Episode 142. Understanding the Nature of Truth with Tricia Scribner

Mama Bear Apologetics

Hillary Morgan Ferrer & Amy Davison

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this foundational episode of the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast Amy Davison and Tricia Scribner tackle the concept of truth in an age dominated by relativism and subjectivism. Drawing from Scripture, personal anecdotes, and years of experience in apologetics and teaching, the conversation provides a powerful defense of truth as objective, absolute, and rooted in God’s nature. The episode dismantles cultural misconceptions like "my truth" and "perception is reality" and explains why these ideas, though popular, are intellectually inconsistent and dangerous. The offer practical strategies for parents and grandparents to help their kids develop a clear, biblical understanding of truth in a world of confusion.

Main Points Covered

What is truth?
Relativism and subjectivism defined and critiqued
How culture undermines objective truth
Defending Christian exclusivity without being close-minded
Practical tips for teaching kids about truth
Biblical foundations for truth

People and resources mentioned

Acts 5 – Ananias and Sapphira as a biblical example of truth
2 Corinthians 10:5 – Taking thoughts captive in obedience to Christ
The Den — Our new online apologetics community for women.

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0:00.0	Knowing the nature of God because he's proved himself true, trustworthy, and loving on the cross,
0:11.9	that gets us through those times of suffering when our feelings maybe in disjunction with what we know to be true.
0:23.6	Welcome to the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast. I'm Hillary. And I'm Amy. We are just two gals who are spiritually armed, highly caffeinated.
0:30.8	And just sassy enough to make bad ideas cry. Mama Bear is a ministry dedicated to helping you raise children who think critically, love
0:38.1	biblically, and stand firm in the faith using scripture, reason, and reality.
0:42.3	Because remember, Mama Bears, this might not affect your faith.
0:45.3	But it might affect your children.
0:51.0	Hey, everyone.
0:52.2	Welcome to another Mama Bear Apologetics podcast, a podcast dedicated to helping
0:56.3	you raise children who think critically, love biblically, and stand firm in the faith using
1:01.5	scripture, reason, and reality. Now, we have just had a lot of fun in these last few podcasts
1:07.6	to where we have been looking in at the reasonability for faith within Christianity.
1:13.4	We recently just got done with looking at the importance of logic and how logic is integral
1:19.1	to our Christian faith and is a tool of the faith as well. And so now what we're going to do
1:25.5	is we're going to shift gears a bit. We looked at logic,
1:29.1	what it is, and now we're going to focus in on truth, because unfortunately, truth is under
1:35.7	assault and has been under assault for several generations within our culture specifically.
1:41.0	So what we want to do today is to see how culture is attacking truth, what truth
1:46.2	is, and how we can help our kids understand that the concept of truth is rooted in God. It's
1:52.6	absolute for all people, and it's objectively knowable within reality. So if you were just
1:58.8	joining us, Trisha Scribner is our resident Nana Bear. She has a PhD
2:03.2	in philosophy. And we have just been going through these 20 reasons why Christianity is true
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