Next Steps After Summit
Summit Virtual Resources
Session 1 Resources
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- 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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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- 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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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Tactics
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Case Against Relativism
Topic: Relativism
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: The Relativistic Fog
- Article: Let It Go—Relativism for Kids
- Podcast: Can we be moral without God?
- Podcast: Why Absolute Morality Matters
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
External Resources
Evil & Suffering
Topic: The Problem of Evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
A Closer Look at Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Marriage: Why It Matters
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
It All Started with a Wedding
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
- Our Bodies Tell God’s Story, Christopher West
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
Doubting Your Doubts
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- 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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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, parts one, two, and three
- Article: Subculture Breeds Weak Immunity
YouTube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Lecture Notes
Dealing with Doubt
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- The Reason for God, Timothy Keller
- 10 Answers for Skeptics, Alex McFarland
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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, article one, article two, and article three
- Article: Subculture Breeks Weak Immunity
YouTube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Movie – Star Wars
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Article: Star Wars and the Temptation of Power
Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour
Article: This is the Way
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Porn: The Big Picture
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Covenant Eyes
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
- https://www.josh.org/resources/apologetics/research/
- https://www.barna.com/the-porn-phenomenon/
- https://endsexualexploitation.org/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/hobbies-and-habits/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/your-brain-on-porn-1/
What Does it Mean to Be Smart and Why Does it Matter
Topic: Identity, smarts, differences
Speaker: Kathy Koch
Books
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- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Love Never Fails
- Article: The Hunger for Meaning
- Article: Looking for Meaning in “Shallow”
- Article: “Rare” Expression of Self-Worth from Selena Gomez
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Do I have to go to church?
Topic: what is church and why does it matter
Speaker: Glenn Packiam
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers (Chapter 4), Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
- Video: “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
Viewing the World through an Economic Lens
Topic: Biblical Economics
Speaker: Romina Boccia – Heritage Foundation
Books
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- Understanding the Times (Chapter 16), Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 14), Jeff Myers
- When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
- The Tragedy of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky
- The Poverty of Nations, Barry Asmus and Wayne Grudem
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- Video: Should Christians be Capitalists?
- Video: Does God Care about Economics?
- Video: A Theology of Economics
- Podcast: Christianity and Free Markets
- Podcast: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Essay: Christian Economics
- Article: Is Economics a Moral Issue?
External Resources
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
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Beauty, the Art of War
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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YouTube
- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
Hell? No, We Won’t Go
Topic: Understanding Universalism
Speaker: Sam Youngs
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- Article: Passing Judgement on Judgement
- Article: Couldn’t God Forgive Everyone
- Video: Why would a good God allow a place like hell?
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes
Session 2 Resources
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- 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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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- 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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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Tactics
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Case Against Relativism
Topic: Relativism
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: The Relativistic Fog
- Article: Let It Go—Relativism for Kids
- Podcast: Can we be moral without God?
- Podcast: Why Absolute Morality Matters
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries on the problem of evil
- Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale Q&A on the Problem of Evil
External Resources
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, If God, Why Suffering?
- Stand to Reason, Problem of Evil Podcast
Evil & Suffering
Topic: The Problem of Evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Marriage: Why It Matters
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
It All Started with a Wedding
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
- Our Bodies Tell God’s Story, Christopher West
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
Doubting Your Doubts
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- 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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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, parts one, two, and three
- Article: Subculture Breeds Weak Immunity
Youtube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Lecture Notes
Dealing with Doubt
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- The Reason for God, Timothy Keller
- 10 Answers for Skeptics, Alex McFarland
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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, article one, article two, and article three
- Article: Subculture Breeks Weak Immunity
YouTube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
Lecture Notes
A Closer Look at Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Porn: The Big Picture
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Covenant Eyes
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
- https://www.josh.org/resources/apologetics/research/
- https://www.barna.com/the-porn-phenomenon/
- https://endsexualexploitation.org/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/hobbies-and-habits/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/your-brain-on-porn-1/
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
Topic: Atheism
Speaker: Frank Turek
Books
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek
Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case, Frank Turek
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- Podcast: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Parts One and Two
- Podcast: How Atheists Are Stealing From God
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Church: Called out to be the New Humanity
Speaker: Matt Heard
Topic: The purpose of the church
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
YouTube
- (Vimeo) “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
Religious Liberty
Speaker: Heritage Foundation
Books
- Free to Believe, Luke Goodrich
- Politics for Christians, Francis J. Beckwith
- Letters to a Young Progressive, Mike Adams
- Stand Strong America, Jason Jimenez and Alex McFarland
- Still the Best Hope, Dennis Prager
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- Article: Does God Care about Politics? Should We?
