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Christianity: What is it and why should anyone care? 🤔

Is it just another religion, or is it the true worldview that provides answers

to life’s most important question? Join Dr. Frank Turek as he covers the essential truths of Christianity – AND the evidence we have for them!

Life's Compass: Jesus, You and the Essentials of the Faith

SELF-PACED Course


Here are a few reasons to join this 17-part series where you’ll get practical answers to these and other important questions: 

  • What is the Bible all About?
  • How do faith and works relate?
  • What does it mean to be made in God’s Image?
  • Who is Jesus?
  • What are the essentials of salvation?
  • How do faith and reason relate?
  • What is God like?
  • Why is the Resurrection so important?
  • What is “faith” and why does God want it?

Frank Turek has been providing evidence and answering questions from believers and non-believers about the Christian faith for over 20 years. Frank Turek is a dynamic speaker and award-winning author or coauthor of four books: Stealing from God:  Why Atheists Need God to make their CaseI Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an AtheistCorrect, Not Politically Correct and Legislating Morality. As the President of CrossExamined.org, Frank presents powerful and entertaining evidence for Christianity at churches, high schools and at secular college campuses that often begin hostile to his message. He has also debated several prominent atheists including Christopher Hitchens and David Silverman, president of American Atheists.

five stars

"It was a joy taking this course. I, personally, took advantage of the self-paced course due to time constraints and was able to absorb more detail this way without being stressed due to a time factor. With that said, however, I would have loved to have been able to ask Dr. Turek questions via live chat through the premium course. Maybe next time.
I highly recommend this course to EVERY Christian. No matter where your walk is in the faith.

-Jason Theriot (SELF-PACED Student)

Life's Compass:

Jesus, You and the Essentials of the Faith

SELF-PACED COURSE

  • 17 Complete Lessons
  • Including Videos approximately 1 hour per Lesson 
  • Lesson Commentary
  • Corresponding Lesson Questions with Answer Keys 
  • PowerPoint pdfs from the Video Lessons  
  • A “Toolbox” of additional lesson-enhancing videos and resources
  • Access to Course Materials for 1 Year    
  • Online Technical Support

Today's Price = $119

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five stars

"Thank you so much for offering this in-depth course on the Essentials of the Faith. It has impacted me in ways I could not have imagined when I first signed up for this course. I listen to your podcasts and have read all your books. I have also taken a couple other courses from [Online Christian Courses] and look forward to taking more in the future. But, this course on the essentials has impacted my life far more than any of the books and podcasts I have listened to. While I enjoy listening to your podcasts, I have also followed many of your colleagues on radio for quite some time and have learned so much about defending my faith and articulating it in such a way that is impactful on those I come in contact with that are otherwise hostile or apathetic to Christianity. After taking this course I feel that I am ready to make an impact for Christ through education in my community. I want to use my spiritual gifts in teaching to reach our young generations to make the next big impact in our communities and around the world. Thank you, [Online Christian Courses] for all you do!

-Katie Meeks (SELF-PACED Student)

The Life’s Compass: Jesus, You and the Essentials of the Faith Course includes nearly 17 hours of video and written commentary with further explanations and questions for thought and discussion. If you sign up for the premium course, you’ll have access to assignments and quizzes and be LIVE on ZOOM with Dr. Turek on 6 different occasions during the course for hour+ Q&A sessions! But you’ll need to sign up soon because seats in the premium class are limited to ensure everyone can interact live with Frank.

Life's Compass with Dr. Frank Turek

If you’ve ever been unsure or overwhelmed by the Bible or the vastness of Christian beliefs, then this course is for you. You’ll learn the essentials— and the evidence for them— right here!

If you’ve ever been unsure or overwhelmed by the Bible or the vastness of Christian beliefs, then this course is for you. You’ll learn the essentials— and the evidence for them— right here!

five stars

"Good title, it is appropriate and accurate. Really enjoyed this course. Thank God, the compass does not point to me. Wish I could have heard all of this 40 yrs ago.

-Randall McMillan (SELF-PACED Student)

This book is an optional source for this course.

Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis

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"I learned a lot about critical stuff of Christianity and it guides me on how I should live my life. Course is really well organized and grounded in truth."

-Eric Darcy (SELF-PACED Student)

Course Curriculum


  • 01
Lesson 1 - What's Wrong With the World?

LESSON 1 - What's Wrong with the World?

  • A Real life Evil Story
  • Real Morality is Different from Your Morality
  • Don't Trust Your Feelings
  • 02
Lesson 2 - What is tthe Bible All About?

LESSON 2 - What is the Bible all about? Did the Universe have a Beginning?

