Great Homeschool Convention – Cincinnati After an eight hour drive, I arrived at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. It was very convenient due to a walkway that goes directly to the Energy Center next door. This is the home venue for Great Homeschool and the largest of the year with about 4,000 attendees. Although …
Category: apologetics blog
Apr 01
Creation Apologetics and Homeschool Convention Report
Creation and other religions Would you like your young students to know how to defend Christianity with some of the simplest yet most powerful evidential responses? Here are a couple examples from a March Sunday School class with my fifth graders. We had a full class of 18 students. Several were new so when I …
Oct 23
Apologetics for Tweens – October Blog
National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCAA) Last week was the annual National Christian Conference on Apologetics (NCCA). I have attended 8 years in a row and delivered a speaking engagement for the third year in a row. My topic was of course, Apologetics for Tweens. The key message from my discussion is that we need …
Sep 08
New developments in apologetics
Apologetics for Tweens Recently, a Christian organization ordered 25 sets each of my 5th thru 8th grade scripture and apologetics curriculum. This brings the total of books sold to 150 this year. How exciting to see the interest in apologetics and the need to help prepare our youth to understand and defend their faith. Check …
Aug 02
Why Do You Believe? – 7 Apologetics Audio Sessions
Welcome again to Apologetics for Tweens! This month I decided to provide audio sessions from our summer apologetics training series conducted in my church, First Baptist in Peachtree City, GA. Each audio link is about an hour and was given to a group of 50 to over 100 adults, college students, high school youth and even …
Jun 09
Faith Radio interviews Thomas Griffin on raising kids to keep their faith
Listen Here to Faith Radio’s interview of Thomas Griffin on apologetics and youth.
May 05
How young is too young for apologetics?
By Tom Griffin Many people are surprised to find out that I taught apologetics to fifth graders (10-11 yr olds) for 13 years. The typical reaction is, “Isn’t that too young?” Indeed, I would have thought so myself and had no intention to teach apologetics when I began all those years ago. But the questions …
Apr 05
Homeschool Apologetics Energy
By Tom Griffin Recently I attended the Great Homeschool Southeast Convention in Greenville, South Carolina. Some 2000 homeschool teachers attended to search and review homeschool curriculum material and to listen to speaker workshops pertinent to homeschool teacher issues. It was gratifying and somewhat surprising how many stopped by my exhibitor booth to say they had …
Mar 06
Smarter than a 5th grader part 2
This video is from my class discussion on the morning of February 25. See how brilliant these kids are! This is unrehearsed and unscripted. These answers are typical of what I see each week. It is gratifying for me, and should be for the parents, to know I am not just talking and no one is listening. They …
Feb 26
Smarter than a 5th grader part 1
This video is from my class discussion this morning. See how brilliant these kids are! This is unrehearsed and unscripted. These answers are typical of what I see each week. It is gratifying for me, and should be for the parents, to know I am not just talking and no one is listening. They get it! This is …
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