Imagine that you get lost way out in the forest and your only hope of getting out alive is to follow direction from a magnetic compass. But instead of the compass pointing to magnetic north, the compass always points to you. How helpful would that compass be? Not at all!

Why then do so many of us live as if life’s compass points to us? Do we get to decide what life’s purpose is and how to live it? Or, is there an objective purpose to life and a right way to live it?

Join Dr. Frank Turek as he highlights God’s purposes for our lives and the essentials truths of Christianity. In this 17-part series, you’ll get practical answers to these and other important questions:

  • Why is the Resurrection so important?

  • What is faith and why doe God want it?

  • How do we interpret the Bible?

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Let's Get Started!

  • 02

    What's Wrong with the World?

  • 03

    What is the Bible all about? Did the Universe have a Beginning?

    • Lesson 2 Questions to Download

    • C.R.I.M.E.

    • Old Covenant with Israel

    • Creation out of Nothing

    • S.U.R.G.E.

    • Scientific Evidence leads to Creation

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 2 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 04

    How old is the Universe? How can Philosophy show the Universe had a Beginning?

    • Lesson 3 Questions to Download

    • Review

    • Old or Young Universe?

    • Considerations about the Bible

    • Philosophical Evidence

    • Something that's outside the Universe

    • PowerPoint Pdf's

    • Lesson 3 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 05

    The Unmoved Mover: The Fall

    • Lesson 4 Questions to Download

    • Review

    • Whatever is moved is moved by another

    • Creation of human beings

    • "Did God really say"

    • Temptation

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 4 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 06

    Intervention: Jesus Christ foreshadowed through Typology in the Old Testament

    • Lesson 5 Questions to Download

    • On the road to Emmaus

    • The big picture!

    • Rebellion

    • Types in the Old Testament

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 5 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 07

    Christ Foreshadowed through Prophecy in the Old Testament

    • Lesson 6 Questions to Download

    • To whom is this referring?

    • Review

    • Prophecy

    • Messiah will come to the Temple

    • Messiah will be a Sacrifice for us

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 6 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 08

    What are the Essentials of Christianity?

    • Lesson 7- Questions to Download

    • Review

    • Essentials of Salvation

    • The First & Second Essential

    • The Third, Fourth, Fifth Essential

    • Relationship Between Faith and Works

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 7 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 09

    How do we Interpret the Bible? (Part 1)

    • Lesson 8 Questions to Download

    • Apostles Creed

    • There are no verses in the Bible!

    • Why Not Claim This Verse?

    • God approves everything in the Bible?

    • Jesus never said anything about that!

    • Moralizing historical events

    • Taking the Bible literally

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 8 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 10

    How do we Interpret the Bible? (Part 2)

    • Lesson 9 Questions to Download

    • A successful life into eternity?

    • Don't waste your life!

    • The Bible is not a series of fortunes!

    • S.T.O.P.

    • Bible Tools

    • Audience questions

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 9 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 11

    What is God like? (Part 1) Look to the Heavens

    • Lesson 10 Questions to Download

    • Attributes of God

    • Fine-tuning of the universe

    • Stars

    • In the presence of true Holiness

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 10 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 12

    What is God like? (Part 2) The Prodigal Son

    • Lesson 11 Questions to Download

    • Review

    • The younger brother

    • The elder brother

    • Which brother are you?

    • Section 11/5

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 11 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 13

    Who is Jesus?

    • Lesson 12 Questions to Download

    • Is Jesus God?

    • Jesus claimed to be...

    • NT writers said Jesus claimed to be.....

    • Liar? Lunatic? Lord?

    • Objections to the Deity of Christ

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 12 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 14

    What is the Trinity?

    • Lesson 13 Questions to Download

    • The Lord is One!

    • The Trinity is NOT...

    • Hints of the Trinity in the OT

    • Bad & better illustrations of the Trinity

    • A model for relationships

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 13 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 15

    Why is the Resurrection Important? (Part 1)

    • Lesson 14 Questions to Download

    • No resurrection=No hope

    • Resurrection as a miracle?

    • What is the evidence?

    • Early sources

    • Eyewitness details

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 14 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 16

    Why is the Resurrection Important? (Part 2)

    • Lesson 15 Questions to Download

    • Embarrassing stories

    • Excruciating Deaths

    • Extra-Biblical writers

    • Alternate explanations

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 15 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 17

    The Resurrection as God's solution to our Brokenness

    • Lesson 16 Questions to Download

    • Minimal facts

    • More facts

    • Mankind's greatest problem

    • What the Messiah will do

    • The purpose of life

    • One Solitary Life

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 16 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources
  • 18

    God's Solution, Faith and how we Should Live

    • Lesson 17 Questions to Download

    • Belief that vs. Belief in

    • Where do we get our direction?

    • Prescriptive or Descriptive?

    • Ford's old and new manual

    • Living with an Eternal prespective

    • Summary

    • PowerPoint PDF's

    • Lesson 17 Questions Answer Key

    • Toolbox Resources

    • Final Charge

    • Course Evaluation: Life's Compass Self-Paced Course

Here's what our students are saying!

William Vogel

5 star rating

“Excellent course. Well planned, and paced just right. This course is designed so that anyone can take it and keep up with the material. Turek is a professional speaker. He is clear, concise and to the point. He has great supporting material, ...”

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“Excellent course. Well planned, and paced just right. This course is designed so that anyone can take it and keep up with the material. Turek is a professional speaker. He is clear, concise and to the point. He has great supporting material, and if one uses the supporting material as they work through the daily and weekly lessons, one will walk away from this course greatly blessed. I would recommend this course to Christians, new and old, and also non-Christians. In fact, it is so clear concerning General and Special Revelations that even the most Biblically uneducated will be able to follow the essentials of the Christian Faith.”

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Michele Yant

5 star rating

“The course work along with the classroom interaction via Zoom technology was more than inspiring. Dr. Turek facilitated our Zoom sessions and gave additional insight to many question related and unrelated to the course work. Dr. Turek has a very...”

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“The course work along with the classroom interaction via Zoom technology was more than inspiring. Dr. Turek facilitated our Zoom sessions and gave additional insight to many question related and unrelated to the course work. Dr. Turek has a very unique gift from God of mixing Grace with Truth. I never felt intimidated to ask questions and knew that if I disagreed with Dr. Turek he would lead me towards evidence with a clean heart. The course work is what you put into it. Some weeks I put 20 hours in and some weeks 4. My mind is stretched and I have the desire for more! Thank you cross examined.”

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