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One of the church’s most popular study programs when it was first released in the late 70’s, Big Christian Ideas by Ronn Kerr has been completely rewritten to reflect modern theological trends and interests. It has been reformated and republished in the popular 13-week study format of First Persons and Disciples and Other Sinners which have become popular as occasional alternate studies for dated Church School programs.

Big Christian Ideas is now completely downloadable, ready for printing on your local inkjet or laser printer as often as you wish and as many copies as you wish.  And, if you lose or damage a file, it can be downloaded again up to three times at no further cost to you.

Big Christian Ideas assumes that all adults and older youth have beliefs about God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Salvation, Sanctification, the Church, Discipleship, Hope and dozens of other ideas and it is designed to help them identify, affirm, understand and classify what they actually believe.

Big Christian Ideas does not teach a particular theological or doctrinal stance and no ideas are identified as denominational or related to any specific group. Further, no ideas are listed as heritical or outside of the mainstream. Instead, it covers the many different ways people have believed about various ideas both historically and today. Often, ideas are shown as absolute opposites just as they are in the real world. The focus is on helping students identify and affirm what they believe, even if their beliefs are radically different from the beliefs of the person sitting next to them.

This is not an easy study but it avoids technical theological language as much as possible and carefully defines theological terms when they are necessary. It is aimed at persons who are theologically curious but not theologically trained.

In the classroom, Big Christian Ideas evokes animated discussion as students compare ideas, contrast their positions and, ultimately, affirm the variety of ideas they share.

The 80-page Student Book comes in two sizes—a 5.5 x 8.5" booklet and an 8.5 x 11" large print document, both with color covers.  The extensive 100-page Leader's Guide and color cover is ready to be printed on 8.5 x 11" paper and distributed to classroom leaders. The Leader’s Guide contains scholarly Biblical background material, leadership suggestions, and creative discussion starters tied to each theme.  It has been written assuming that classroom leaders will not have to use additional resources.

This thirteen-session course is perfect for a Lent or Eastertide study or as a substitute for those quarters when regular dated studies just don’t work.  You can view or download a complete matching chapter from the Student Book and the Leader's Guide by using the links at the top of this page.

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