Note: You can read a short article from McLaughlin at Work Reviewed How could a loving God send people to hell?.How could a loving God allow so much suffering?.How can you say there’s only one true faith?.McLaughlin breaks her book into twelve questions that high school students are either asking or will soon be compelled to ask: The type of book that high school students desperately need. In many ways, it is the type of book that appeals to both Christians and atheists alike. McLaughlin’s book is conversational yet contemplative, vulnerable yet convicting. This is why I believe Confronting Christianity is so timely. And while I am grateful for this kingdom work, as a teacher, I struggle to connect this wealth of information with the adolescent brains in my classroom.
YouTube and social media platforms seem to be teaming with biblically based philosophy and Christian apologetics. It would be almost two years later that I was blessed to listen to Rebecca McLaughlin speak and then shortly afterward to read her phenomenal book Confronting Christianity. While I know we weren’t able to cover every question, or even most of the questions, the experience led me to look for viable and relatable resources that I could share with my students after high school. It was at this point as a teacher that I wanted to do my best to answer these questions in the short time I had with them. They were afraid of University not afraid of the workload or the professors, but afraid of not being able to answer the onslaught of questions about Christianity and their personal faith. In a class full of strong minds and bodies, I saw fear in my students’ eyes.
I was teaching a grade twelve biblical studies class when something unexpected happened.
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