Skip to main content

Outline

Key Verse


Registration

https://sro.breezechms.com/form/285ecb80 

Goals

  • Are the Gospels Reliable
  • Is Jesus who He says He is (and who we say He is)

Resources

  • The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
    • The Eyewitness Evidence
      • Can the gospels be trusted (Ch 1)
      • Do the gospels stand up to scrutiny (Ch 2)
    • The Documentary Evidence
      • Were the gospels reliably preserved? (Ch 3)
      • Is there evidence for Jesus outside of the Gospels? (Ch 4)
    • The Scientific Evidence
      • Archaeology (Ch 5)
    • The Rebuttal Evidence
      • Is Jesus of History same as Jesus of Faith? (Ch 6) - - not sure what this chapter means. Need to read it again
    • The Identity and Psychological Evidence
      • Was Jesus really convinced that He is the Son of God? (Ch 7)
      • Was Jesus crazy when he claimed to be Son of God? (Ch 8)
    • The Profile and Fingerprint Evidence
      • Does Jesus fulfill the attributes of God? (Ch 9)
      • Did Jesus - and Jesus alone - match the identity of the Messiah? (Ch 10)
  • Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
  • Timeless Truth in Truthless Times - George Bassilious

Stations

Introduction

Movie should introduce a compelling story line that the students can relate to:

four characters in it

Station 1: The Eyewitness Evidence
Station 2: The Scientific Evidence 
  • Discuss the Documentary Evidence of the Gospels
    • The contemporariness of the gospel manuscripts compared to other ancient texts
    • The oldest NT manuscript is P52 from the Gospel of John
  • The Archaeological Evidence of the Gospels
Station 3: The Identity and Psychological Evidence
Station 4: The Fingerprint Evidence
Conclusion

A Movie that brings back the four to summarize and conclude the evidence. The conclusion can have a "post-credit scene" that teases next year's apologetics convention which will be about the Resurrection

Interactive Stations Ideas From Previous Conventions

  • Escape Room
    • I think this could work really well here. Needs to be well thought out and executed
  • Blocks Game
    • Someone did a game before with all the books of the Bible written on blocks and they had to order them or stack them. Could work very well for the "Fingerprint evidence" (Prophecies)
  • Court Case
    • I think this can work really well in a topic like this... examining the specific kinds of evidence and scrutinizing them
  • TikTok Station
    • Finding relevant TikToks and responding to them, even recording the response that each kid would give
  • Podcast Station
    • This can also work really well. Needs good preparation for exactly what will be said and how
  • Museum Station
    • This could work really well for a Documentary Evidence station, but a craft may be more effective here
Back to top