We'll be reading Telling a Better Story by Joshua Chatraw. Go ahead and purchase the book ($12). Here is the link to the book on Amazon.
We'll meet a total of three times over the course of two months to discuss the book.
Once everyone submits their preferable days and times on the sign up form, we'll find a meeting day/time that works for the most people.
UPDATE: We will meet on Mondays at 7. The first meeting will be Monday, November 28. If you can’t make it, still sign up. There will plenty to talk about at later meetings!
About the Book
Today's Christians often view the practice of defending their faith as pushy or unnecessary. Won't it just be taken for proselytizing? Don't many unbelievers find it offensive? Many Christians have shifted to a strategy of hoping that our lives will show Christ to our neighbors—and, while this is certainly good, it's no substitute to actively telling people about Christ.
In Telling a Better Story, author Joshua Chatraw presents a new and refreshing way to engage in apologetics that will help you tell the story of Christ in a holistic, culturally-contextual manner that—while being respectful—helps unbelievers imagine a more complete happiness and a better meaning to life.
Telling a Better Story will give you the tools to:
Understand the cultural stories that surround us.
Recognize how these secular stories have shaped the way many people think.
Learn how to tell God's story in a fresh way that allows today's younger generations to see it as a more meaningful and more hopeful story than the scripts around it.
Finally, you'll also learn how to deal with the perennial issues and common objections to Christianity.