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“We need more thinkers and writers like Andy Steiger. His new book is a terrific example of how to engage people on the questions that really matter.”
Lee Strobel
Best-selling author of The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation
Get your copy today online or at House of James and Pilgrim Book and Bible!
Andy Steiger is a unique voice among Christian Case Makers. He understands the culture, has a youthfully disarming approach, and is fearlessly passionate about sharing the Gospel. Best yet, Andy has been learning and refining his approach for years in coffee houses and other public settings. If you want to understand how to address life's most important issues so you can better respond to the culture's most pressing questions, Thinking? is a must read.

The Thinking Series uses emotionally-charged narratives and compelling reason to tackle the top questions spiritual seekers ask today. Finally! A high-quality resource that both explores ultimate questions while connecting people’s current realities of life to God. I personally give The Thinking Series DVD to my friends that wrestle with questions of ultimate meaning, God’s existence, evil and life after death. Power to Change is excited to partner with Apologetics Canada to more effectively bring the good news of Jesus Christ to Canada and beyond.

We need more thinkers and writers like Andy Steiger. His new book is a terrific example of how to engage people on the questions that really matter.
The Thinking Series is a great resource. We are hoping all our Ratio Christi chapters at universities in the United States will use the series to help Christians and skeptics think through the most important questions in life.

This generation is searching for meaning in a variety of avenues and directions. Whether or not these individuals consider themselves to be thinkers, Andy Steiger's five biggest questions keep getting raised in an exceptionally wide variety of venues, from everyday coffee house chit-chat, to various media, to technical treatments. Addressing these subjects adequately can do more than just stimulate our minds. Finding the answers can lead us to absolutely exciting, fulfilling, and stimulating lives. To this end, I heartily recommend Steiger's book as a means of engaging in this quest for ultimate purpose and meaning.

Andy Steiger has written a highly readable book that explores five of the most significant questions anyone could ask. Everyone thinks about these questions at one time or another but few are willing to discuss them openly, and even fewer people know where to turn for a thoughtful treatment of them. Steiger brings not only theoretical ideas to these questions but real heart as well. His many real-life illustrations will at times cause you to smile, at other times they will break your heart. Most importantly, they will help to illuminate the ideas under discussion and show how these concepts can be applied in real world situations.
Andy Steiger has accomplished something very difficult in the modern world. He has written a tremendously engaging book that tackles the biggest questions that haunt every thoughtful person on the planet. And he has done it with great flair. I loved reading it and am anxious to give it to another dozen people who need to read it. It is a book that brings hope and light to everyone-from the believer to the hardcore skeptic. I hope churches and Bible study groups across North America sit down with this book and work through it. It would be hard to find a better way to grow in grace, truth, and joy.
Thinking?: Answering Life's Five Biggest Questions is a timely book. It answers life's biggest questions with refreshing honesty, clarity, passion, and depth. Andy is a natural storyteller with a gift for unwrapping complicated ideas without the insider jargon and fifty-dollar words that only bring confusion. If you think that philosophy, history, and theology are as dry as sawdust, then this book will startle you with its relevance and poignancy. Andy's stories will not only have you laughing and crying, but will get you thinking and inspire you to focus on what's most important: loving God and other people (Mark 12:30-31).
Asking Life’s Five Biggest Questions
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Session 1: What Is the Meaning of Life?
Have you ever wondered why you are here on this earth? We will explore what meaning is, where it’s found, and if our life has any.
Short Film: 4 minutes | Teaching: 10 minutes
Session 2: Does God Exist?
Is this universe and our life a meaningless accident? We will investigate who God is, the facts concerning His existence, and if He can be experienced.
Short Film: 5 minutes | Teaching: 9 minutes
Session 3: Do All Religions Lead to God?
Can God be found within the maze of the world’s religions? We will consider what other religions teach, if God can be found, and if God even wants to be reached.
Short Film: 4 minutes | Teaching: 9 minutes
Session 4: Why Is There Evil?
Why is our world so full of poverty, violence and corruption? We will discuss what good and evil are, where they come from, and why they exist.
Short Film: 4 minutes | Teaching: 11 minutes
Session 5: Is There Life After Death?
Have you ever wondered if this life is all there is? We will wrestle with what death is, why we die, and if God has done anything about it.
Short Film: 4 minutes | Teaching: 15 minutes
Session 6: Becoming a Student
Once we accept Christian truth claims. Then what? What is discipleship and what does it look like on the ground level?
Short Film: 5 minutes | Teaching: 12 minutes
The Thinking Series is a 5-part DVD resource that tackles the top five questions university students are asking today. This DVD can be used in various settings including small groups, churches, and coffee shops.
Andy Steiger will help you understand how these five questions are interconnected, build on one another, and clearly explain the Gospel. Learn more about the author.
What is the Thinking Series?
The Thinking Series is a 5-part DVD resource that tackles the top five questions university students are asking today. This DVD can be used in various settings including churches, small groups, and coffee shops.
How does it work?
The Thinking Series combines story and teaching. Each section begins with a vignette (a short video that is 4-5 minutes in length) which raises the question powerfully and authentically. Then the video will have a break, allowing for a time of discussion in small groups. (You can download the discussion cards under the “Resources” tab.) The discussion is then followed by a time of teaching with Andy Steiger which interacts with the story and addresses the question. You may end the session with a time of Q&A or further discussion. (You can download the teaching discussion questions under the “Resources” tab.)
What other resources do you have for the Thinking Series?
From the main page, you can click on each of the sessions to view the Think For A Minute videos and listen to relevant Apologetics Canada Podcast episodes. (Yes! We have a podcast. Find us on iTunes!) More resources will be added in the near future.
Direct all Thinking Series-related inquiries to:
info@thinkingseries.com
Are you thinking of hosting the Thinking Series? Be sure to check out the free Leader’s Guide. It contains tips and other information that will prove useful when you host the Series.
Discussion cards (not to be confused with Teaching Discussion Questions) are used to facilitate dialogue after the story video. At the bottom of the card, you will see recommended resources in the order of reading level.
Discussion Cards – Session 1: What Is the Meaning of Life?
Discussion Cards – Session 2: Does God Exist?
Discussion Cards – Session 3: Do All Religions Lead to God?
Discussion Cards – Session 4: Why Is There Evil?
Discussion Cards – Session 5: Is There Life After Death?
Discussion Cards – Session 6: Becoming a Student
Teaching Discussion Questions (not to be confused with Discussion Cards) are used to facilitate dialogue on Andy’s teaching. Notice the resources listed at the bottom of the sheet.
Teaching Discussion Questions – Session 1: What Is the Meaning of Life?
Teaching Discussion Questions – Session 2: Does God Exist?
Teaching Discussion Questions – Session 3: Do All Religions Lead to God?
Teaching Discussion Questions – Session 4: Why Is There Evil?
Teaching Discussion Questions – Session 5: Is There Life after Death?
The Thinking Series Online Course (TSOC) is an introductory apologetics online course based on the Thinking Series. It explores each of the five questions from the Series at a more-in-depth level.
How Does It Work?
The course is divided into seven lessons, five of which covers the topics found in the Thinking Series. Each of these five lessons involves reading, reflecting, watching videos, listening to audio lectures, and blogging. All papers will be written using a blogging platform, including the research term paper.
How Do I Register?
Registration for the TSOC is currently closed. Registration will open again for the September 2016 offering of the course.
If you would like to be notified when registration is open, please fill out this form:

