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Is there credible evidence that Jesus--the carpenter from the ancient town of Nazareth--really is the Son of God?In this video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), based on the New York Times bestselling book The Case for Christ, participants journey with Lee Strobel on a quest for the truth about Jesus.Skeptics dismiss the Jesus of the Gospels by claiming there is no evidence that he was God's Son. But does their claim hold weight? And, if not, what evidence is there, especially outside the Bible? Lee Strobel--a former legal journalist and one-time atheist--presents the findings of his own search for truth.This study guide is ideal for:Believers who want to learn more about the hard evidence behind their faith.Christians who find themselves becoming uncertain or doubtful.Anyone investigating, curious, or even skeptical about Christianity.Sift through historical evidence and passages from a range of theologians, thinkers, philosophers, and laypeople on the topic of Jesus as you weigh compelling expert testimony that rejects easy answers.With discussion prompts, Bible passages, and personal reflection cues facilitated by contributor Garry Poole, Strobel invites you and your group to investigate the truth about Jesus Christ as he leads up to the facts that guided him from atheism to faith in Christ.By the end of this six-session study, groups may very well see Jesus in a new way--and even, like Strobel, find their life transformed.Sessions include:The Investigation of a LifetimeEyewitness EvidenceEvidence Outside the BibleAnalyzing JesusEvidence for the ResurrectionReaching Your VerdictDesigned for use with The Case for Christ Video Study 9780310698517 (sold separately).

1001 Conversation Starters for Any OccasionMost of us realize that raising questions is a powerful way to get interesting dialogue. But asking good ones can be another matter—they’re not always that easy to think up! That’s where The Complete Book of Questions comes in. This book is one big compilation of questions—1001 of them you can use to launch great conversations in almost any context. And many of these questions are likely to trigger other questions you may also wish to discuss. Think of this book as a tool to spark interaction—and to know and understand others, and yourself, better. The questions in The Complete Book of Questions have been divided into ten categories for easy reference as shown in the chart below. There are probably as many ways to put this book to use, as there are questions within it! So be creative. Experiment with these 1001 questions in different contexts—and be sure to make the most of the conversations that ensue!

This revised edition of Tough Questions, designed for use in any small group setting, is ideal for use in seeker small groups. Based on more than five years of field-tested feedback, extensive improvements make this best-selling series easier to use and more appealing than ever for both participants and group leaders. The Tough Questions SeriesHow can an all-powerful God allow suffering? Is Jesus really the only way to God? Why should I trust the Bible?Tough questions. Reasonable questions. The kinds of challenging questions you, or someone you know may be asking, that are worth taking time to explore.In six sessions designed to get small groups thinking and interacting, each guide in the Tough Questions series deals frankly with objections commonly raised about Christianity. You’ll engage in the kind of spirited dialog that shows the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny. HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW GOD EXISTS?Is Anybody Out There?How Can Anyone Be Sure God Exists?What Is God Really Like?How Can Rational People Believe in Miracles?Does God Care What Happens to Me?How Can a Person Get to Know God?

This revised edition of Tough Questions, designed for use in any small group setting, is ideal for use in seeker small groups. Based on more than five years of field-tested feedback, extensive improvements make this best-selling series easier to use and more appealing than ever for both participants and group leaders. The Tough Questions SeriesHow can an all-powerful God allow suffering? Is Jesus really the only way to God? Why should I trust the Bible?Tough questions. Reasonable questions. The kinds of challenging questions you, or someone you know may be asking, that are worth taking time to explore.In six sessions designed to get small groups thinking and interacting, each guide in the Tough Questions series deals frankly with objections commonly raised about Christianity. You’ll engage in the kind of spirited dialog that shows the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny. DON’T ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO GOD?Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?Isn’t It Enough to Be Sincere?What’s so Different About Christianity?Aren’t Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians Too?Is Jesus Really the Only Way to God?What Happens to People Who’ve Never Heard of Jesus?