- Podcast: Political Engagement – Not Easy, Not Optional
- Article: Limited Government—Not Just for Grumpy Conservatives
- Video: Christians’ Role in Changing Culture
- Video: Christians as Citizens
- Article: Christianity and Politics — Separating Church and State
External Resources
- Because I Care – register to receive reminders to vote!
- heritage.org
- prageru.com
- Podcast: Religious Freedom
- Article: Religious Freedom: What’s at Stake if we Lose It
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
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Beauty, the Art of War
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
God Wants Your Sad
Topic: The Theology of Lament
Speaker: Esther Fleece Allen
Books
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- Article: What is Joy?
- Article: The Purpose of Prayer
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
YouTube
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes
Session 3 Resources
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Tactics
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
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The Case Against Relativism
Topic: Relativism
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: The Relativistic Fog
- Article: Let It Go—Relativism for Kids
- Podcast: Can we be moral without God?
- Podcast: Why Absolute Morality Matters
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
- Article: Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?
- Article: Truth, Philosophy, and the Postmodern Turn, J.P. Moreland
Lecture Notes
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries on the problem of evil
- Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale Q&A on the Problem of Evil
External Resources
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, If God, Why Suffering?
- Stand to Reason, Problem of Evil Podcast
Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
A Closer Look at Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
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Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Digital Diagnosis: The Social and Mental Health Impacts of Pornography
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Haley McNamara
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
- National Center on Sexual Exploitation
- Covenant Eyes
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
Topic: Atheism
Speaker: Frank Turek
Books
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek
Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case, Frank Turek
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- Podcast: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Parts One and Two
- Podcast: How Atheists Are Stealing From God
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
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Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Movie – Star Wars
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- Article: Star Wars and the Temptation of Power
- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour
- Article: This is the Way
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Doubting Your Doubts
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- 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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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, parts one, two, and three
- Article: Subculture Breeds Weak Immunity
Youtube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Lecture Notes
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Marriage: Why It Matters
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Do I Have to Go to Church?
Topic: Why church matters
Speaker: Glenn Packiam
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers (Chapter 4), Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
- Video: “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
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Does Anyone Remember Me in My Dark Times?
Speaker: Alysia Wood
Books
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- Article: What is Joy?
- Article: The Purpose of Prayer
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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YouTube
- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
Beauty in Exile
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Paul Gould
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
Race, Protests, and Justice
Topic: Racism, Justice
Speaker: Reverend Derek McCoy
External Resources
- Article: Dr. Alexis Facebook Post
- Article: Gracism
- Video: NCC Conversation on Race
- Video: Oneness Embraced
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes
Session 4 Resources
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Tactics
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
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The Case Against Relativism
Topic: Relativism
Speaker: Scott Klusendorf
Books
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: The Relativistic Fog
- Article: Let It Go—Relativism for Kids
- Podcast: Can we be moral without God?
- Podcast: Why Absolute Morality Matters
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
- Article: Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?
- Article: Truth, Philosophy, and the Postmodern Turn, J.P. Moreland
Lecture Notes
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries on the problem of evil
- Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale Q&A on the Problem of Evil
External Resources
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, If God, Why Suffering?
- Stand to Reason, Problem of Evil Podcast
Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
A Closer Look at Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Marriage: Why It Matters
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
What Does it Mean to Be Smart and Why Does it Matter?
Topic: Identity, smarts, differences
Speaker: Kathy Koch
Books
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- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Love Never Fails
- Article: The Hunger for Meaning
- Article: Looking for Meaning in “Shallow”
- Article: “Rare” Expression of Self-Worth from Selena Gomez
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Digital Diagnosis: The Social and Mental Health Impacts of Pornography
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Haley McNamara
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
- National Center on Sexual Exploitation
- Covenant Eyes
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
The Cold-Case for Truth
Topic: Apologetics
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
External Resources
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Church: Called out to be the New Humanity
Speaker: Matt Heard
Topic: The purpose of the church
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
YouTube
- (Vimeo) “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
YouTube
Does Anyone Remember Me in My Dark Times?