  • C.R.I.M.E.
  • Old Covenant with Israel
  • Creation out of Nothing
  • S.U.R.G.E.
  • Scientific Evidence leads to Creation
  • 03
Lesson 3 - How Old is the Universe?

LESSON 3 - How Old is the Universe? How Can Philosophy Show the Universe Had a Beginning?

  • Old or Young Universe?
  • Considerations about the Bible
  • Philosophical Evidence
  • Something that's outside the Universe
  • 04
Lesson 4 - The Unmoved Mover: The Fall

LESSON 4 - The Unmoved Mover:

The Fall

  • Whatever is moved is moved by another
  • Creation of human beings
  • "Did God really say?"
  • Temptation
  • 05
Lesson 5 - Jesus Christ and Typology

LESSON 5 - Intervention: Jesus Christ foreshadowed through Typology in the Old Testament

  • On the road to Emmaus
  • The big picture!
  • Rebellion
  • Types in the Old Testament
  • 06
Lesson 6 - Christ Foreshadowed Through Prophecy in the OT

LESSON 6 - Christ Foreshadowed through Prophecy in the Old Testament

  • To whom is this referring?
  • Prophecy
  • Messiah will come to the Temple
  • Messiah will be a Sacrifice for us
  • 07
Lesson 7 - What are the Essentials of Christianity

LESSON 7 - What are the Essentials of Christianity?

  • Essentials of Salvation
  • The First & Second Essential
  • The Third, Fourth, Fifth Essential
  • Relationship Between Faith and Works
  • 08
Lesson 8 - How Do We Interpret the Bible? Part 1

LESSON 8 - How do we Interpret the Bible?

(Part 1)

  • 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
  • 09
Lesson 9 - How Do We Interpret the Bible? Part 2

LESSON 9 - How do we Interpret the Bible?

(Part 2)

  • 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
  • 10
Lesson 10 - What is God Like? Part 1

LESSON 10 - What is God like? (Part 1) Look to the Heavens

  • Attributes of God
  • Fine-tuning of the universe
  • Stars
  • In the presence of true Holiness
  • 11
Lesson 11 - What is God Like? Part 2

LESSON 11 - What is God like? (Part 2) The Prodigal Son

  • The younger brother
  • The elder brother
  • Which brother are you?
  • 12
Lesson 12 - Who is Jesus?

LESSON 12 - Who is Jesus?

  • Is Jesus God?
  • Jesus claimed to be...
  • NT writers said Jesus claimed to be.....
  • Liar? Lunatic? Lord?
  • Objections to the Deity of Christ
  • 13
Lesson 13 - What is the Trinty?

LESSON 13 - What is the Trinity?

  • 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
  • 14
Lesson 14 - Why is the Resurrection Important? Part 1

LESSON 14 - Why is the Resurrection Important? (Part 1)

  • No resurrection=No hope
  • Resurrection as a miracle?
  • What is the evidence?
  • Early sources
  • Eyewitness details
  • 15
Lesson 15 - Why is the Resurrection Important? Part 2

LESSON 15 - Why is the Resurrection Important? (Part 2)

  • Embarrassing stories
  • Excruciating Deaths
  • Extra-Biblical writers
  • Alternate explanations
  • 16
Lesson 16

LESSON 16 - The Resurrection as God's Solution to our Brokenness

  • Minimal facts
  • More facts
  • Mankind's greatest problem
  • What the Messiah will do
  • The purpose of life
  • One Solitary Life
  • 17
Lesson 17 - God's Solution

LESSON 17 - God's Solution, Faith and How We Should Live

  • Belief that vs. Belief in
  • Where do we get our direction?
  • Prescriptive or Descriptive?
  • Ford's old and new manual
  • Living with an Eternal perspective
  • Summary

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs

  • When do the live sessions take place for the PREMIUM course?

Tuesdays @ 9 PM Eastern (6 PM Pacific). Each meeting lasts 1 hour. Please click HERE to download the course schedule to see the dates of the zoom sessions.

  • 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.

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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 student’s 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.  

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"Very good course. I have recommended it to others. Thank you."

-Larry Hilton (SELF-PACED Student)

Life’s Compass:

Jesus, You, and the Essentials of the Faith

SELF-PACED COURSE

Life's Compass with Dr. Frank Turerk

  • 17 Complete Lessons
  • Including Videos approximately 1 hour per Lesson 
  • Lesson Commentary
  • Corresponding Lesson Questions with Answer Keys 
  • PowerPoint pdfs from the Video Lessons  
  • A “Toolbox” of additional lesson-enhancing videos and resources
  • Access to Course Materials for 1 Year   
  • Online Technical Support  

Today's Price = $119