Customer Reviews

Ideal for Non-Christians Review by Simon Carter

These study guides are well presented and work very well with the DVD presentations. For those for whom Christianity is totally new, they make starting very easy and non-threatening. For a church, like we are doing, they are too simple and the answers quite obvious - but, then they're not written for us! (Posted on 4/30/10)

Brilliant Review by Dev Menon

Fantastic guide if you are running the course - enough information in the book so that you can edit the talks if you wish as well (Posted on 4/29/10)

Good booklets Review by Peter Campion

We already purchased the Christianity Explored DVD, leaders Handbook and How to run the course book. These booklets are easy to use and have enough information in them to enable guests on the Christianity Explored course to work through the homework and record their own thoughts. An excellent course and the DVD material is great.

Nicely presented and legible. (Posted on 3/26/10)

Great resource Review by Anonymous

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Been used widely in our church and we have found the material really helpful. Rico's presentation is clear and easy to understand and promotes questions a very valuable addition to our Gospel outreach.
(Posted on 2/17/10)

Excellent Materiel Review by Don Olden

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A very good accompaniment to the course. Engaging and informative. (Posted on 1/27/10)

Good content but lacks links between the activities Review by John Pascoe

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The content of each study is helpful and the overall aim of studying Mark's gospel is good, but there is a lack of guidance between the component parts of each study to tell you how they link together. So why do we take a particular incident or event out of the 2-3 chapters that have been studied for homework and make them the focus of the introductory study next week and how does that link into the talk that is given? (Posted on 11/25/09)

Great material; check to make sure it is printed accurately Review by Stan Boelman

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This is sound material and a great way to lead people to think about who Jesus is and why Christianity is nothing apart from having Christ in it. For me, the difference between this and Alpha is the clear presentation of the gospel; nothing fuzzy or leading to some kind of wild weekend with the Holy Spirit. (Posted on 8/14/09)

An excellent course book Review by Graham Edwards

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We have just finished our first Christianity Explored course and have seen a young couple trust the Lord Jesus. What more can I say? (Posted on 7/15/09)

Many good points - but maybe a little too "wordy" for some Review by Sarah

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We have recently used the Christianity Explored course for the first time, and generally have been very impressed. An excellent feature is the way in which it encourages those interested in finding out more about God to read through the whole of Mark's Gospel for themselves during the course. One lady said to us, "I'm really getting in to reading Mark and I didn't expect to. Once I've finished it, I think I'll want to read the rest of the Bible!"

The studies in Discussion 1 are particularly well thought out and provide an excellent lead into the DVD section. The Home Study sections are short and the questions are not difficult to answer, but are still thought-provoking.

Those in our group who committed themselves to working through the study guide definitely benefited from it. However, we are living in a working class community and some of the people who did the course seemed intimidated by the format of the study guides, and so didn't complete them. Maybe a less "wordy" version of the guides could be developed as an alternative (with pictures...)? (Posted on 6/18/09)

Very well presented and fit for purpose. No negatives. Review by Thomas King

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This study guide is excellent. It seems very well thought-out. Good presentation is very important, and this is top quality.
The information contained in it about the validity of Mark's gospel is very good and I have used it many many times in all kinds of contexts.
It leads participants through the book of Mark very clearly and helpfully, with no confusion. The home study sets participants in good stead for the coming session.
(Posted on 5/25/09)