca, I bet you're so fun at a cocktail party.

I'm

so fun.

Finally, the good life is God's will for our lives, which is good for us, pleasing to him, and perfect, meeting the highest standards in God's sight.

So the question, I guess, would be, does it work? Does it actually lead? Do these seven points lead to a good life? Interestingly, Rebecca McLaughlin wrote a book called Confronting Christianity, 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion.

And she takes all of the positive psychology studies and points out that those psychological studies confirm the basics of Christian living.

Basically, loving relationships, helping others, forgiving others, being thankful, being generous, living for something bigger than yourself, that life is going to make you happier, live longer, and suffer less likely to suffer depression.

Oh, wow.

What, what an honor to be here with you today, Rebecca.

Uh, truly, uh, I just wanna say upfront that I'm grateful for all that you've written.

I've read a, a great deal of what you've written already, and Confronting Christianity is, uh, one of those books that, uh, early on that I read.

Kyle, you do not know me, my friend.

I'm so sorry.

You just don't give off water slide vibes, Rebecca.

Uh-

Lewis was giving these talks, but they are asking it today.

But I think it's quite likely that 50 years from now or even 20 years from now, the conversation about gender will have moved to a new point, and those works that are being written about that today, uh, with, with cutting-edge books by Rebecca McLaughlin and other apologists, you know, may not age particularly well.

But that's okay because most of the time, Christian apologists are, are trying to answer the questions that people are asking today, not the questions that they're going to ask 100 years from now.

So it's a very rare book that simultaneously addresses the questions that people are asking right at one particular moment and also is equally effective at speaking to people in later generations.

I'll mention one quick resource that I think is super helpful for some of what we're talking about.

Rebecca McLaughlin wrote a book called The Secular Creed.

And she deals with five of the creeds or myths of our day.

And it's very similar to what we're talking about here.

And you could use this through middle school.

And then 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask and Answer About Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin is wonderful.

But if you've got a kid who's not interested in books whatsoever, just recently Wes Huff and his team have been putting out great documentaries on Can I Trust the Bible? And I wanna say they're free on YouTube, if I'm remembering correctly.

So these are great resources because especially even younger kids can watch these and see the artifacts firsthand.

At the end of the day, the doctor had to prescribe medication to help with this, not just to sort of feel around for the pain and empathize.

My name is Rebecca McLaughlin and I'm joined by my co-host, Kyle Worley.

How's it going, Kyle?

Good morning.

You ha- you know, His heart is in you.

That's what Rebecca McLaughlin does so brilliantly in the book Confronting Christianity-

Yeah

... is basically say, your argument is against a caricature of Christianity-

You don't have to.

Anything that Rebecca McLaughlin writes on this kind of stuff is just good.

So go and find her.

Very good.