Want training from the top voices in Christian apologetics? Learn from the experts from the comfort of your own home!
Want training from the top voices in Christian apologetics? Learn from the experts from the comfort of your own home!
Have you heard about the amazing training at the CrossExamined Instructor’s Academy (CIA)?
Perhaps you’ve wanted to go for a while but have never been able to make it happen due to the travel and time away involved. Now we are bringing CIA to you online. We’ve done our best to recreate this transformative apologetics training experience—from the comfort of your own home!
The online course begins April 13th, 2026!
- Make a persuasive case for Christianity?
- Intrigue your friends and relatives to investigate Jesus?
- Capture an audience with proven presentation techniques?
- Answer the most challenging objections to Christianity without breaking a sweat?
- Stay cool under pressure?
- Know the right questions to ask a pressing skeptic?
- Get personal instruction and feedback from some of the world's top apologists?
CrossExamined Instructor Academy - Online Course
PREMIUM (Certificate Course)
COURSE DATES:
4/13/26 - 6/1/26
When you attend CIA in-person you get to make amazing new friends, take photos, and even share meals with them. It’s an INCREDIBLE experience.
But what you CAN’T do is...
--> Attend every single teaching session (some run at the same time). 🤯
--> Hit “replay” if you missed something important. 😰
--> Get access to quizzes, question and answer keys, and course commentary. 🤨
So we created CIA ONLINE for YOU!
"It is well put together and gave great pointers on not just apologetic material but how to build your brand on social media and how to give solid presentations. It was a good mix of everything.”
-- Brian M. (2024 Premium Student)
You will see presentations from...
+ Frank Turek
+ J. Warner Wallace
+ Greg Koukl
+ Alisa Childers
+ Richard Howe
+ Sean McDowell
+ Brett Kunkle
+ Natasha Crain
+ David Wood
+ Bobby Conway
Who will YOU be presenting to?
Two of the following:
- Frank Turek
- Bobby Conway
- Alisa Childers
- Natasha Crain
"I found the course very helpful. I have already used some of the things I learned in my job as well as in the pulpit."
-- Chris M. (2024 Premium Student)
CIA Online 2026
PREMIUM (CERTIFICATE) COURSE
What's
Included?
- 6 LIVE Interactive Group Zoom Sessions with Various Instructors
- 19+ Hours of Video Lessons
- Online Lesson Commentary
- Downloadable Questions
- Answer Keys for Downloadable Questions
- Private Discussion Group
- 4 In-depth Course Quizzes
- Access to Course Content for 1 Year
This year we have TWO PREMIUM course options for you to choose from!
OPTION #1 - PRESENTING STUDENTS
(enrollment limited to the first 24 students)
Learn more about the presenting track below
OPTION #2 - NON-PRESENTING STUDENTS
Learn more about the NON-presenting track below
"Great overall. Loved giving presentations. Especially giving it to 2 of my favorite apologists. All material is very valuable especially the logic parts."
-- Roger C. (2023 Premium Student)
This 7-week CERTIFICATE COURSE BUNDLE offers A LOT including 19 pre-recorded presentations from 10 different instructors! These presentations are designed to increase your apologetics knowledge and presentation skills. These recordings are available for you to watch and rewatch as much as you wish for 1 year. Each video session is accompanied by a list of recommended resources, course commentary, and questions and answer keys.
In the PRESENTING track, you'll have the opportunity to give two of your own presentations where you'll get feedback from two of our expert instructors and your peers. Take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hone your presentation and question answering skills. Or, take the NON-Presenting track where you'll still get the opportunity to offer feedback to other students and experience LIVE Zoom sessions.
In the PRESENTING track, you'll have the opportunity to give two of your own presentations where you'll get feedback from two of our expert instructors and your peers. Take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hone your presentation and question answering skills. Or, take the NON-Presenting track where you'll still get the opportunity to offer feedback to other students and experience LIVE Zoom sessions.
Upon earning the course certificate, you will also become part of the exclusive CIA network of graduates that gives you access to our private Facebook group where you can ask questions and exchange ideas about apologetics, Christianity, and related topics. You'll also be added to our CIA email list for special offers and opportunities!
"Thank you so much for this course. I do not plan on starting a blog or podcast. But I am already incorporating some of the things I learned on my FB page and in my Sunday School Classes. A very good course."
-- James B. (2023 Premium Student)
FOUNDATIONAL READINGS
These books are the foundational sources for this course if your goal is to attain a certificate of completion. Each should be read on your own, preferably before the course begins. You may purchase them through the links provided or elsewhere. Check out the course free preview to see additional ways to prepare for the course.
“The course strengthened my understanding of apologetics and helped me to present the information to others in a more robust and thought out way.”
-- Tyler C. (Student)
Course Curriculum
We have combined 19 teaching sessions for you to watch and rewatch as much as you like for one year. You’ll also have access to course commentaries, recommended resource lists, quizzes, question and answer keys, and 6 LIVE ZOOM sessions with some of the instructors during which you’ll have the opportunity for Q&A time and to present 2 virtual presentations for your instructor to critique.
