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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

Moviehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1C0-aYx7nh3ruQClDvdOZPGW1SJKy0dh-8Syg7A1DhU4/edit?tab=t.0 should introduce a compelling story line that the students can relate to:

four characters in it

Station 1: The Eyewitness Evidence
  • Based on Chapters 1-2-3 of Case for Christ
    • Can the Biographies of Jesus be trusted?
    • Do the Biographies of Jesus stand up to scrutiny?
    • Were the biographies of Jesus reliably preserved for us?
Station 2: The ScientificCorroborating Evidence 
  • DiscussBased theon DocumentaryChapters 4-5 of Case for Christ
    • Is there Credible Evidence offor theJesus Gospelsoutside
      • TheHis contemporariness of the gospel manuscripts compared to other ancient textsBiographies?
      • TheDoes oldestArchaeology NTConfirm manuscriptor isContradict P52Jesus' from the Gospel of JohnBiographies?
    • The Archaeological Evidence of the Gospels
    Station 3: The Identity and Psychological Evidence
    • Based on Chapters 7-8-9 of Case for Christ
      • Who did Jesus say that He is?
      • Was He convinced that He is the Son of God?
      • Did Jesus fulfill the Attributes of God?
    • See Also: Fr Reweis' sermons during Pascha this year covered this topic in depth
    Station 4: The Fingerprint Evidence
    • Based on Chapter 10 of Case for Christ
      • Did Jesus and Jesus alone match the identity of the Messiah?
    Conclusion

    A Movie that brings back the four to summarize and conclude the evidence. The conclusion can have a

    • Format: "post-creditSurrounded" scene"by thatJubilee
      • 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
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