We hope you’ll join us for True North, a new series of messages starting Sunday, April 11. Sunday services are offered online and in person at 8:45 (masks required) or 10:45 am (masks optional).
What is ‘True North’ about?
In a world filled with conflicting opinions, how do we know which ones to trust? In the Age of Exploration, sailors had only one trustworthy guide: the North Star. It’s the only star in the visible cosmos that never moves.
What if there are certain truths that act the same way in our lives? What if there are certain truths in God’s design that never change, across time and history? In our True North series, we will study the Bible to understand a Christian worldview, how it answers life’s big questions more completely than any other worldview, and how we can live in light of these truths.
True North Resources
Discover more about developing a biblical worldview with the books, websites, videos and more recommended below. We will continue adding resources throughout the True North series.
PART 3 | Resources for Weeks 9-12: What Went Wrong?
Scroll down to find weekly Study Guides and previous weeks’ resources for the True North series.
WATCH
Week 14 True North Message by Pastor Ben: The MIssion
Week 13 True North Message by Pastor Joel: All Things New
Week 12 True North Message by Pastor Ben: The Plan
Week 11 True North Message by Pastor Steven: After Effects
Week 10 True North Message by Pastor Joel: The Origin of Evil
Week 9 True North Message by Pastor Ben: The Problem
BOOKS
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
- Fallen: A Theology of Sin by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson
VIDEOS | Click title to watch
- What is Sin? (The Bible Project)
- The Satan & Demons (The Bible Project)
- The Effects of the Fall (Answers Bible Curriculum)
- Read Scripture Bible reading plan (The Bible Project)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Article: “Sin: Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be” (Christ on Campus Initiative)
WEEKLY STUDY GUIDES
WEEK 14 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 13 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 12 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 11 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 10 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 9 STUDY GUIDE
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PART 2 | Resources for Weeks 5-8: Who Are You and Why Are You Here?
WATCH
Scroll down to find Weekly Study Guides.
Week 5 True North message by John Stonestreet: Made in the Image of God
Week 6 True North message by Laura Perry: Born This Way? and May 16 Q&A with Laura Perry
Week 7 True North message by Pastor Ben: Why Am I Here?
Week 8 True North message by Pastor Joel: What is Your Purpose?
BOOKS
- The Practical Guide to Culture by John Stonestreet
- The Call: Finding and Fulfilling God’s Purpose for Your Life by Os Guinness
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel by Dr. Christopher Yuan
- From Transgendered to Transformed by Laura Perry
- Embodied: What the Bible Has to Say about Transgenderism and the Church by Preston Sprinkle
VIDEOS | Click title to watch
- Image of God (The Bible Project)
- What Would you Say? Series (Colson Center): Is Being Gay Genetic? with Dr. Christopher Yuan
- Anchored North- Does God Love Trans People? Trans vs. Ex Trans (Anchored North)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Essay about the creation of a pencil (from Pastor Joel, May 30): I, Pencil
- Lead Them Home Organization & Materials
- Focus on the Family Guide: When Transgender Issues Enter Your World
- First Stone Ministries (mentioned by Laura Perry)
- Freedom Fighters – CTR’s ministry for overcoming sex and/or pornography addition. Contact Pastor Peter Leschke at pleschke@christtherock.org.
- Facing Heartbreak – CTR’s ministry to women dealing with the sexual sin of a fiance or husband. Click here for more information.
- The study Pastor Ben referred to in his May 23 (Week 7) message: “Why Marriage is Good For You”
WEEK 8 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 7 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 6 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 5 STUDY GUIDE
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PART 1 | Resources for Weeks 2-4: Where Did Everything Come From?
WATCH
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Week 2 True North message by Pastor Joel: In the Beginning, God
Week 3 True North message by Pastor Ben: God Created
Week 4 True North message by Pastor Joel: The God of Creation
BOOKS
- The Reason for God by Tim Keller
- Darwin’s Doubt by Stephen Meyer
- Seven Days That Divide the World by John Lennox
- The Devil’s Delusion by David Berlinsky
VIDEOS | Click title to watch
- What Would you Say? Series (Colson Center)
“Do you have to choose between religion and science?”
“There is no evidence God exists.”
“The Science is Settled.” - How Does the Biblical Story of Creation and Science Fit Together? (Lennox)
- God’s Not Dead, and Science Proves It (Lennox)
COURSES/TEXTBOOKS | Click for link
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall , Redemption by Mark L. Ward, Jr.
WEEK 4 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 3 STUDY GUIDE
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WEEK 2 STUDY GUIDE
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INTRODUCTION TO TRUE NORTH | Week 1 Resources
WATCH
Week 1: True North message by Pastor Ben: What is Truth?
BOOKS | Click titles for links to more information:
- Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home by Glen Sunshine
- How Now Shall We Live? by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
VIDEOS | Click title to watch
- What is a Christian Worldview? by Dr. Bruce Ashford for TRUELIFE Ministries
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
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WEEK 1 STUDY GUIDE
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