This revised edition of Tough Questions, designed for use in any small group setting, is ideal for use in seeker small groups. Based on more than five years of field-tested feedback, extensive improvements make this best-selling series easier to use and more appealing than ever for both participants and group leaders. The Tough Questions SeriesHow can an all-powerful God allow suffering? Is Jesus really the only way to God? Why should I trust the Bible?Tough questions. Reasonable questions. The kinds of challenging questions you, or someone you know may be asking, that are worth taking time to explore.In six sessions designed to get small groups thinking and interacting, each guide in the Tough Questions series deals frankly with objections commonly raised about Christianity. You’ll engage in the kind of spirited dialog that shows the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny. DON’T ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO GOD?Don’t All Religions Teach Basically the Same Thing?Isn’t It Enough to Be Sincere?What’s so Different About Christianity?Aren’t Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians Too?Is Jesus Really the Only Way to God?What Happens to People Who’ve Never Heard of Jesus?

This revised edition of Tough Questions, designed for use in any small group setting, is ideal for use in seeker small groups. Based on more than five years of field-tested feedback, extensive improvements make this best-selling series easier to use and more appealing than ever for both participants and group leaders. The Tough Questions SeriesHow can an all-powerful God allow suffering? Is Jesus really the only way to God? Why should I trust the Bible?Tough questions. Reasonable questions. The kinds of challenging questions you, or someone you know may be asking, that are worth taking time to explore.In six sessions designed to get small groups thinking and interacting, each guide in the Tough Questions series deals frankly with objections commonly raised about Christianity. You’ll engage in the kind of spirited dialog that shows the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny. WHY BECOME A CHRISTIAN?Why Would Anyone Think I’m Not a Christian?Why All This Talk About Sin?Why Can’t I Make It on My Own?Why Is Jesus So Important?Can Someone Like Me Really Change?How Does Someone Actually Become a Christian?

This revised edition of Tough Questions, designed for use in any small group setting, is ideal for use in seeker small groups. Based on more than five years of field-tested feedback, extensive improvements make this best-selling series easier to use and more appealing than ever for both participants and group leaders. The Tough Questions SeriesHow can an all-powerful God allow suffering? Is Jesus really the only way to God? Why should I trust the Bible?Tough questions. Reasonable questions. The kinds of challenging questions you, or someone you know may be asking, that are worth taking time to explore.In six sessions designed to get small groups thinking and interacting, each guide in the Tough Questions series deals frankly with objections commonly raised about Christianity. You’ll engage in the kind of spirited dialog that shows the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny. TOUGH QUESTIONSYou’ve heard them before, maybe even asked a few of them yourself. This leader’s guide will help you steer your small group toward a greater understanding of the Christian faith. Together, you’ll explore the power and preeminence of Jesus and the truth he brought to light.You may be leading a small group of seekers who are curious but unconvinced about Christianity. Or a small group of believers who want to become better grounded in what and why they believe. Regardless, this book will give you insights and coaching you need to engage participants in thoughtful and personally rewarding discussions about the life-changing truths of Christianity.

1001 Conversation Starters for Any OccasionMost of us realize that raising questions is a powerful way to get interesting dialogue. But asking good ones can be another matter—they’re not always that easy to think up! That’s where The Complete Book of Questions comes in. This book is one big compilation of questions—1001 of them you can use to launch great conversations in almost any context. And many of these questions are likely to trigger other questions you may also wish to discuss. Think of this book as a tool to spark interaction—and to know and understand others, and yourself, better. The questions in The Complete Book of Questions have been divided into ten categories for easy reference as shown in the chart below. There are probably as many ways to put this book to use, as there are questions within it! So be creative. Experiment with these 1001 questions in different contexts—and be sure to make the most of the conversations that ensue!

