APOLOGETICSLearn how to address the frequent doubts

that skeptics—and even believers—have

about religion. Know how to successfully

communicate that creation must have a

Creator, provide evidence to the existence of

God, and explain that the belief in a Christian

God is sound and rational.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of

Skepticism • TIM KELLER

• Mere Christianity • C.S. LEWIS

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Apologetics • MATT CHANDLER

• Defending Your Faith • R.C. SPROUL

• Why I Believe • CHIP INGRAM

• Apologetics: Then and Now • RAVI

ZACHARIAS

CLASSES

• Apologetics

ATTRIBUTES OF GODGain an understanding of who God is: His

holiness, omniscience, faithfulness, justice,

goodness, forgiveness, and love. Experience

the impact that relating to God according to

His attributes brings to our daily life.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Attributes of God • A.W. TOZER

• Volume 1: A Journey Into the Father’s Heart

• Volume 2: Deeper Into the Father’s Heart

• Knowing God • J. I. PACKER

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• God: As He Longs for You to See

Him • CHIP INGRAM

• Attributes of God • STEVEN LAWSON

BIBLE OVERVIEWSurvey the Old and New Testaments while

learning to read the Bible knowledgeably

and understand it accurately. Experience a

tour of the Bible through brief panoramas

of each book that introduce key concepts,

themes, and important landmarks. Dive

deeper and learn how the key elements of

each book fit into the grand narrative of

the entire Bible.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• How to Read the Bible Book by

Book • GORDON FEE & DOUGLAS STUART

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Book by Book, Series • RICHARD BEWES

• The Essential Bible Truth Treasury

#1: Bible • RICHARD BEWES

CLASSES

• Connecting the Dots

BIBLE STUDY, INTERPRETATION, AND APPLICATIONGod meant for His Word to be read and

understood by everyone. Learn essential

insights that can clear up misconceptions and

help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and

Become comfortable using Bible study tools

God’s Word.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• How to Read the Bible for All Its

Worth • GORDON FEE & DOUGLAS STUART

• Bible Study Methods: Twelve Ways You

Can Unlock God’s Word • RICK WARREN

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Foundations • R.C. SPROUL

CLASSES

• Going Deeper

BIBLICAL APPROACH TO SUFFERINGGain understanding about why bad things

happen and how we should respond to

them. Become equipped to help answer the

age-old question: “Why there is pain and

suffering in the world?”

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Walking with God through Pain and

Suffering • TIM KELLER

• A Grief Observed • C.S. LEWIS

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• The Hurt Pocket • JIMMY EVANS

• Secret Church 12: The Cross and

Suffering • DAVID PLATT

• What Jesus Said About Suffering • MART DE

HAAN

• Comforting the Afflicted • TONY EVANS

ETERNAL PERSPECTIVESLearn the crucial skill of discerning between

the ability to set the right priorities in life,

grab hold of the truth that this life is not

all there is, and understand that loving God

and other people with all our hearts is an

eternal victory.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• It All Goes Back in the Box • JOHN ORTBERG

• Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven,

the Resurrection, and the Mission of the

Church • N.T. WRIGHT

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Eternity 101 • RANDY ALCORN

• Not of This World • LISA CHAN

• Life on Track • KERRY SHOOK

• The Treasure Principle • RANDY ALCORN

• Balancing Life’s Demands • CHIP INGRAM

FORGIVENESSObtain a clear understanding of God’s

forgiveness of us through Christ, and

learn the importance of forgiving others.

Understand how faith helps us find the

strength to forgive and discover the steps

we must take to do so.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Bate of Satan: Living Free from the

Deadly Trap of Offense • JOHN BEVERE

• The Art of Forgiving: When You Need to

Forgive and Don’t Know How • LEWIS B.

SMEDES

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• When You’ve Been Wronged • ERWIN LUTZER

• Lost Baggage • JAMES MERRITT

• The Overcoming Life • JIMMY EVANS

• Summer Classics: Forgiveness • KERRY

SHOOK

• The Bondage Breaker • NEIL T. ANDERSON

GIFTS OF THE SPIRITGain an understanding of the spiritual gifts

that the apostle Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians

12. Discover your spiritual gifts and learn how

to use them. Become familiar with who the

Holy Spirit is, how He operates, and why it

all matters.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual

Gifts • SAM STORMS

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Forgotten God • FRANCIS CHAN

• Secret Church 5: Exploring The Holy

Spirit • DAVID PLATT

• Life in the Spirit • KAY ARTHUR

GLOBAL MISSIONSBe confronted with the importance, urgency,

and eternal impact of your personal role

in the Great Commission. Receive the

knowledge and desire to step away from a

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Radical • DAVID PLATT

• When Helping Hurts • STEVE CORBETT AND

BRIAN FIKKERT

• Toxic Charity • ROBERT LUPTON

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Radical: What the Gospel Demands • DAVID