Speaker: Alysia Wood
Books
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- Article: What is Joy?
- Article: The Purpose of Prayer
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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YouTube
- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
Beauty and the Art of War
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
God Wants Your Sad
Topic: The Theology of Lament
Speaker: Esther Fleece Allen
Books
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- Article: What is Joy?
- Article: The Purpose of Prayer
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
YouTube
What a Young Christian Should Know
Topic: Entering the public life, culture, politics
Speaker: Adam Josefczyk
Books
- Politics for Christians, Francis Beckwith
- Stand Strong America, Jason Jimenez and Alex McFarland
- Free to Believe, Luke Goodrich
- Still The Best Hope, Dennis Prager
- Letters to a Young Progressive, Mike Adams
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- Article: Does God Care About Politics? Should We?
- Article: Elections Matter
- Podcast: Political Engagement
- Podcast: A Conversation with Rep. Tom Morrison
External Resources
- Because I Care – register to receive reminders to vote!
Race, Protests, and Justice
Topic: Racism, Justice
Speaker: Reverend Derek McCoy
External Resources
- Article: Dr. Alexis Facebook Post
- Article: Gracism
- Video: NCC Conversation on Race
- Video: Oneness Embraced
Confronting Censorship in a World Hostile to Christianity
Topic: Christian Worldview
Speaker: Eric Cochran
Books
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Stand Strong America, Jason Jimenez and Alex McFarland
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
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- Article: Does Tolerance Demand Conformity?
- Podcast: We Cannot Be Silent
- Video: How Can Christians Practice True Tolerance?
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes
Session 5 Resources
Student Notebook
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Truth About Truth
Topic: Moral and religious truth
Speaker: Tim Barnett
Books
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
- Unquestioned Answers, Dr. Jeff Myers
- Finding Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: Sharing Truth Effectively
- Article: Does Tolerance Demand Conformity?
- Video: Having the Truth Isn’t Enough
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: People’s Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
The Case for the Resurrection
Topic: Defending the resurrection
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
- The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona
- The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel
- Evidence for the Resurrection, Sean McDowell
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Article: Evidence for the Supernatural
Article: Can We Trust the Resurrection?
Article: Essential Evidence for the Resurrection
Podcast: Defending the Resurrection
Video: Is the New Testament Reliable?
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries on the problem of evil
- Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale Q&A on the Problem of Evil
External Resources
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, If God, Why Suffering?
- Stand to Reason, Problem of Evil Podcast
Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Why Does it Matter How we Define Marriage?
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: Tim Muehlhoff
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
The Truth About Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Abdu Murray
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
External Resources
Porn: The Big Picture
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Covenant Eyes
- Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
- https://www.josh.org/resources/apologetics/research/
- https://www.barna.com/the-porn-phenomenon/
- https://endsexualexploitation.org/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/hobbies-and-habits/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/your-brain-on-porn-1/
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Tactics in Defending the Faith
Topic: Christian Conversations, Apologetics
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Doubting Your Doubts
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Brett Kunkle
Books
- 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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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, parts one, two, and three
- Article: Subculture Breeds Weak Immunity
Youtube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Lecture Notes
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Church: Called out to be the New Humanity
Speaker: Matt Heard
Topic: The purpose of the church
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
YouTube
- (Vimeo) “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
YouTube
Beauty and the Art of War
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
Race, Protests, and Justice
Topic: Racism, Justice
Speaker: Reverend Derek McCoy
External Resources
- Article: Dr. Alexis Facebook Post
- Article: Gracism
- Video: NCC Conversation on Race
- Video: Oneness Embraced
Is Intelligent Design Rational?
Topic: Apologetics
Speaker: Paul Nelson
Books
- 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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- Article: The Decline of Darwinism
- Article: Can Intelligent Design Be Empirically Detected?
