Helpful Resources
1 | Can I Ask That? 8 Hard Questions About Faith | Sticky Faith Curriculum| Jim Candy, Brad Griffin, Kara Powell | Book
Teenagers are tired of vague or nonexistent answers to their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Just when they’re capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters. As eight years of Sticky Faith research on teenagers has shown, it’s not doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. It’s silence.
The trusted voice of the Fuller Youth Institute and proven best practices from churches around the country converge to provide you with tools both to start conversations about hard questions, as well as to lead students toward discovering their own faith convictions.
2 | Can I Ask That? | Fuller Youth Institute |Curriculum | Email for Access
Teenagers are tired of vague, superficial, or nonexistent answers to their tough questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Just when they’re capable of diving into the deep end of their faith, all too often the church keeps them splashing around in shallow waters. As eight years of Sticky Faith research on teenagers has shown, it’s not doubt or hard questions that are toxic to faith. It’s silence.
3 | Ask a Bible Question | Got Questions | Website
Do you have a question about God, Jesus, the Bible, or theology? Do you need help understanding a Bible verse or passage? Are there any spiritual issues in your life for which you need advice or guidance?
4 | Faith Questions| Is the Bible Trustworthy | Daily Grace Co. | Bible Study
Is the Bible trustworthy? How can we trust the accuracy of these books? How do we know who wrote them? Who decided which books would be included? How can we understand books written by those who lived in a culture so different from our own?
5 | If God is Love, Why is There Death and Suffering? | Answers in Genesis | Video
Ken Ham explores one of the most commonly asked questions of the Christian faith: how can there be a loving God when there’s death and suffering all around us? This message focuses on the second of the 7 C’s of History: Corruption.
5 | After Doubt | HOw to Question Your Faith Without Losing It | A.J. Swoboda & Lance Smith | Audio Book
Is there a way to walk faithfully through doubt and come out the other side with a deeper love for Jesus, the church, and its tradition? Can we question our faith without losing it?
Award-winning author, pastor, and professor A. J. Swoboda has witnessed many young people wrestle with their core Christian beliefs. Too often, what begins as a set of critical and important questions turns to resentment and faith abandonment. Unfortunately, the church has largely ignored its task of serving people along their journey of questioning. The local church must walk alongside those who are deconstructing their faith and show them how to reconstruct it.
6 | The Case for Christ| Lee Strobel | Book
Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Former atheist and Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel takes an investigative look at the evidence from the fields of science, philosophy, and history.
In this revised and updated bestseller, The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools such as Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis, asking hard-hitting questions–and building a captivating case for Christ’s divinity.
