How to Talk to Your Kids About Hell When a Parent Doesn't Believe

About this episode

Elizabeth Urbanowicz provides guidance for parents on discussing the concept of hell with their children in a compassionate and biblically grounded way.

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.

People in this episode

Guest: Elizabeth Urbanowicz

Topics covered

• parenting
• faith
• salvation
• communication
• Christianity
• unbelief

Keywords

• hell
• parenting
• Christian faith
• unbelieving spouse
• children
• Scripture
• salvation

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