Books with author Ian McDowell

Like the acclaimed Apologetics Study Bible that has sold 115,000+ copies, the Apologetics Study Bible for Students will anchor younger Christians in the truths of Scripture by equipping them with thoughtful and practical responses for whenever the core issues of their faith and life are challenged. Multiple research studies have shown that spiritual focus often weakens among teenagers as they head into the attention-dividing realm of young adulthood. Up to 66% of them leave church altogether. The Apologetics Study Bible for Students works against that trend by helping this audience begin to better articulate its beliefs. In addition to the complete HCSB text and dozens of articles collected from today’s most popular youth leaders, including general editor Sean McDowell, this new study Bible also includes:• Two-color design-intensive layout on every page for the visual generation• Sixty “Twisted Scriptures” explanations• Fifty “Bones & Dirt” entries (archaeology meets apologetics)• Fifty “Notable Quotes”• Twenty-five “Tactics” against common anti-Christian arguments• Twenty “Personal Stories” of how God has worked in real lives• Twenty “Top Five” lists to help remember key apologetics topics

According to a recent study, 43% of Americans believe all religions teach the same lessons. Is it any wonder our youth today have become confused with the dizzying array of spiritual options before them? In a time like this, what they need is truth. What they need is a GodQuest! Use the Guidebook in conjunction with the GodQuest DVD-based Study: Teen Edition in which dynamic speaker Sean McDowell takes teens on a six-week study to address the topics of God, creation, the Bible, Jesus, pain and suffering, and the path to heaven. The 12- to 17-minute video lessons include biblical teaching, inspiring personal testimonies, dramatic scientific evidence, and guest appearances by Lee Strobel, Josh McDowell, and leading Bible scholars. No matter where your teens are in their spiritual lives, GodQuest can guide them into a stronger, deeper relationship with the one, true God.

The younger generation is fifty percent less likely than older adults to believe the teachings of the Bible. In the GodQuest Teen Edition, Sean McDowell takes teens on a six-week journey to discover answers to difficult questions about faith, spirituality and the nature of a loving creator. Each week includes an eight- to ten-minute video with powerful teaching from Sean, along with personal stories from Christian leaders like Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, Dr. William Lane Craig, Craig Hazen and more!

According to a recent Barna study, 43% of Americans believe that all religions teach the same lessons and all of those religions eventually lead to God and to heaven. Is is any wonder that our society today has become confused with the dizzying array of spiritual options? In a time like this, you need to dig deeper to discover the truth. What you need is a GodQuest! Use the Guidebook in conjunction with the GodQuest DVD-based Study in which dynamic speaker Sean McDowell takes viewers on a six-week study to address the topics of God, creation, the Bible, Jesus, pain and suffering, and the path to heaven. The 12- to 17-minute video lessons include biblical teaching, inspiring personal testimonies, dramatic scientific evidence, and guest appearances by Lee Strobel, Josh McDowell, and leading Bible scholars. No matter where you are in your spiritual life, GodQuest can guide you into a stronger, deeper relationship with the one, true God. GodQuest is designed for individual or group study.

Like the acclaimed Apologetics Study Bible that has sold 115,000+ copies, the Apologetics Study Bible for Students will anchor younger Christians in the truths of Scripture by equipping them with thoughtful and practical responses for whenever the core issues of their faith and life are challenged. Multiple research studies have shown that spiritual focus often weakens among teenagers as they head into the attention-dividing realm of young adulthood. Up to 66% of them leave church altogether. The Apologetics Study Bible for Students works against that trend by helping this audience begin to better articulate its beliefs. In addition to the complete HCSB text and dozens of articles collected from today’s most popular youth leaders, including general editor Sean McDowell, this new study Bible also includes:• Two-color design-intensive layout on every page for the visual generation• Sixty “Twisted Scriptures” explanations• Fifty “Bones & Dirt” entries (archaeology meets apologetics)• Fifty “Notable Quotes”• Twenty-five “Tactics” against common anti-Christian arguments• Twenty “Personal Stories” of how God has worked in real lives• Twenty “Top Five” lists to help remember key apologetics topics

High school and college students are bombarded today with mixed media messages of moral relativism. ethiX: Being Bold in a Whatever World helps young adults better understand how to make Bible-informed ethical decisions on the issues of abortion, homosexuality, marriage and divorce, the morality of war, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, sexuality, and more.