The Apologetic Life: Consistent Living, Credible Witness

The Summer Institute is an in-depth week of study conducted by RZIM speakers and multiple adjunct lecturers. The week is a series of five sessions broken out by topic/emphasis, as well as daily corporate worship and devotions.

Listen to a session from last year's Summer Insitute, "Is Religion Necessary? Q & A" by Stuart McAllister

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Held on Wheaton Colleges, campus (Wheaton, IL), it aims to address the most pressing needs of the church in America today. It also provides an answer to the oft stated request for an in-depth training program within the United States. Capacity is limited to ~150 attendees.

Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois
June 14-19, 2009

The Irish evangelist Gypsy Smith once made the statement, “There are five Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Christian, and some people will never read the first four.”  As Christians, ours is the sacred task of bearing witness, not just with our words but with the whole of our lives.  Embodying our faith in today’s culture, we live as testimony of the story God has written and is writing.  It is daunting to realize that our lives speak as loudly, or more loudly, than our words.

We might desire a quick fix – some easily learned one-size-fits-all, 1-2-3 apologetics that get the message across, clear and simple.  Yet we all know that there is much more to being an effective apologist than memorizing all the right answers or reading the right books.  There is a life and faith that must undergird any argument and, a sensitivity to the world that allows for discernment in difficult situations.  And these come with time and effort.  Our goal for the 2009 Summer Institute is to encourage, equip and inspire the participants to embrace the full meaning and implications of truly living an apologetic life.