- Article: The Bible and Science
- Article: Is Life on Earth Unique?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
Challenging Conversations
Topic: Navigating challenging conversations
Speaker: Jason Jimenez
Books
- Challenging Conversations, Jason Jimenez (pre-order)
- Tactics, Gregory Koukl
- 10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer, Alex McFarland and Elmer Towns
- The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, Mark Mittelberg
- A Practical Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Having Clear Conversations
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Want to Share the Gospel? Start with This Question
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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YouTube
- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
The Bible, Spy Kids 3D, and Money
Topic: Biblical Economics
Speaker: Dan Lewis
Books
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- Understanding the Times (Chapter 16), Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 14), Jeff Myers
- When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
- The Tragedy of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky
- The Poverty of Nations, Barry Asmus and Wayne Grudem
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- Video: Should Christians be Capitalists?
- Video: Does God Care about Economics?
- Video: A Theology of Economics
- Podcast: Christianity and Free Markets
- Podcast: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Essay: Christian Economics
- Article: Is Economics a Moral Issue?
What is Religious Liberty?
Speaker: Ryan Anderson
Books
- Free to Believe, Luke Goodrich
- Politics for Christians, Francis J. Beckwith
- Letters to a Young Progressive, Mike Adams
- Stand Strong America, Jason Jimenez and Alex McFarland
- Still the Best Hope, Dennis Prager
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- Article: Does God Care about Politics? Should We?
- Podcast: Political Engagement – Not Easy, Not Optional
- Article: Limited Government—Not Just for Grumpy Conservatives
- Video: Christians’ Role in Changing Culture
- Video: Christians as Citizens
- Article: Christianity and Politics — Separating Church and State
External Resources
- Because I Care – register to receive reminders to vote!
- heritage.org
- prageru.com
- Podcast: Religious Freedom
- Article: Religious Freedom: What’s at Stake if we Lose It
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes
Session 6 Resources
Student Notebook
Truth Changes Everything
Topic: Introduction to Worldview
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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
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- Definition of Worldview
- Worldview Chart PDF
- Article: Christian Worldview
- Article: Introducing Worldview
- Article: Competing Worldviews Can’t All Be True
- All resources tagged: “Christian worldview”
- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Stonestreet)
YouTube
Lecture Notes
The Case for Life
Topic: Abortion, Bioethics
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Getting the Big Picture Right
Topic: Bioethics, Abortion, end of life issues
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
- Stand for Life, Scott Klusendorf and John Ensor
- Why the Church Needs Bioethics, John Frederic Kilner
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, Randy Alcorn
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- Video: What does science say about when life begins?
- Video: Is there a difference between persons and humans?
- Video: What is the best ways to respond to popular pro-choice arguments?
- Video: Bioethics: Making Taking Faking Life
- Video: Is there such a thing as ‘dying with dignity’?
- All resources tagged: “Pro-life/abortion”
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Truth About Truth
Topic: Moral and religious truth
Speaker: Tim Barnett
Books
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
- Unquestioned Answers, Dr. Jeff Myers
- Finding Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: Sharing Truth Effectively
- Article: Does Tolerance Demand Conformity?
- Video: Having the Truth Isn’t Enough
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: People’s Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
The Case for the Resurrection
Topic: Defending the resurrection
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
- The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona
- The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel
- Evidence for the Resurrection, Sean McDowell
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Article: Evidence for the Supernatural
Article: Can We Trust the Resurrection?
Article: Essential Evidence for the Resurrection
Podcast: Defending the Resurrection
Video: Is the New Testament Reliable?
The Cold-Case for the Reliability of the Gospels
Topic: Apologetics, Reliability of the New Testament
Speaker: J. Warner Wallace
Books
- 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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- Video: Can we rely on the disciple’s words in the gospels?
- Video: What makes eyewitness testimony important?
- Video: Is the New Testament reliable?
- Video: Don’t the Gospels contradict each other?
- Video: Did Jesus claim to be God?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
Lecture Notes
The Big Picture of Scripture
Topic: Metanarrative, reading scripture
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Not What You Think, Lauren and Michael McAfee
- Saving the Bible from Ourselves, Glenn Paauw
- Understanding the Faith, Jeff Myers
- Apologetics Study Bible for Students, edited by Sean McDowell
- The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions, Jason Jimenez and Norman Geisler
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- Video: What causes the Bible to often be misunderstood?
- Video: First Steps for Understanding Scripture
- Video: How can we understand the laws of the Old Testament?