In this ten-session small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Faith Under Fire: Exploring Christianity’s Toughest Questions, Lee Strobel hosts interviews and debates between knowledgeable and passionate experts discussing what they believe and why they believe it.This dynamic study answers tough questions about the existence of God, Christianity and Islam, the reliability of the Bible, faith and science, and many others issues.Bestselling author Lee Strobel hosts spirited discussions between well-respected Christians, people of other faiths, and people with no faith at all, on the some of the most important spiritual and social issues of our time. This study Guide will help you and your group sift through and gain understanding on controversial and relevant issues that surround the Christian faith and many of its most pertinent cultural issues.Each session includes video from the corresponding video study DVD (sold separately) in which leading Christian and non-Christian voices engage in forceful but fair debate. You and your group will consider what you’ve heard and discuss. Strobel provides additional comments to guide small group discussion.Sessions include:Is the Supernatural Real?Is Jesus a Prophet or the Son of God?Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?Do All Roads Lead to God?Is the Bible Bogus?Does Science Point to a Creator?Is Anything BeyondForgiveness?Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?The Mystery of the Trinity?Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?Designed for use with the Faith Under Fire Video Study (sold separately).

In this ten-session small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Faith Under Fire: Exploring Christianity’s Toughest Questions, Lee Strobel hosts interviews and debates between knowledgeable and passionate experts discussing what they believe and why they believe it.

This dynamic study answers tough questions about the existence of God, Christianity and Islam, the reliability of the Bible, faith and science, and many others issues.

Bestselling author Lee Strobel hosts spirited discussions between well-respected Christians, people of other faiths, and people with no faith at all, on the some of the most important spiritual and social issues of our time. This study Guide will help you and your group sift through and gain understanding on controversial and relevant issues that surround the Christian faith and many of its most pertinent cultural issues.

Each session includes video from the corresponding video study DVD (sold separately) in which leading Christian and non-Christian voices engage in forceful but fair debate. You and your group will consider what you’ve heard and discuss. Strobel provides additional comments to guide small group discussion.

Sessions include:

Is the Supernatural Real?Is Jesus a Prophet or the Son of God?Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?Do All Roads Lead to God?Is the Bible Bogus?Does Science Point to a Creator?Is Anything BeyondForgiveness?Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?The Mystery of the Trinity?Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

Designed for use with the Faith Under Fire Video Study (sold separately).

Is there credible evidence that Jesus--the carpenter from the ancient town of Nazareth--really is the Son of God?

In this video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), based on the New York Times bestselling book The Case for Christ, participants journey with Lee Strobel on a quest for the truth about Jesus.

Skeptics dismiss the Jesus of the Gospels by claiming there is no evidence that he was God''s Son. But does their claim hold weight? And, if not, what evidence is there, especially outside the Bible? Lee Strobel--a former legal journalist and one-time atheist--presents the findings of his own search for truth.

This study guide is ideal for:

Believers who want to learn more about the hard evidence behind their faith.Christians who find themselves becoming uncertain or doubtful.Anyone investigating, curious, or even skeptical about Christianity.

Sift through historical evidence and passages from a range of theologians, thinkers, philosophers, and laypeople on the topic of Jesus as you weigh compelling expert testimony that rejects easy answers.

With discussion prompts, Bible passages, and personal reflection cues facilitated by contributor Garry Poole, Strobel invites you and your group to investigate the truth about Jesus Christ as he leads up to the facts that guided him from atheism to faith in Christ.

By the end of this six-session study, groups may very well see Jesus in a new way--and even, like Strobel, find their life transformed.

Sessions include:

The Investigation of a LifetimeEyewitness EvidenceEvidence Outside the BibleAnalyzing JesusEvidence for the ResurrectionReaching Your Verdict

Designed for use with The Case for Christ Video Study 9780310698517 (sold separately).

