Morning Worship
Each morning the summer school will begin with a period of worship followed by a Bible series led by Arun Andrews focusing upon the Beatitudes (part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount).
 
Morning Session 1
This will be followed by a five-part series taught by John Lennox on how Christians should respond to the challenge of the new atheists. John Lennox will be drawing from his own personal experience of debating a number of the world’s leading atheists including Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
 
Morning Session 2
The morning session will conclude with a series on defending the Christian worldview against a number of the major accusations levied against it. For example, how do you go about answering someone who says that the God of the Old Testament is not the same as the God of the New Testament or someone who says that Paul was the true founder of the Christian faith? What would you say to someone who argues there is not enough evidence to believe the New Testament accounts or that there were many other counter gospels, which the church deliberately suppressed? Taught by a number of acknowledged experts, this series will help Christians work past a lot of the popular rhetoric in order to be able to challenge some of the more common misconceptions about Christianity.
 
Afternoon Seminars
In the afternoon delegates will have the choice of attending two of four different seminar “streams”. The first choice is between a series examining the counter claims of other religions and another looking at the challenges facing Christians in the field of education. The former will look at the uniqueness of Christianity compared to other major faiths and the latter will look at many of the challenges, some very topical at the moment, facing teachers who want to try and uphold the Christian message within secular educational establishments.

Afternoon Session
After this, delegates will be able to choose between a series on “conversational apologetics” and another looking at the lives of some of the great Christian thinkers. The former will provide an introduction on how to communicate the gospel more effectively to those who have questions or objections about the gospel message and the latter will focus upon the lives of a number of great historical figures who have had a hand in influencing many other Christians throughout their lives.
 
Evening Question & Answers Session
The day will conclude with an evening “On the Spot” session where delegates will have the opportunity to ask the speaking team any questions that they like.
 
The week also includes a guided walking tour of Oxford, as well as two special evening events. There is also a period of free time in the afternoon for further sightseeing or resting.
 
During the week, some of the speaking team will be available to meet and to discuss any relevant issues with individual delegates.