- Article: Never Read a Bible Verse
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Reading Scripture
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines, Meditating on Scripture
- Article: 10 Steps to Study the Bible
- Article: 5 Reasons to Study the Bible
- Article: How to Study the Bible
- All resources tagged “Biblical Reliability”
YouTube
External Resources
If God, Why Evil?
Topic: Problem of evil
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
- Why I Still Believe, Mary Jo Sharp
- If God Is Good, Randy Alcorn
- God, Freedom, and Evil, Alvin Plantinga
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- Video: How do Christians respond to the problem of evil?
- Video: Does evil disprove the existence of God?
- Article: Lex Luthor’s Problem of Evil
YouTube
- Christianity on Evil and Suffering, John Stonestreet
- William Lane Craig on the Problem of Evil
- John Lennox discusses the problem of evil and suffering
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries on the problem of evil
- Ravi Zacharias & Vince Vitale Q&A on the Problem of Evil
External Resources
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, If God, Why Suffering?
- Stand to Reason, Problem of Evil Podcast
Does Jesus Really Heal Everything?
Topic: Christianity
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- 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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- Video: Is Your Worldview Biblical?
- Video: Christianity Fulfilling Our Humanity
- Video: Isn’t Christianity Just a bunch of rules and regulations?
- Article: Why Christianity Matters
Other Videos
External Resources
Is Revolution the Solution?
Topic: Marxism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- You Can Still Trust the Communists, Fred Schwarz and David Noebel
- Saving My Assassin, Virginia Prodan
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- The Naked Truth, James Bowers
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- Article: Worldviews of Destruction
- Article: Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible
- Video: Why is socialism attractive?
- Video: Does socialism contradict the Bible?
- Article: What’s so bad about Marxism?
- Article: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Podcast: Marxism as a Worldview
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Marriage: Why It Matters
Topic: Marriage, Singleness, Gender Roles
Speaker: John Stonestreet
Books
- The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- The Case for Marriage, Linka Waite and Maggie Gallagher
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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- Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage for Christians and for Culture
- Article: Jesus on the Definition of Marriage
- Article Series: Life and Marriage Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
- Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness
- Video: Poverty, Marriage, and Society
- Video: Family’s Role in Society
- Article: Worldviews and the Family
YouTube
- Doesn’t Love Make a Family?, What Would You Say
- What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?, STR
- Can Christians get married without the government in God’s eyes?, STR
External Resources
Porn: The Big Picture
Topic: Pornography
Speaker: Dustin Jizmejian
Books
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
- A Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Face, Jonathan McKee
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- Article: Four Ways to Stand Against the Avalanche of Pornography
- Podcast: Pornography & Culture
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: A Modern Epidemic
- Article: Some Thoughts on Game of Thrones
External Resources
- Covenant Eyes
- Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
- Beggar’s Daughter
- Your Brain on Porn
- Fight the New Drug
- https://www.josh.org/resources/apologetics/research/
- https://www.barna.com/the-porn-phenomenon/
- https://endsexualexploitation.org/
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/hobbies-and-habits/
- https://learn.covenanteyes.com/your-brain-on-porn-1/
Is Matter all that Matters?
Topic: Secularism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Jesus Among Secular Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Scientism and Secularism, J.P. Moreland
- Is Reality Secular?, Mary Poplin
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- Article: Falling Asleep in a Secular Culture (Onward by Pixar)
- Article: & Rings and our Favorite Things (7 Rings by Ariana Grande)
- Article: Influence of Secularism
- Article: Naturalism is Inadequate
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism Influence Today’s Christians
- Article: Sexual Brokenness
- Article: Secularism and the State
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Tactics in Defending the Faith
Topic: Christian Conversations, Apologetics
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
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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- Video: Conversation Starters with Non-Believers
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Mary Jo Sharp)
- Video: Effective Apologetics without Being an Expert (Sean McDowell)
- Video: Having Conversations with Authority Figures
- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Defining Our Terms, Having Clear Conversations
YouTube
- Two Kinds of Evangelists (STR)
- Presenting Christianity in a Thoughtful Way (STR)
- The Columbo Tactic (STR)
External Resources
The Truth About Islam
Topic: Islam
Speaker: Alan Shlemon
Books
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi
- No God But One, Nabeel Qureshi
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam, Alan Shlemon
- Answering Jihad, Nabeel Qureshi
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- Video: Witnessing to Muslims
- Video: What does the Muslim faith reach about Jesus?
