Introduction to the What You Need to Know Series You hold in your hands a tool with enormous potential— the ability to help ground you, and a whole new generation of other Christians, in the basics of the Christian faith. I believe the times call for just this tool. We face a serious crisis in the church today . . . namely, a generation of Christians who know the truth but who do not live it. An even greater challenge is coming straight at us, however: a coming generation of Christians who may not even know the truth! Many Christian leaders agree that today’s evangelical church urgently needs a tool flexible enough to be used by a wide variety of churches to ground current and future generations of Christians in the basics of Scripture and historic Christianity. This guide, and the whole series from which it comes—the What You Need to Know series—can be used by individuals or groups for just that reason. Here are five other reasons why we believe you will enjoy using this guide:
1. It is easy to read. You don’t want to wade through complicated technical jargon to try to stumble on the important truths you are looking for. This series puts biblical truth right out in the open. It is written in a warm and friendly style, with even a smattering of humor here and there. See if you don’t think it is different from anything you have ever read before.
2. It is easy to teach. You don’t have time to spend ten hours preparing for Sunday school, small group, or discipleship lessons. On the other hand, you don’t want watered-down material that insults your group’s intellect. There is real meat in these pages, but it is presented in a way that is easy to teach. It follows a question-and-answer format that can be used to cover the material, along with discussion questions at the end of each chapter that make it easy to get group interaction going.
3. It is thoroughly biblical. You believe the Bible, and don’t want to use anything that isn’t thoroughly biblical. This series has been written and reviewed by a team of well-educated, personally
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