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When you're in a tough spot, you will end up defaulting like muscle memory to what you know is evidentially true.

And so I want my kids as I raise them, I hope that they know that this is evidentially true.

And you're going to have a tragedy, you're going to have a tough time.

And you're going to be tempted to say where's God in this.

But if you know that this worldview can stop bullets, you will stand in the gunfight.

And so I think we have to help our kids to understand that this is not just my wishful thinking

or one of many options that will make your life better.

This is actually true and it will stop bullets.

That's Jim Wallis describing how our faith in Jesus Christ is like a bulletproof vest.

We can trust the message of the gospel with our lives.

And if you have any doubts or questions about what the Bible says, if you wonder, if God is real,

then this episode of Focusonthefamily is for you.

Stick with us.

Your host is Focuspresident and author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller.

John, I love to think about and study the early church. It's just one of the hobbies, I guess you might say.

The disciples and the first followers of Jesus were living in very exciting times.

Certainly dangerous, but also full of wonder and amazement at what God was doing in their midst.

And they were helping spread the good news like wildfire throughout the known world of their time.

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