Dealing with Doubts - Doubt vs. Unbelief: Helping Young People Navigate Faith Challenges, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 22 May 2025
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Summary
What can you do to support the young person in your life who is having a faith crisis or wrestling with some serious doubts about Jesus or the Bible? In this program, Chip will give practical advice to concerned parents and grandparents through his enlightening conversation with best-selling author and renowned apologist Sean McDowell. Together, they will explore how doubt can act as a stepping stone to a deeper faith and offer practical wisdom for Christians to navigate challenging topics like LGBTQ+ issues with compassion and truth.
Main Points
The Nature of Doubt
Challenges Faced by Young People
Effective Strategies for Parents and Grandparents
Practical Advice for Raising Children in a Digital Age:
Key Factors in Developing Strong Faith
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About Chip Ingram: Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Sean McDowell: Sean McDowell is a professor of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He has earned two Master’s degrees in philosophy and theology and his Ph.D. in Apologetics and Worldview Studies. He is the author, editor, or co-author of more than 20 books. Sean has one of the top apologetics YouTube channels and is on the teaching team at his home church in southern California.
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| 0:00.0 | Picture this. A close friend asked you to meet them for coffee, and after catching up for a little while, they lean in and quietly admit, you know, I've been wanting to talk to you because I'm having a lot of doubts about whether Christianity is the way for me. I mean, how can I know the Bible is true and that Jesus really loves me? Will you help me? I'm not sure what to do. |
| 0:22.4 | Well, let me tell you, that scenario is all too real for many believers who've had that close |
| 0:27.4 | friend or maybe even a child share those honest feelings from their heart. And when those moments |
| 0:33.0 | come up, that's a perfect opportunity for you to step up and support them. So coming up on Living on the Edge, we'll help you talk to and care for those wrestling |
| 0:42.3 | with their faith as we begin winding down our insightful series dealing with doubts. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm Dave Drewie. |
| 0:48.3 | We have a very special program for you today. |
| 0:51.3 | A few weeks ago, Chip sat down with best-selling author and prominent Christian |
| 0:55.5 | apologist Sean McDowell. The two discussed the subject of doubt, as Chip opened up about a |
| 1:01.1 | heartbreaking conversation he once had with his son, who was in the middle of a faith crisis. |
| 1:06.4 | Well, there's so much to get to, so here's Chip to dive right in. |
| 1:10.8 | We spent the last month talking about, we all have doubts, we all have doubts, we all There's so much to get to, so here's Chip to dive right in. |
| 1:22.5 | We spent the last month talking about we all have doubts, we all have struggles, and, of course, those that are parents and grandparents, pastors, the next generation is certainly near and dear to our heart. |
| 1:28.5 | And so as I was praying this through, I thought, who could I invite that works with young people that really is connected to what's really going on to say, hey, could you help us really understand |
| 1:35.8 | what's going on in the lives, especially of younger people, and where their struggles are, |
| 1:40.5 | where their doubts? And so I want to welcome Sean McDowell. Great to have you with us. |
| 1:45.2 | Chip, this is such a treat. I've been looking forward to this. Well, thanks for being with us. |
| 1:49.6 | I did not grow up as a follower of Christ, and I was a skeptic. And your dad's book, |
| 1:55.7 | more than a carpenter, and then evidence that demands a verdict were ones that I poured over and like, could this really |
| 2:02.8 | be true in my kind of young struggle? So it's great to have you with us. And maybe tell us, |
| 2:08.5 | I know you're a professor at Biola. I have watched your podcast. Give me just a little bit of |
| 2:13.6 | your background and your heart and why you do what you do. Yeah, I grew up in a small town in |
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