Author and pastor Andy Stanley explains what made the earliest
Christian movement so compelling and resilient...and what we need to
change today to make it so again.
Once upon a time there was a version of the Christian faith that was
practically irresistible. After all, what could be more so than the
gospel that Jesus ushered in? Why, then, isn't it the same with
Christianity today?
In this six-session video Bible study (guide not included), Pastor Andy
answers questions like:
- What did first-century Christians know that we don't--about God's
Word, about their lives, about love?
- What did they do that we're not doing?
- What makes Christianity so resistible in today's culture?
- What needs to change in order to repeat the growth our faith had at
its beginning?
Andy is deeply concerned with the present-day church and its future, and
he believes that many of the solutions to our issues can be found by
investigating our roots. It's time to hit pause and consider the faith
modeled by our first-century brothers and sisters who had no official
Bible, no status, and little chance of survival. It's time to embrace
the version of faith that initiated--against all human odds--a chain of
events resulting in the most significant and extensive cultural
transformation the world has ever seen.
This is a version of Christianity we must remember and re-embrace if we
want to be salt and light in an increasingly savorless and dark world.
Sessions include:
- Simply Resistible (24:00)
- Brand-New Agreement (19:00)
- The Bible According to Jesus (25:00)
- The Irresistible Ethic (29:00)
- What Love Requires (22:00)
- A New Approach (23:00)
Designed for use with the Irresistible Study Guide (9780310100492),
sold separately.
