
Take a deep breath. Feel the air enter and exit your lungs.
Now, let me ask you something: before I said that, were you actively thinking about your breathing? Probably not. Yet, you've been doing it all day—at least, I hope you have.
Breathing is essential. You can’t survive without it. But most of the time, you don’t even notice it. It’s usually when you’re out of breath or choking that you suddenly realize just how important it is.
Now, think about a goldfish swimming in a fishbowl. It eats, sleeps, and moves through the water. Water shapes everything it does, yet the fish doesn’t notice it. It only realizes water exists when it’s suddenly out of it.
For a fish, a world without water is drastically different than a world with it. In the same way, a world without the Word—without Christianity—is radically different from a world shaped by it.
Whether we realize it or not, Christianity is like the water to a fish or the air we breathe. Many of the values, institutions, and advancements we take for granted—like modern science, universities, human rights, and justice—exist because of the Christian worldview. But because they’ve always been there, we don’t recognize their connection to Christianity. At this year’s Reality Apologetics Student Conference, we’re pulling back the curtain to show students how Christianity has impacted our world.
Friday, November 7 | |
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4:00pm | Registration Begins |
5:15pm | Doors Open |
6:00pm | Session 1: Framing Reality – What a Worldview Is John Stonestreet |
7:35pm | Break |
8:00pm | Session 2: Forsaking Reality – Why Atheism Fails Greg Koukl |
9:35pm | Wrap Up |
Saturday, November 8 | |
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8:30am | Doors Open |
9:00am | Session 3: Fighting Reality – Why Other Worldviews Fail Jason Jimenez |
10:50am | Break |
11:10am | Breakout Sessions See topics |
12:00pm | Lunch Pre-purchase lunches available. |
12:00pm | Free Parent & Leader Luncheon |
1:10pm | Session 4: Forming Reality – How Christianity Shaped Our World Alan Shlemon, Jon Noyes, Tim Barnett |
2:50pm | Break |
3:10pm | Breakout Sessions See topics |
4:00pm | Break |
4:25pm | Session 5: Finding Reality – Why Christianity Matches Reality J. Warner Wallace |
5:45pm | Closing Thoughts & Dismiss |
BACKPACK POLICY
Because of the size of our facility and the number attending the event, we DO NOT allow backpacks of any kind into the building. This precaution is put in place for the security of all those in and throughout the building. Small purses and small handbags will be acceptable, but we do not allow backpacks into the building. If you have any questions regarding this policy, feel free to reach out to reality@grace.church