Phil Spoelstra
Associate Pastor of Worship Ministries
Broadway Church, Vancouver, BC

Rick Schenker
President, Ratio Christi

Leonard Buhler
President, Power to Change

Lindsay Angus
Thinking Series Host

Jasmine Small
Foursquare Church of Canada

Dolly Oliech
Missionary to Uganda

J. Warner Wallace
Author of Cold-Case Christianity:
A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels

Michael Horner
Apologist for Power to Change
I’ve not seen many teaching series that have this kind of artistic quality while possessing robust theological and apologetic content at the same time. The artistic rendering of each lesson gives each topic a fresh voice. It allowed even well known topics for me to feel like new truths to explore.
Along with being the director of Ratio Christi College Prep, I’m also a pastor. Watching The Thinking Series sparked my own creativity and I immediately had ideas of how I could use this material both in my Church and throughout Ratio Christi. This is a great resource to encourage Christians and entice those that are not to seek God and know Him to the fullest extent their mind and heart will allow.
Michael C Sherrard
Director of Ratio Christi College Prep
We do The Thinking Series at Northview because it gives us an opportunity to address our culture’s biggest philosophical and religious questions about life. The questions naturally lead into each other and provide opportunity after opportunity to articulate the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Thinking Series is scratching where our culture itches, and does so in order that people may come to know and love the Way, Truth, and Life.
Greg Harris
Director of Local Missions at Northview Community Church
You can use the following trailers to promote the Thinking Series sessions you host. The Thinking Series Trailer is used to promote the entire Series, and rest are used to promote a particular session.
Thinking Series Session 1 Trailer
Thinking Series Session 2 Trailer
Thinking Series Session 3 Trailer
The following posters (8.5″ x 11″) can be used to promote the entire Series or each session as you host it. These PDF files are editable. You can enter the location, date and time at the bottom of the image before you print it. See the example below:
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – General with Questions
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – General
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – Session 1: What Is the Meaning of Life?
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – Session 2: Does God Exist?
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – Session 3: Do All Religions Lead to God?
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – Session 4: Why Is There Evil?
The Thinking Series Promo Poster – Session 5: Is There Life after Death?
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