In this class, Douglas Jacoby gives tips on helping religious friends examine their faith but also challenges our views of the Kingdom and what’s necessary for baptism.

In this class, Randy Tinnin interviews two Christians (Jacqui Salter and Jim Mackie) who share about their journey to faith, before the days of a study series, and the way in which God worked through His Word, His people, and their own pasts.

Do you want to help your friend become a Christian without learning a long study series? Scientists have now discovered the way our brains are hardwired to best process information. When we teach someone the scriptures, there is a temptation to get overly academic. In this class, Jamie shows you a simple framework to create your own Bible study that takes advantage of God’s hard-wiring of our brains.

Helping someone build their faith involves an element of teaching but where do we start? With so many possible things to teach it can be hard to decide. In this class, Jamie talks about the four parts to the basic gospel message as well as one simple thing you can do to figure out where to begin with your friend.

The Commander’s Intent, big picture, and partnering with God to build someone’s faith. You can’t help someone until you know where they’re starting from. In this class, Jamie talks about re-framing your view of people according to where they are in their faith journey. He then shows you multiple ways in which we partner with God to build someone’s faith in order to reconcile them to God.

How much change is enough? How do we know when someone has repented? What should we be looking for when someone is ready to give their life to Jesus. The answers to these questions are crucial in aligning our methods with the teachings in scripture.

What is required for someone to enter the Kingdom of God? What do we look for? How do we help our friends get there, and when are we overstepping our bounds?

How do you tell a fish that he’s wet? In this kickoff lesson to the series, we look at the challenge of changing beliefs, question some of our church culture, and reexamine our approach to conversion.

While not part of this series, this 10 minute segment from an earlier sermon outlines some of the problems that are addressed in Paradigm Shift. We always start off with the best of intentions, but human nature often seems to get in the way. It’s a constant struggle to let God be in control, even in helping others come to faith. This is an excerpt from a sermon done earlier this year that shines a light on a health club that innocently lost its way. How does any of this relate to our story?

Once a person responds to God's story and Jesus' invitation, then what? What is God's vision for those people who decide they want to follow Jesus?