Carl Kerby is president & founder of Reasons for Hope.  Prior to forming Reasons for Hope, he was a founding board member of Answers in Genesis and served there for 15 years.  Carl is a former air-traffic controller at Chicago-O’Hare.  He is co-creator and host for the video series, Weapons of Mass Instruction, presenter of the DVD series for teens, Demolishing Strongholds and presenter on the Becoming Bold series for teens and adults.  He’s the producer of the DeBunked video series.  He is also an author of numerous books and editor of the newest release, Volume 2 in his series, Glad You Asked! Answers to 28 Tough Questions Teens Are Asking About God and the Bible.

Skeptics and scoffers are flooding society these days in the media, politics, academia and even churches.  2 Peter chapter 3 recognizes this problem.  So while there are those who will be sarcastic in their questioning, others genuinely want to know the truth so they know whether or not they should pursue the Christ of Christianity.     

Carl noted that he’s encouraged by the current state of our youth because of the questions he hears from them.  On the other hand, what he’s concerned about is the level of despair and hurt that kids communicate that is causing them to ask the questions that represent their desire to seek hope.

Jim then pointed to an alarming statistic from Carl’s website.  It indicates that 75% of kids leave the church from age 18 to 25.  Carl explained how the majority of these are not college age students, they’re elementary, middle and high school students.  In other words, these youngsters may be sitting in our youth groups but mentally they’ve already checked out!    

Review this broadcast to find out how you can bring hope to inquiring young minds as you learn more about the DeBunked video series and hear answers to some of the questions from the book, Glad You Asked!  Listeners also posed questions of their own for Carl. 

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To obtain a copy of the book, Glad You Asked! Answers to 28 Tough Questions Teens Are Asking About God and the Bible, call 1-800-552-HOPE (4673).

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