Welcome back to your landing page for our
Online Alpha Course!
Bookmark this page and return here every week for a review of our last session, a preview of our next session, and helpful resources for your journey.
Join our final Alpha Online Zoom meeting,
July 16th at 8pm
If you want to copy and paste the Zoom meeting link, here it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85998832922
Summary of last session, How Can I Resist Evil?
Our Position (Colossians 1:13)
- Transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of Jesus.
- We experience God's love.
- It's a process -- we won't be complete until Jesus returns.
Our Defense (Ephesians 6)
- Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand.
- Belt of truth.
- Breastplate of righteousness.
- Boots of the gospel of peace.
- Shield of faith.
- Helmet of salvation.
- Sword of the Spirit.
How do we attack?
- Prayer
- Action
Why and How Should I Tell Others?
Why?
- Jesus told us to.
- For the spiritual hunger in the world.
- It's good news.
- Two opposite dangers: insensitivity and fear.
How?
- Presence
- Persuasion
- Proclamation
- Power
- Prayer
Watch a rerun of previous Alpha talks here.
July 9:
How Can I Resist Evil?
Why and How Should I Tell Others?
Bonus talk :
How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life?
July 2: How Does God Guide Us?
June 25th Retreat:
Intro Video
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What Does the Holy Spirit Do?
How Can I Be Filled With the Holy Spirit?
June 18: Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
June 11: Why and How do I Pray?
June 4: How Can I Have Faith?
May 28: Why Did Jesus Die?
May 21: Who is Jesus?
May 14: Is There More to Life Than This?
The Alpha Guide Book
Resources
Session 8, 9, & 10 - How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life? How Can I Resist Evil? Why and How Should I Tell Others??
The Jesus Lifestyle
Nicky Gumbel
Life in Christ
Ranierio Cantalamessa
The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis
Cafe Theology
Michael Lloyd
The Case Against Christ
John Young
Session 7 - How Does God Guide Us?
Chasing the Dragon
Jackie Pullinger
Retreat - Who is the Holy Spirit? What Does the Holy Spirit Do? How Can I be Filled With the Holy Spirit?
Come, Creator Spirit
Raniero Cantalamessa
Lifechange
Ed. Mark Elsdon-Dew
The God Who Changes Lives 1, 2, 3, & 4
Ed. Mark Elsdon-Dew
The Mystery of Pentecost
Raniero Cantalamessa
Sober Intoxication of the Spirit: Filled with the Fullness of God
Raniero Cantalamessa
Session 6 - Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
Why Trust the Bible?
Amy Orr-Ewing
30 Days
Nicky Gumbel
The Message (Bible paraphrased)
NIV Alpha Bible in One Year
Session 5 - Why and How do I Pray?
God on Mute
Pete Greig
What About Other Religions?
Nicky Gumbel
Session 4 - How Can I Have Faith?
The Reason for God
Tim Keller
Is Faith Irrational?
Nicky Gumbel
One Step Beyond: One Man's Journey From Near Death to New Life
Gram Seed
Session 3 - Why Did Jesus Die?
The Cross of Christ
John Stott
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Nicky Gumbel
Unreachable
Darrell Tunningley
Why Jesus?
Nicky Gumbel
The Hiding Place
Corrie Ten Boom
Session 2 - Who is Jesus?
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
The Case for Christ
Lee Strobel
Orthodoxy
G.K. Chesterton
Jesus Is
Judah Smith
Session 1 - Is There More to Life Than This?
What's So Amazing About Grace?
Philip Yancey
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?
Nicky Gumbel