Does believing in Christ mean refusing to ask hard questions in the midst of doubt?Doubt is familiar territory for Lee Strobel, the former atheist and award-winning author of books for skeptics and Christians alike. But he believes that faith and reason go hand in hand, and that Christianity is, in rational terms, a defensible religion.In this six-session video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Strobel explores the most common emotional obstacles to faith in Christ, including:The natural inclination to wrestle with faith and doubt.The troubling presence of evil and suffering in the world.The exclusivity of the Christian gospel.Behind each of these considerations is the question: Can I doubt and still be a Christian?Through compelling personal stories and expert testimony--combined with discussion and personal reflection cues facilitated by contributor Garry Poole--Christians and spiritual seekers will learn how to overcome these obstacles, deepen their spiritual convictions, and find new confidence that Christianity is a reasonable faith.Sessions include:The Challenge of FaithDealing with DoubtEvil and Suffering, Part 1Evil and Suffering, Part 2Why Is Jesus the Only Way to God?The Power of FaithDesigned for use with The Case for Faith Revised Video Study  9780310698814 (sold separately).

Does believing in Christ mean refusing to ask hard questions in the midst of doubt?

Doubt is familiar territory for Lee Strobel, the former atheist and award-winning author of books for skeptics and Christians alike. But he believes that faith and reason go hand in hand, and that Christianity is, in rational terms, a defensible religion.

In this six-session video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Strobel explores the most common emotional obstacles to faith in Christ, including:

The natural inclination to wrestle with faith and doubt.The troubling presence of evil and suffering in the world.The exclusivity of the Christian gospel.

Behind each of these considerations is the question: Can I doubt and still be a Christian?

Through compelling personal stories and expert testimony--combined with discussion and personal reflection cues facilitated by contributor Garry Poole--Christians and spiritual seekers will learn how to overcome these obstacles, deepen their spiritual convictions, and find new confidence that Christianity is a reasonable faith.

Sessions include:

The Challenge of FaithDealing with DoubtEvil and Suffering, Part 1Evil and Suffering, Part 2Why Is Jesus the Only Way to God?The Power of Faith

Designed for use with The Case for Faith Revised Video Study  9780310698814 (sold separately).

"My road to atheism was paved by science...ironically, so was my later journey to God."Journalist and award-winning author of The Case for Christ Lee Strobel examines the idea that science isn't the enemy of faith, but that it provides a solid foundation for belief in God. New scientific discoveries point to the incredible complexity of our universe, a complexity best explained by the existence of a Creator.This six-session video study (DVD/digital video sold separately) invites participants to encounter the evidence of a Creator. Join Strobel in reexamining the theories that once led him away from God. Pastors, small group leaders, and individuals seeking resources that answer tough questions about the existence of God and the claims of rationality will find compelling answers in The Case for a Creator study, investigating probing questions like:Where do science and faith overlap or agree?As a form of knowledge, what are the weaknesses of science and rationality?How much can I depend on science while still have a thriving faith?Is faith in God ever based on rationality?Sessions include:Science and GodDoubts about DarwinismThe Evidence of CosmologyThe Fine-tuning of the UniverseThe Evidence of BiochemistryThe DNA and the Origin of LifeDesigned for use with the Case for a Creator Revised Video Study 9780310699606 (sold separately).

"My road to atheism was paved by science...ironically, so was my later journey to God."

Journalist and award-winning author of The Case for Christ Lee Strobel examines the idea that science isn''t the enemy of faith, but that it provides a solid foundation for belief in God. New scientific discoveries point to the incredible complexity of our universe, a complexity best explained by the existence of a Creator.

This six-session video study (DVD/digital video sold separately) invites participants to encounter the evidence of a Creator. Join Strobel in reexamining the theories that once led him away from God. Pastors, small group leaders, and individuals seeking resources that answer tough questions about the existence of God and the claims of rationality will find compelling answers in The Case for a Creator study, investigating probing questions like:

Where do science and faith overlap or agree?As a form of knowledge, what are the weaknesses of science and rationality?How much can I depend on science while still have a thriving faith?Is faith in God ever based on rationality?

Sessions include:

Science and GodDoubts about DarwinismThe Evidence of CosmologyThe Fine-tuning of the UniverseThe Evidence of BiochemistryThe DNA and the Origin of Life

Designed for use with the Case for a Creator Revised Video Study 9780310699606 (sold separately).