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The annual CrossExamined Instructor Academy has been held for 14 years all over the USA, from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, from Charlotte to Dallas. Do you know where it’s never been before? ONLINE. Introducing for the first time ever, the brand-new certificate online course, ‘CIA Online’. Now more accessible than ever, what is your excuse for not attending? You too can now be instructed personally by Frank Turek, J. Warner Wallace, Richard Howe, and Alisa Childers and so many others!

  • Greg Koukl

  • Brett Kunkle

  • Dr. Sean McDowell

  • David Wood

  • Jorge Gil

  • Natasha Crain

  • Bobby Conway

Course Curriculum

  • 01

    LET'S GET STARTED!

  • 02

    FREE PREVIEW!

  • 03

    IT'S PRESENTATION TIME!

    • Here's how this works...

    • GROUP A

    • GROUP B

    • GROUP C

    • GROUP D

    • Iron Sharpening Iron - Presentation Evaluation Form
  • 04

    L1: PRESENT PERSUASIVELY - Greg Koukl/ Frank Turek/ J. Warner Wallace

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Putting Your Audience At Ease- Greg Koukl

    • How YOU Can Be More Persuasive- Frank Turek

    • How YOU Can Be More Persuasive (cont)

    • What is your X-Factor?- J. Warner Wallace

    • Stay in Your Lane- J. Warner Wallace

    • Create a Visual Message- J. Warner Wallace

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 05

    L2: TACTICS - Greg Koukl

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Spade work

    • Who is in your garden?

    • Why You Need Tactics

    • The Three Most Important Questions

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 06

    L3: MUSLIM OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY - David Wood

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Did Jesus Claim to be God?

    • Defending the Trinity

    • How Can God Die?

    • The Bible Has Been Corrupted

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 07

    L4: 3 WAYS PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANS DISAGREE WITH JESUS - Alisa Childers

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • ZOOM- Feb. 17 at 9PM ET with Alisa Childers (1 hour Q&A)

    • Defining Progressive Christianity

    • Understanding Progressive Christianity

    • 3 Ways Progressive Christianity Disagrees with Jesus

    • The Cross and The Gospel

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 08

    L5: 5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR PODCASTS AND BLOGPOSTS - Alisa Childers

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Identify Your Motivation, Know Your Audience

    • Focus Your Content

    • Nail Your Thumbnail

    • Utilize the Power of Story-Telling

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 09

    L6: EVIDENCE FOR GOD FROM ORIGIN OF LIFE - J. Warner Wallace

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Investigations 101

    • Staying inside the room

    • What is Information?

    • Looking Outside of the Room

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Quiz 1

    • Lesson 4, 5 & 6 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. Feb. 20th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
  • 10

    L7: PERSON OF INTEREST - J. Warner Wallace

    • ZOOM- Feb. 23 at 9PM ET with J. Warner Wallace (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Communication, Colonization, Domination, and Transportation Fuses

    • Circulation, Toleration, and Spiritual Fuses

    • Imagination and Music

    • Architecture, Literature, Education, & Religion

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 11

    L8: AVOID DEATH BY POWERPOINT - J. Warner Wallace

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Points 1-3

    • Points 4 & 5

    • Points 6-8

    • Points 9 & 10- J. Warner Wallace

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 12

    L9: ADVANCED TACTICS - Greg Koukl

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Tactical Gameplan

    • Using Tactical Questions

    • Making a Case

    • Staying in Control

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Lessons 7, 8, & 9 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. Feb 27th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
  • 13

    L10: THINK LIKE YOU MEAN IT - Richard Howe

    • ZOOM- March 3 at 9PM ET with Richard Howe (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Basics of Logic

    • Informal Fallacies

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 14

    L11: HOW THEOLOGY NEEDS PHILOSOPHY - Richard Howe

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Phenomenological Language

    • Guiding Assumptions

    • Is Philosophy Irrelevant?

    • Faith & Reason

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 15

    L12: HOW TO GROW YOUR PLATFORM - J. Warner Wallace

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • How to be Uncancelable

    • Your Website

    • How to Use Your Vacation Homes

    • Growth Strategies

    • ANSWER KEY

    • Creating a Schedule

    • Q & A

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Quiz 2

    • Lessons 10, 11, & 12 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. March 6th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
  • 16

    L13: THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL IN APOLOGETICS - Frank Turek

    • ZOOM- March 10 at 9PM ET with Frank Turek (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Beauty of Logic

    • Intellectual Crimes

    • More Intellectual Crimes

    • Something from Nothing

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 17

    L14: AWAKENING THE CHURCH FROM GOING WOKE - Frank Turek

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Need for Logic

    • Today’s Identity Crisis

    • The Solution

    • Where Do We Get Our Identity?

    • Q & A

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 18

    L15: CHASING LOVE - Sean McDowell

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • What is True Freedom?

    • Three Reasons for Biblical Sexuality

    • Myths About Sex

    • Sex means everything

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Lessons 13, 14 & 15 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. March 13th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
  • 19

    L16: HOW TO MAXIMIZE SOCIAL MEDIA - Jorge Gil

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Branding and Social Media

    • Essential Tools

    • Content and Tribes

    • Creating a Schedule

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Q & A
  • 20

    L17: HOW TO CRUSH IT ON YOUTUBE - David Wood

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Compelling, Consistent Content

    • Resolve

    • The YouTube Algorithm

    • Tips for Success

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Quiz 3

    • Lessons 16 & 17 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. March 20th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L18: MARKETING STRATEGY FOR APOLOGETICS - Natasha Crain

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Know Your Audience

    • Getting in Front of Your Audience

    • Interest, Desire, Action

    • Q & A

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
  • 22

    L19: CAN WE BE GOOD WITHOUT GOD? - Brett Kunkle

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Belief Affects Morality

    • What Grounds Morality?

    • Moral Law

    • Why Humanity Settles

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Lessons 18 & 19 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Sun. March 28th @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
  • 23

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation- CIA Online PREMIUM Course

PREMIUM (Certificate) Course Requirements

Students wishing to qualify for the certificate of completion for this course, MUST :

  • Consume ALL Lesson Videos & Commentary

  • Complete all quizzes

  • Attend the 4 Instructions Zoom sessions

  • Present LIVE at each of their Group Presentation Sessions

  • Read "I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" by Dr. Frank Turek & "Tactics" by Greg Koukl

  • Answer ALL Downloadable Questions

  • 2 Assigned Presentation Evaluations