- 01
PRESENT PERSUASIVELY
Greg Koukl / Frank Turek / J. Warner Wallace
- How YOU Can Be More Persuasive
- How your MESSAGE Can Be More Persuasive
- What is your X-Factor?
- Stay in Your Lane
- Create a Visual Message
- 02
TACTICS
Greg Koukl
- Who is in Your Garden?
- Why You Need Tactics
- The Three Most Important Questions
- 03
MUSLIM OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY
David Wood
- Did Jesus Claim to Be God?
- Defending the Trinity
- How Can God Die?
- The Bible Has Been Corrupted
- 04
3 WAYS PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANS DISAGREE WITH JESUS
Alisa Childers
- Defining Progressive Christianity
- Understanding Progressive Christianity
- 3 Ways Progressive Christianity Disagrees with Jesus
- The Cross and the Gospel
- 05
HOW TO COPE WITH ONLINE CRITICISM
Alisa Childers
- 06
EVIDENCE FOR GOD FROM ORIGIN OF LIFE
J. Warner Wallace
- Investigations 101
- Staying Inside the Room
- What is Information?
- Looking Outside of the Room
- 07
PERSON OF INTEREST
J. Warner Wallace
- The Communication, Colonization, Domination, and Transportation Fuses
- Circulation, Toleration, and Spiritual Fuses
- Imagination and Music
- Architecture, Literature, Education, & Religion
- 08
AVOID DEATH BY POWERPOINT
J. Warner Wallace
- Points 1-3
- Points 4 and 5
- Points 6-8
- Points 9 & 10
- 09
ADVANCED TACTICS
Greg Koukl
- The Tactical Gameplan
- Using Tactical Questions
- Making a Case
- Staying in Control
- 10
THINK LIKE YOU MEAN IT
Richard Howe
- The Basics of Logic
- Informal Fallacies
- Selection Effect
- Philosophical Fallacies
- More Fallacies
- 11
HOW THEOLOGY NEEDS PHILOSOPHY
Richard Howe
- Phenomenological Language
- Guiding Assumptions
- Is Philosophy Irrelevant?
- Faith & Reason
- 12
HOW TO GROW YOUR PLATFORM
J. Warner Wallace
- How to Be Uncancelable
- Your Website
- How to Use Your Vacation Homes
- Growth Strategies
- 13
THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL IN APOLOGETICS
Frank Turek
- The Beauty of Logic
- Intellectual Crimes
- More Intellectual Crimes
- Something from Nothing
- 14
AWAKENING THE CHURCH FROM GOING WOKE
Frank Turek
- 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?
- 15
CHASING LOVE
Sean McDowell
- What is True Freedom?
- Three Reasons for Biblical Sexuality
- Myths About Sex
- Bonus Q&A Session
- 16
DEVELOPING & PRESENTING TALKS THAT CONNECT
Dr. Bobby Conway
- Why the Church Needs Apologetics
- The Church’s Response
- How to Get Apologetics into Your Church
- 17
HOW TO CRUSH IT ON YOUTUBE
David Wood
- Compelling, Consistent Content
- Resolve
- The YouTube Algorithm
- Tips for Success
- 18
MARKETING STRATEGY FOR APOLOGETICS
Natasha Crain
- Know Your Audience
- Getting in Front of Your Audience
- Interest, Desire, Action
- Bonus Q&A Session
- 19
CAN WE BE GOOD WITHOUT GOD?
Brett Kunkle
- Belief Affects Morality
- What Grounds Morality
- Moral Law
- Why Humanity Settles
"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 where worldviews are presented secularly, we need to be equipped to counter all these untruthful claims!"
-- Claudeene A. (2023 Premium Student)
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
- When do the live Zoom sessions take place?
The course schedule can be found here when the next PREMIUM course is announced (coming soon).
- What type of payments do you accept?
Currently we accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and check cards (as long as they are connected with one of the major credit card companies listed above) as well as PayPal.
- Is my information safe and secure?
In order to ensure security, all payments are processed through Authorize.net or PayPal. These are highly secure and use industry-leading technology (such as SSL) to keep your information safe.
- Can one person enroll in the course and multiple people attend the Zoom session with the student?
Unfortunately, due to copyright, privacy and security issues the answer to this question is NO. We understand the desire to share these awesome sessions in this manner, but each course is a “closed” course. This means that each student enrolled in a course with LIVE recorded sessions, through their enrollment, has given permission for recording of the Zoom sessions for use by the students in their enrolled class ONLY and verified that they are not a minor. To remain GDPR compliant and protect privacy and security, we authenticate each student joining our Zoom meetings. This privacy is also sought to create a place where our students get to know the others in their group and feel comfortable in sharing personal thoughts and questions.
Still have more questions?
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