PLATT

• When Helping Hurts: The Small Group

Experience • STEVE CORBETT AND BRIAN

FIKKERT

• Helping Without Hurting In Short-Term

Missions • BRIAN FIKKERT

CLASSES

• What It’s All About

IDENTITY IN CHRISTRealize the power of your true identity. Learn

how you can shed the burdens of your past,

person Christ empowers you to be.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Who I Am in Christ • NEIL ANDERSON

• Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the

Power of Your Identity in Christ • NEIL

ANDERSON

• Abbas Child: The Cry of the Heart for

Intimate Belonging • BRENNAN MANNING

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• The Bondage Breaker • NEIL T. ANDERSON

JESUS IN THE WORKPLACEUnderstand how the Christian view of

work can provide the foundation of a

thriving professional life and balanced

personal one. Learn how excellence,

integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion

in the workplace can help others and be

considered acts of worship.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your

Work to God’s Work • TIM KELLER

• Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative

Calling • ANDY CROUCH

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Work as Worship Bible Study • J.D. GREEAR

• Work as Worship 2012 Leadership

Experience • MATT CHANDLER

• Work as Worship 2013 Leadership

Experience • DAVE RAMSEY

• Joy at Work • DENNIS BAKKE

• Redeeming Work • ANDY CROUCH

KEY DOCTRINESGain a clear understanding of fundamental

Christian beliefs and receive answers to

questions like, “How do we know the Bible

is God’s Word?”, “What is sin and where did

it come from?, “How is Jesus fully God and

fully man?”, “What are spiritual gifts?”, and

“When and how will Christ return?”

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of

the Christian Faith • WAYNE GRUDEM

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Doctrine • FRANCIS CHAN

• God Alone • R.C. SPROUL

• Basic Training • R.C. SPROUL

• Why I Believe • CHIP INGRAM

CLASSES

• The Essentials

KINGDOM DIVERSITYLearn what our response should be to a

world torn apart by prejudice, hatred, and

fear. Learn about the spiritual weapons we’ve

been given (prayer, repentance, forgiveness)

in order to bring racial reconciliation, social

justice, and spiritual healing.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul

Change Leads to Social Change • BRENDA

SALTER MCNEIL

• Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden

Forces That Keep Us Apart • CHRISTENA

CLEVELAND

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Oneness Embraced • TONY EVANS

• Diversity • MICHAEL OH

CLASSES

• Kingdom Diversity

LEADERSHIPUnderstand that God has called every believer

Develop the skills and passions God’s given

you that our world needs as you’re equipped

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Developing the Leader Within You • JOHN

C. MAXWELL

• Spiritual Leadership: Principles of

Excellence for Every Believer • J. OSWALD

SANDERS

• The Emotionally Healthy Church • PETER

SCAZZERO

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Developing the Leader Within You • JOHN

C. MAXWELL

• Ultimate Leadership Series #2 • HENRY

CLOUD

• The 5 Levels of Leadership • JOHN C.

MAXWELL

LIVING IN FREEDOMDiscover how grace frees you from being

a slave to sin. Gain the ability to step out

of complacency and into a life of pure and

focused living based on God’s holiness.

Understand that the greatest form of

spiritual warfare for any Christian is the

powerful force of an obedient life.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Soul Detox: Clean Living in a

Contaminated World • CRAIG GROESCHEL

• Enemy Access Denied: Slam the Devil’s

Door With One Simple Decision • JOHN

BEVERE

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• The Overcoming Life • JIMMY EVANS

• Transformed • CHIP INGRAM

• Finding Freedom • LORIE HARTSHORN

MARRIAGEUnderstand that marriage is more than a

sacred covenant with another person; it’s a

spiritual discipline designed to help us know

God better, trust him more fully, and love him

more deeply. Gain a clear understanding of

God’s design and purpose for marriage, and

obtain the practical tools and guidance to

restore, enrich, and build a thriving marriage.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Meaning of Marriage • TIM KELLER WITH

KATHY KELLER

• Sacred Marriage • GARY THOMAS

• Love & Respect • DR. EMERSON EGGERICHS

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Every Great Marriage • JIMMY EVANS

• You and Me Forever • FRANCIS CHAN

• The Fig Leaf Conspiracy • JIMMY EVANS

• A Lifelong Love • GARY THOMAS

• Marriage Without Regrets • KAY ARTHUR

• Love & Respect • DR. EMERSON EGGERICHS

• Marriage: Built to Last • CHIP INGRAM

• Our Secret Paradise • JIMMY EVANS

• The Art of Marriage • FAMILY LIFE

CLASSES

• Love & Respect

PARENTINGLearn that parenting is a school for spiritual

formation and our children are our teachers.

Understand that the journey of caring for,

rearing, training, and loving our children

will profoundly alter us. Be equipped and

encouraged to grow healthy families by

following a biblical exploration of God’s

purpose and plans for the home.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Gospel Powered Parenting • WILLIAM P.

