Tactics for Engagement - Worldview Grades 7-12

The focus of this course is uniquely practical. In short, the focus is on how to communicate one’s Christian convictions in a winsome and persuasive manner. We will also cover how to deal skillfully with challenges to the Christian worldview in the midst of rough-and-tumble, live-action, real world conversations. A wide range of topics and questions and challenges relevant to the Christian worldview will be addressed, but the focus will be on what Greg Koukl labels “tactics.” Students will gain the skills needed to engage with confidence in productive conversations—no matter the topic, no matter the interlocutor—and to embrace challenges without fear or anxiety, and to be able to challenge others’ thinking as well.

While most students won’t go on to use algebra or Latin or chemistry every day in the future (you know the old complaint: “I’ll never use this ever again!”), everyone will use the skills taught in…