- Video: Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Allah vs Yahweh
- Video: Historical Reliability of the Quran
- Podcast: Islam and ISIS
- Article: Reaching out to our Muslim Neighbors
- Article: We Can’t Misunderstand Islamic Theology
YouTube
External Resources
Movie Discussion
Topic: Worldview of Movies
Speaker: Sean McDowell
Books
- Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
- A Student’s Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Worldviews in Movies
- Article: Five Movies Every Christian Should Watch
- Article: Movies in Heaven?
- Article: Responding to Pop Culture
- Reflect Articles on Movies
YouTube
External Resources
Overcoming Fear and Doubt
Topic: Doubt, apologetics
Speaker: Jason Jimenez
Books
- 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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- Video: Are Christians allowed to doubt?
- Podcast: Doubting Your Doubts
- Article: Lessons from Link & Rhett’s Spiritual Deconstructions
- Article: When doubt comes from a lack of knowledge, parts one, two, and three
- Article: Subculture Breeds Weak Immunity
Youtube
- Dealing With Christian Doubt, William Lane Craig
- Dealing With Doubt, Greg Koukl
- How to Deal with Doubts, CrossExamined
External Resources
- Article: Acknowledge and Engage Doubt, STR
- Article: Can Christians have doubts about God?, STR
- Podcast: Dealing With Doubt About Christianity, STR
Lecture Notes
Challenging Conversations
Topic: Navigating challenging conversations
Speaker: Jason Jimenez
Books
- Challenging Conversations, Jason Jimenez (pre-order, estimated to ship October 27th)
- Tactics, Gregory Koukl
- 10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer, Alex McFarland and Elmer Towns
- The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, Mark Mittelberg
- A Practical Guide to Culture, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
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- Article: Starting Conversations with Questions
- Article: Having Clear Conversations
- Article: Christian Cliches Are Damaging the Church
- Video: Want to Share the Gospel? Start with This Question
Does Oneness Make You Woke?
Topic: New Spiritualism
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Confronting the New Age, Douglas Groothuis
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- Article: Pantheism’s Finest Hour (Star Wars)
- Article: Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Article: Star Wars and the Power of Temptation
- Article: Psychology, Humanism, and the Battle of the Gods
- Article: The Shack
YouTube
Lecture Notes
Should we be Suspicious of Truth?
Topic: Postmodernism
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Understanding the Times, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Relativism, Francis Beckwith and Gregory Koukl
- Postmodern Times, Gene Edward Veith
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
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- Article: What Does Postmodernism Mean?
- Video: Postmodernism Part One and Part Two
- Article: Postmodernism and Secularism’s Influence Today’s Christians
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
- Podcast: The Need for Truth, Identity, and Meaning in Life
- Video: Living in a Post-Truth World
- Video: Truth & the Next Generation
- Video: Truth in a Relative Culture
- Article: Making Sense of Postmodern Metaphysics
- Article: Total Truth
External Resources
Lecture Notes
Testimony + Christian Response to Homosexuality
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
Nature vs Nurture
Topic: Sexuality, Homosexuality, Sin, Identity
Speaker: Christopher Yuan
Books
- Out of a Far Country, Christopher and Angela Yuan
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Messy Grace, Caleb Kaltenbach
- Loving my LGBT Neighbor, Glenn Stanton
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Understanding Homosexuality, Alan Shlemon
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
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- Video: Does God hate people who practice homosexuality?
- Video: A Crisis of Identity
- Article: Sexual Brokenness and the Church
- Podcast: Texts and Hermeneutics
- Article: Healing for the Transgender Community
- Article: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor
- Article: Responding to “God and the Gay Christian”
YouTube
- How can churches love those in the LGBT community?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
- Are some people called to singleness?
Lecture Notes
You Are a Leader
Topic: Leadership
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Secrets of Great Communicators, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of World Changers, Jeff Myers
- Secrets of Everyday Leaders, Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
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- Article: Getting Started as a Mentor
- How To: Lead a Small Group
- How To: Start a Business
- How To: Write a Vision Statement
- How To: Be a Confident Public Speaker
- How To: Read a Book a Month
- Article: Spiritual Disciplines Series, Reading Books
- Podcast: The Three Hungers (Truth, Identity, Meaning)
- Podcast: Faith in the Marketplace
Lecture Notes
Church: Called out to be the New Humanity
Speaker: Matt Heard
Topic: The purpose of the church
Books
- Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- Blessed Broken Given, Glenn Packiam
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
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- Article: Spiritual Disciplines – Church
- Video: Our Need for Community While Studying the Bible
- Video: Bridging the gap between the generations
- Video: Teaching Way Truth & Life
- Video: Why Community is Needed for Healthy Grieving
- Article: Loneliness (Lauv)
- Video: Hospitality & Evangelism
- Article: Cliches Damaging the Church
YouTube
- (Vimeo) “It’s Just Me and Jesus”
What You Will, How You Will, When You Will
Topic: God’s Will
Speaker: Tripp Almon
Books
- Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung
- Finding God’s Life for My Will, Mike Donehey
- Found: God’s Will, John McArthur
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- Podcast: Decision Making and God’s Will
YouTube
Beauty and the Art of War
Topic: Beauty, Arts, etc
Speaker: Megan Almon
Books
- Cultural Apologetics, Paul Gould
- Art and the Bible, Francis Schaffer
- Culture Making, Andy Crouch
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 7), Jeff Myers
- Life with a Capital L, Matt Heard
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- Article: Clues to God’s Design for Beauty
- Article: Created to Create
- Video: Christianity and Humanity
- Video: Teaching Way Truth and Life
Race, Protests, and Justice
Topic: Racism, Justice
Speaker: Reverend Derek McCoy
Books
External Resources
- Article: Dr. Alexis Facebook Post
- Article: Gracism
- Video: NCC Conversation on Race
- Video: Oneness Embraced
Is Intelligent Design Rational?
Topic: Apologetics
Speaker: Paul Nelson
Books
- 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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- Article: The Decline of Darwinism
- Article: Can Intelligent Design Be Empirically Detected?
- Article: The Bible and Science
- Article: Is Life on Earth Unique?
- Video: Why does our faith need evidence?
- Podcast: Evidence, Apologetics, and Outreach
- Podcast: The Case for Truth
Discussion on Dating
Topic: Biblical Dating
Speaker: Tripp & Megan Almon
Books
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller
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YouTube
- How To: Have a Biblical View of Singleness
- Are some people called to singleness?
- What is holy sexuality?
- What is the difference between temptation and desire?
External Resources
The Bible, Spy Kids 3D, and Money
Topic: Biblical Economics
Speaker: Dan Lewis
Books
- Money, Greed, and God, Jay Richards
- Understanding the Times (Chapter 16), Jeff Myers
- Understanding the Culture (Chapter 14), Jeff Myers
- When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
- The Tragedy of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky
- The Poverty of Nations, Barry Asmus and Wayne Grudem
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- Video: Should Christians be Capitalists?
- Video: Does God Care about Economics?
- Video: A Theology of Economics
- Podcast: Christianity and Free Markets
- Podcast: The Essence of Economic Freedom
- Essay: Christian Economics
- Article: Is Economics a Moral Issue?
The Intolerance of Tolerance
Topic: Christian Living, Apologetics
Speaker: Mary Jo Sharp
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
- The Beauty of Intolerance, Josh and Sean McDowell
- Saving Truth, Abdu Murray
- All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes, Ken Myers
- Winsome Persuasion, Timothy Muehlhoff and Rick Langer
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- Article: Why Christians Should Care About Culture
- Article: Christian Relevance in an Anti-Christian Culture
- Article: Christ Transforms Culture
Lecture Notes
Excuses, Barriers & Breakthroughs
Topic: What comes next after Summit? Repentance, Christian Living, Community, Mentorship, Vocation, Engaging the Culture
Speaker: Jeff Myers
Books
- Unquestioned Answers, Jeff Myers
- Grow Together, Jeff Myers
- The Secret Battle of Ideas about God, Jeff Myers
- The Summit Worldview Library, Jeff Myers
- How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
- Visions of Vocation, Steve Garber
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- Spiritual Discipline Series
- Article: Falsehoods about Finding Your Calling
- Podcast: How to Choose a Career
- Article: What is Ministry Anyway?
Lecture Notes