FARLEY

• Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children

Shapes Our Souls • GARY THOMAS

• Parenting Beyond Your Capacity:

Connect Your Family to a Wider

Community • REGGIE JOINER

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Effective Parenting in a Defective

World • CHIP INGRAM

• It Starts at Home • MATT CHANDLER

• Parenting Your Teenager • LES AND LESLIE

PARROTT

• Spiritual Parenting • MICHELLE ANTHONY

CLASSES

• Beyond Your Capacity

PERSONAL EVANGELISMUnderstand that personal evangelism has

less to do with methods and more to do

with taking a genuine interest in another

human being. Learn the power of extending

care, compassion, and inclusiveness under

the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The stakes

are high and the implications are eternal;

you may be only a conversation away from

having an eternal impact on someone’s life.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Just Walk Across the Room • BILL HYBLES

• Power Evangelism • JOHN WIMBER

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Threads: The Gospel and Personal

Evangelism • DAVID PLATT

• Sharing Life • PETE BRISCOE

• Conversational Evangelism • DAVID

GEISLER

CLASSES

• How to Tell the Story

PRAYERGain rich spiritual insight into how we can

hear God’s voice clearly and develop an

intimate partnership with Him. Learn the

key principles of an effective prayer life by

exploring both God’s expectations of us and

His promises to us as it relates to prayer.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens

When God’s Spirit Invades the Hearts of

His People • JIM CYMBALA

• Hearing God: Developing a Conversational

Relationship with God • DALLAS WILLARD

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Hearing God • DALLAS WILLARD

• Prayer • MATT CHANDLER

• Prayer (Youth Series) • FRANCIS CHAN

CLASSES

• When You Pray

RENEWING THE MINDDiscover a life of peace and freedom that

begins with renewing the mind. Understand

the constant battle for control of your mind

the truth of God’s Word. Experience the

transformation that comes to our lives when

we learn to identify the lies of the enemy and

replace them with God’s truth.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• Renewing the Mind • CASEY TREAT

• The Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the

Battle for Your Mind • JOYCE MEYER

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• I Changed My Mind • JIMMY EVANS

SPIRITUAL GROWTH PRACTICESGain practical guidance for developing

the foundational practices that bring

transformation and spiritual growth.

Understand that spiritual disciplines aren’t

just tasks, they’re exercises that build

strength and endurance for growth. Realize

that the secret to winning the race lies not

in trying harder, but in training consistently.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Life You’ve Always Wanted • JOHN

ORTBERG

• The Spirit of the Disciplines:

Understanding How God Changes

Lives • DALLAS WILLARD

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Good to Great in God’s Eyes • CHIP INGRAM

• Look at The Book: Spiritual

Growth • JOHN PIPER

• Fasting: The Key to Spiritual

Victory • TONY EVANS

SPIRITUAL WARFAREUnderstand what the Bible says about

the threat of Satan, demons, and spiritual

warfare. Learn how to safeguard yourself

and your family through prayer. Prepare

for spiritual battle, cultivate strong faith

based on who we are in Christ, and learn to

find and maintain freedom from demonic

influence.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Invisible War • CHIP INGRAM

• The Bondage Breaker • NEIL T. ANDERSON

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• The Bondage Breaker • NEIL T. ANDERSON

• The Invisible War • CHIP INGRAM

• Spiritual Warfare, Volume 1 & 2 • TONY

EVANS

STEWARDSHIPUnderstand that our approach to money and

possessions isn’t just important, it’s central to

our spiritual health and development. Learn

how joyful giving brings God maximum glory

and his children maximum pleasure.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the

Secret of Joyful Giving • RANDY ALCORN

• The Law of Rewards: Giving What You

Can’t Keep to Gain What You Can’t

Lose • RANDY ALCORN

• The Blessed Life: Unlocking the Rewards

of Generous Living • ROBERT MORRIS

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Life, Money, Hope • DAVE RAMSEY

• The Treasure Principle • RANDY ALCORN

• Dave Ramsey’s Life. Money.

Legacy • DAVE RAMSEY

• God’s Economy vs. Man’s

Economy • CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES

• You, Me & Money • JIMMY EVANS

• The Genius of Generosity • CHIP INGRAM

CLASSES

• Financial Peace University

WORLD RELIGIONSGet an overview of the world’s major

religions by studying the history, tenets,

and spiritual practices of Hinduism,

Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• A Spectator’s Guide to World Religions:

An Introduction to the Big Five • JOHN

DICKSON

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• The Uniqueness of Christ in the World

Religions • RAVI ZACHARIAS

YOUR PLACE IN THE BODYIdentify your God-given spiritual gifts,

personal style, ministry passion, and unique

church and the role He created for you in

and through the local church.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

• What You Do Best in the Body of Christ:

Discover Your Spiritual Gifts, Personal

Style, and God-Given Passion • BRUCE

BUGBEE

RIGHTNOW MEDIA

• Your Divine Design • CHIP INGRAM

CLASSES

• Uniquely You