Foundation Worldview Podcast

You and your daughter hear a pro-choice argument that catches you off guard: if a building were on fire and you could only save the newborns in the nursery or the frozen embryos in the freezer, everyone would save the newborns, so embryos must not be as valuable. How do you respond?
In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz uses that exact argument to teach a simple, repeatable way to evaluate any objection that gives you pause. You'll learn how to:
Pin down what an argument is really claiming, premise by premise.
Pressure-test each premise to see whether it actually holds up.
Respond wisely, with disarming questions that open a real conversation instead of a debate.
You'll also hear why the gut instinct that an embryo is "less human" than a born baby falls apart under examination, and how a single well-placed question can expose the hidden flaw in the burning-building scenario. It is a conversation that will sharpen your own thinking and give you the tools to train your children to do the same.
Resources mentioned: What Is Truth? (a picture book for ages 4 to 7) and the Careful Thinking curriculum (ages 10 and up), both available at foundationworldview.com.
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When a nine-year-old asks whether his agnostic dad is going to hell, how do you answer honestly without making him afraid of God? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks parents through a Scripture-anchored way to respond: starting with what the Bible says rather than your own opinion, and giving children the fuller picture of who needs rescue, what God has done in Christ, and how deeply God desires the salvation of the very person they're worried about. Along the way, she offers practical encouragement for loving and praying for an unbelieving spouse, and for helping a child reflect Christ at home without carrying a weight that was never theirs to bear.

Your nine-year-old says another girl on her soccer team is pretty, and now she's worried she might be gay. How do you respond?
In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz works through a real parent's question and gives Christian families three biblical truths to teach their kids:
We are all drawn to beauty by design, because God Himself is the source of all beauty.
It is natural to be drawn to people of the same sex we want to be like, not be with.
Even a child who grows up experiencing same-sex attraction can still honor God in that struggle.
Along the way, Elizabeth shares stories from her own middle school years and a single profound question from a friend in apologetics that reframes the conversation entirely.

Are popular Christian worship songs actually biblical? On this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz tackles a question we receive often from parents: how do we teach our kids to think critically about Christian music without raising a generation of cynics?
Elizabeth begins with an important caveat about pursuing discernment with humility rather than pride, then walks through a simple framework parents can use at home. She introduces three categories every Christian worship song tends to fall into and models the evaluation process by going line by line through Hillsong's "What a Beautiful Name," comparing each verse and chorus against passages from John 1, Romans 1, Hebrews 1, Philippians 2, Acts 17, and Romans 8.
Along the way, Elizabeth touches on songs by MercyMe, Jesus Culture, and Michael W. Smith, and closes with two diagnostic questions every Christian parent can ask the next time a worship song comes on in the car. Whether you're trying to choose songs for family worship, evaluate what your kids are hearing at youth group, or simply build a stronger habit of biblical discernment in your home, this episode gives you a practical place to start.
If you'd like to equip your children to read, interpret, and apply Scripture on their own (the foundation that makes biblical evaluation of anything possible), check out the Foundation Worldview Studying the Bible curriculum at foundationworldview.com.

How do you teach a young child that sex is private and special without making them feel ashamed of it, and without accidentally training them to keep secrets from you, which is the exact tactic abusers count on?

In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through a simple framework Christian parents can use with kids as young as four: the difference between good secrets (protecting something valuable) and bad secrets (trying to cover up sin). She also shares the single rule every parent should teach their child about secrets, and how to respond when your child confesses something hard so they keep coming back to you.

If you're looking for help starting the basic sex conversations with your young child, Foundation Worldview's "The Talk"...Made Easy is a three-video resource that walks parents through anatomy, the mechanics of sex, and reproduction. You can find it at foundationworldview.com.