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Course Curriculum

Presenting and Non-Presenting Student

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    LET'S GET STARTED!

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    FREE PREVIEW!

  • 03

    IT'S EVALUATION TIME!

    • Maximize Your Impact! (Important Non-Presenter Course Details)

    • Here's how this works...

    • Iron Sharpening Iron! 2 Presentation Evaluation Forms [downloadable]

    • GROUP A

    • GROUP B

    • GROUP C

    • GROUP D

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    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 your MESSAGE Can Be More Persuasive

    • 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
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    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
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    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

    • Lessons 1, 2, & 3 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Thur. March 20 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L4: 3 WAYS PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANS DISAGREE WITH JESUS - Alisa Childers

    • ZOOM- Thurs. April 23 at 9PM ET with Frank Turek (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Defining Progressive Christianity

    • Understanding Progressive Christianity

    • 3 Ways Progressive Christianity Disagrees with Jesus

    • The Cross and The Gospel

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    L5: HOW TO COPE WITH ONLINE CRITICISM - Alisa Childers

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Reality of Criticism in Apologetics

    • Know Your Motivation: Serving the Audience of One

    • Responding to Criticism with Christlike Character

    • Bloom Where You're Planted

    • Drawing Boundaries for Healthy Ministry

    • Quiz 1

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    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

    • Lesson 4, 5 & 6 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Thur. March 27 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L7: PERSON OF INTEREST - J. Warner Wallace

    • ZOOM- Thurs. April 30 at 9PM ET with Natasha Crain (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
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    L8: AVOID DEATH BY POWERPOINT - J. Warner Wallace

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Points 1-3

    • Points 4 & 5

    • Points 6-8

    • Points 9 & 10

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    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

    • Quiz 2

    • Lessons 7, 8, & 9 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Thurs. April 3 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L10: THINK LIKE YOU MEAN IT - Richard Howe

    • ZOOM- Thurs. May 7 at 9PM ET with Alisa Childers (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Basics of Logic

    • Informal Fallacies

    • Selection Effect

    • Philosophical Fallacies

    • More Fallacies

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    L11: HOW THEOLOGY NEEDS PHILOSOPHY - Richard Howe

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Phenomenological Language

    • Guiding Assumptions

    • Is Philosophy Irrelevant?

    • Faith & Reason

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    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

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Lessons 10, 11, & 12 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Thur. April 10 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L13: THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL IN APOLOGETICS - Frank Turek

    • ZOOM- Thurs. May 14 at 9PM ET with Bobby Conway (1 hour Q&A)

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Beauty of Logic

    • Intellectual Crimes

    • More Intellectual Crimes

    • Something from Nothing

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    L14: AWAKENING THE CHURCH FROM GOING WOKE - Frank Turek

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • The Need for Logic

    • Today’s Identity Crisis

    • Do I have a right to live "my truth"?

    • The Solution

    • Where Do We Get Our Identity?

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Quiz 3
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    L15: CHASING LOVE - Sean McDowell

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • What is True Freedom?

    • Three Reasons for Biblical Sexuality

    • Myths About Sex

    • Bonus Q & A

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    • Lessons 13, 14 & 15 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Thurs. April 17 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    L16: DEVELOPING & PRESENTING TALKS THAT CONNECT- Bobby Conway

    • QUESTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

    • Why the Church Needs Apologetics

    • The Church’s Response

    • How to Get Apologetics into Your Church

    • How to Get Apologetics into Your Church (cont.)

    • ANSWER KEY

    • TOOLBOX/RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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    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
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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
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    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

    • Quiz 4

    • Lessons 16,17,18 & 19 Completion Verification Survey: *Submit completed survey by Fri. April 25 @ 11:59 pm/ET, even if all work is not done on time.
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    Course Evaluation

    • End of Course Survey

The annual CrossExamined Instructor Academy has been held for 18 years all over the USA, from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, from Charlotte to Dallas.
Now more accessible than ever, CIA Online is here, what is your excuse for not attending? You too can now be instructed personally by Frank Turek, Bobby Conway, Natasha Crain, and Alisa Childers and so many others!

  • J. Warner Wallace

  • Brett Kunkle

  • Dr. Sean McDowell

  • David Wood

  • Greg Koukl

Here's what our students are saying...

Claudeene Blairee Acyatan

5 star rating

“I appreciate how the course was organized and how we were challenged to present! OCC, thank you for providing this course online. It had tremendously help me understand the need to bring our the truths in the social media platform, so that, we (Ch...”

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“I appreciate how the course was organized and how we were challenged to present! OCC, thank you for providing this course online. It had tremendously help me understand the need to bring our the truths in the social media platform, so that, we (Christians) will be content creators rather than content consumers! In a world were worldviews are presented secularly, we need to be equip to counter all these untruthful claims! ”

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james bruce

5 star rating

“Excellent presentation with five stars. Natasha is a great instructor. Focused, articulate, intelligent and knowledgeable. ”

“Excellent presentation with five stars. Natasha is a great instructor. Focused, articulate, intelligent and knowledgeable. ”

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Elizabeth Tysinger

5 star rating

“I absolutely loved this entire course. Instructors were so patient but honest and actually provided very constructive criticism. Such a valuable course”

“I absolutely loved this entire course. Instructors were so patient but honest and actually provided very constructive criticism. Such a valuable course”

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ROGER CHAVEZ

5 star rating

“Tough ”

“Tough ”

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Elizabeth Tysinger

5 star rating

“Thank you for this! I shared with my 13 year old son who really liked these three speakers. It's so nice to find more speakers sharing apologetics information to young people.”

“Thank you for this! I shared with my 13 year old son who really liked these three speakers. It's so nice to find more speakers sharing apologetics information to young people.”

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Heather White

5 star rating

“Excellent teaching! I learned a ton, and I feel more equipped to present and share what I have learned in this class! Thank you! ”

“Excellent teaching! I learned a ton, and I feel more equipped to present and share what I have learned in this class! Thank you! ”

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