Hey everyone, welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith and I'm super glad you've joined me today.

Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more.

Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical,

and they're going to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus

in the midst of cluttered messy days. You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to

get to today's conversation, which is all about learning how to communicate

with our children about Jesus and why it's so important.

My guest is Natasha Crane.

Natasha is a national speaker, author, and blogger who's passionate about equipping Christian

parents to raise their kids with an understanding of how to make a case for and defend their

faith in an increasingly secular world.

She's got an NBA from UCLA and studied Christian apologetics at Biola, but Natasha's

greatest reward in life comes from knowing Jesus and from spending time with her husband

and three children.

Today she shares the heart behind her latest book, Talking with your kids about Jesus.

You and I both know, the world will challenge the faith of our children, especially when it comes to Jesus.

The decline of Christianity is continuing at an alarming pace, guys.

Many people, even Christians, don't know what they believe,

let alone why they believe it, and our children are among those.

So what do we do about it?

By studying apologetics, Natasha has identified several hugely important

conversations we need to be having with our kids given the

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