Online Conference Student Resources

Summit Online 2022

The Case for Life

Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Megan Almon

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Truth Changes Everything

Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers

Resources

  • Summit Worldview Library: Understanding the Faith, Understanding the Times, Understanding the Culture by Jeff Myers
  • The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
  • The Universe Next Door, James Sire

 

The Christian Worldview: Does Jesus Really Heal Everything? 

Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers

Resources

  • Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
  • Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
  • Understanding the Culture (Chapter 3, 4), Jeff Myers
  • Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
  • The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
  • Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
  • How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
  • Basic Christianity, John Stott
  • The Story of Reality, Greg Koukl

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Bioethics: Getting the Big Picture Right

Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Watts

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  • Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
  • The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
  • Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
  • Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn 

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Dealing with Doubts: Is it Okay to Doubt as a Christian?

Topic: Christian worldview, apologetics
Speaker: Michael Sherrard

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  • Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers 
  • Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp 
  • The Reason for God, Timothy Keller
  • 10 Answers for Skeptics, Alex McFarland 
  • The End of Our Exploring, Matthew Lee Anderson

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5 to Thrive: Meet Your Needs – Once and For All

Topic: Mental health and Christian worldview
Speaker: Kathy Koch

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What Does it Mean to be Smart and Why Does it Matter?

Topic: Identity, smarts, differences
Speaker: Kathy Koch

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The Secularist Worldview: Is Matter all that Matters?

Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon

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  • Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers 
  • The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
  • Is Reality Secular? Mary Poplin

 

The Case Against Relativism

Topic: Apologetics, Worldview
Speaker: Megan Almon

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If God, Why Evil? 

Topic: The Problem of Evil
Speaker: Tripp Almon

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The Postmodern Worldview: Should we be Suspicious of Truth? 

Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon

Resources

  • Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
  • The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
  • Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
  • The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell

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Porn: The Elephant in the Room

Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian

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Does What We Think About Marriage Ring True?

Speaker: Megan Almon
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles

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The Great Divorces

Speaker: Megan Almon
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles

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If You Only Knew…Mental Illness, Suicide & Faith

Topic: Mental health, mental illness, end of life issues, and Christian worldview
Speaker: David Galvan

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  • No More Faking Fine, Esther Fleece
  • The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
  • A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle

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The New Spiritualist Worldview: Does Oneness Make You Woke?

Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers

 

You Are a Leader: How to be a Good Leader

Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers

 

The Marxist Worldview: Is Revolution the Solution?

Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers

 

Is the New Testament Reliable? 

Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: John Noyes

Resources

  • Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace
  • God’s Crime Scene, J. Warner Wallace
  • Forensic Faith, J. Warner Wallace
  • The Big Book of Bible Difficulties, Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe
  • Evidence that Demands a Verdict, Sean and John McDowell

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Testimony + Sexual Identity: False Identity 

Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan

Resources

  • Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
  • Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
  • Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
  • The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
  • God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker

 

Holy Sexuality and the Gospel

Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan

Tactics in Defending Your Faith

Topic: Christian Conversations, Apologetics
Speaker: Tim Barnett

Books

  • Tactics, Greg Koukl
  • Tactics Study Guide
  • Relational Apologetics, Michael Sherrard
  • A New Kind of Apologist, Sean McDowell
  • Winsome Persuasion, Tim Muehlhoff
  • The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, Mark Mittelberg

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Excuses, Barriers, & Breakthroughs

Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers

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Next Steps After Summit