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If you’re not intentionally teaching your kids a solid Christian worldview, someone else is shaping their beliefs for you.

In this can’t-miss replay from the Christian Parent / Crazy World vault, sits down with Elizabeth Urbanowicz—elementary educator, apologist, and founder of Foundation Worldview—to equip parents for the immense challenge of raising resilient, truth-loving kids in a culture determined to shape their values.

While many children in Christian homes learn Bible stories and attend church, a shocking disconnect remains: they often think more like the surrounding culture than like Christ.

Elizabeth shares her journey from the Christian classroom—where she saw even well-discipled kids absorbing secular ideas—to developing comprehensive curricula that anchor young minds in biblical truth.

A worldview, she explains, is a “mental map” that guides everything we think, say, and do. In this episode, she equips parents to make that map biblical—even for their youngest learners.

 

🔍 Highlights from the Episode:

📉 The Worldview Crisis
Elizabeth explains why even diligent discipleship and Christian education aren't enough without intentional worldview training.

Humorous and sobering stories show how easily relativism creeps in—even at age eight.

🧱 Practical Building Blocks
Don’t aim for a “giant leap to the roof.” Instead, build your child’s worldview step-by-step.

Elizabeth outlines key strategies to ground young believers in truth.

💡 Two Essentials for Raising Faithful Kids

  1. Equip children to read, interpret, and apply Scripture independently.
  2. Teach them to think critically and evaluate every idea they encounter.

These are vital skills in today’s age of information overload.

❓ Foundational Questions
Her curriculum answers five critical worldview questions that help kids compare beliefs and recognize truth:

  • What is truth?
  • Who is God?
  • How did life begin?
  • Who am I?
  • How can I tell right from wrong?

📚 Curriculum for Real Life
From classroom meditation examples to parent testimonials, Catherine and Elizabeth show how transformative—and fun—worldview learning can be.

 

👧 Essential Foundational Questions (Revisited)

Elizabeth emphasizes five big questions every child needs answered:

  • What is truth?
  • Who is God?
  • How did life begin?
  • Who am I? (What does it mean to be human?)
  • *How can I tell right from wrong?

 

👩🏫 Guest Bio: Elizabeth Urbanowicz

Elizabeth holds master’s degrees in literacy education and Christian apologetics (Biola University) and is the founder and CEO of Foundation Worldview. Her years in the classroom illuminated a pressing need for worldview discipleship, inspiring her to develop resources now used by parents, churches, and schools nationwide.

 

🛠️ Key Takeaway:

Your kids can’t keep what they don’t own, and they can’t own what they don’t know.
Equip them with the tools to discern truth—and watch them stand strong in a culture of confusion.

 

🎧 Don’t Miss the Follow-Up Episode!
Elizabeth returns to expose the seven most dangerous lies our culture is selling your kids right now. Stay tuned!

 

🔗 Links & Resources:

  • 🌐 Explore Foundation Worldview’s curricula and free resources: foundationworldview.com
  • 🎁 Use code CPCW10 for $10 off any family curriculum license at Foundation Worldview
    (Not a sponsored deal—just a bonus for CPCW listeners!)
  • 📩 Subscribe to updates, blogs, and Catherine’s free ebook: catherinesegars.com
  • 📱 Follow Catherine on Instagram @catherinesegars and Facebook Catherine Segars Speaker

 

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