Natasha Crain > Quotes

“The tie that functionally binds the worldviews of millions of people is the authority of the self rather than the authority of any given religion and its god(s).”
― Natasha Crain, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture

“Oftentimes, if you ask Christians why they believe in God, you’ll hear answers like “I just know He’s there,” or “I can feel His presence.” Our personal experiences with God are important, of course, but if experiences are all we have to go on, it can be really easy to question their basis in reality during difficult times.”
― Natasha Crain, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture

“Unity without truth isn't even unity - it's pure individualism”
― Natasha Crain, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture

“KEY POINTS Our most basic human intuition tells us that some things are right or wrong for all people and are not subject to a person’s individual judgment. If this is true, then objective moral values and duties exist.”
― Natasha Crain, Talking with Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

“The question we need to answer isn’t, “How do we create a culture where it’s more normal to be a Christian?” but rather, “How can we best be faithful to our calling in a world where it will never be normal to be a Christian—and in a culture where it’s becoming less and less so?”
― Natasha Crain, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture

“Critical theory grew out of the Marxism of the 1800s. Karl Marx taught that all of history has been one long economic class struggle between oppressed and oppressor groups, and that the only way for the oppressed to be liberated was for them to engage in violent revolution toward socialism. In the 1930s, intellectuals of the Frankfurt School in Germany broadened Marx's analysis to apply not only to economics but also to culture and mass media. In the decades that followed, this basic framework was extended to other areas: race, gender, sexuality, physical ability, and a host of other identity markers. Like the working class in Marx's analysis, people of color, women, and those in the LGBTQ community were identified as victims of social structures that empowered their oppressors and kept them marginalized.”
― Natasha Crain

“...young Christians are actively being drawn into a worldview battle that wasn't so prominent even 10 years ago. Unfortunately, they're losing their faith in that battle because they haven't been equipped for the fight. If you want to keep your kids on God's side, you'll have to make sure they're armed.”
― Natasha Crain, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith

“Our most basic human intuition tells us that some things are right or wrong for all people and are not subject to a person’s individual judgment. If this is true, then objective moral values and”
― Natasha Crain, Talking with Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

“But being hated is exactly what Jesus told us to expect if we’re going to follow His commands. Silence in exchange for cultural respect is a deal with the devil.”
― Natasha Crain, When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square

“Worship is a natural response to an appropriate understanding of who God is, not an act of reluctant humility before an attention-seeking Creator.”
― Natasha Crain, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith