Q&A format where students can ask any question they wish of the “Chump” (me) regarding Christianty. My job is to offer a thoughtful reply.

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Why he’s not as obvious as one might expect.

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A short case for the reliability of the New Testament accounts of Jesus. The acronym “MODEMS” helps students remember the main points.

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This is a stair-step series of short points that add up to a convincing case for faith in Christ.

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An interactive dialog that features the the Family of God diagram to provide helpful context for understanding suffering and evil.

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In this presentation I draw a diagram of John Hick’s religious pluralism model and ask students to critique it. Highly interactive engagement on a hot topic.

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This interactive talk engages two popular images of religious pluralism: The “mountain” image says that all religions represent different paths up the same mountain. The “blind men and the elephant” image says that religious leaders are like blind men describing different parts of the same elephant — that is, the same spiritual reality.

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This is a respectful look at contemporary atheism, including suggestions for both Christians and atheists. Also includes a short case for Christian faith.

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How should we as Christians respond to the critique of atheists and other skeptics that Christianity has often caused wars and other harm? I suggest several Christian responses. 

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This talk addresses the popular idea that the God of the Old Testament (“Yahweh”) is radically different than Jesus. I also tackle some of the genocide texts of the Old Testament.

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Jesus as depicted in popular culture is often quite different from the Jesus of Scripture. This talk from John 2 presents a different, surprising Jesus to believers and unbelievers alike. 

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This is a great group study of the Luke 14 banquet passage. Themes: becoming an attractive community, inviting widely, moving from being “guests” to “hosts” of the banquet, hospitality. 

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Principles to develop your leaders and grow your group. 

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Trust is an important issue to this generation of students. But can Christ, the Bible and the Christian “tradition” be trusted to deliver truth? A good life? 

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This is a “fly-over” of the whole Bible, tracing the storyline of God and how we fit in.

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This is an evangelistic talk that connects the historic doctrine of the Trinity with an invitation to join the “family of God,” that is, to receive Christ and become a member of the community of faith.

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