In a world increasingly indifferent to Christian truth, followers of Christ need to be equipped to communicate with those who do not speak their language or accept their source of authority. In the Tactics Video Study, apologist and radio host Greg Koukl demonstrates how to get in the driver’s seat in discussions about faith, keeping any conversation moving with thoughtful, artful tact. Readers will learn how to maneuver comfortably and graciously through potential minefields, stop challengers in their tracks, turn the tables, and most importantly, get people thinking about Jesus with conversations that look more like diplomacy than D-Day.
Drawing on extensive experience defending Christianity in the public square, Koukl demonstrates how to:
- Initiate conversations effortlessly
- Present the truth clearly, cleverly, and persuasively
- Graciously and effectively expose faulty thinking
- Skillfully manage the details of dialogue
- Maintain an engaging, disarming style even under attack
Designed to be used alongside the Tactics Study Guide, the Tactics Video Study provides a game plan for communicating the compelling truth about Christianity with confidence and grace.
The video above presents all material from Session 1: Getting You into the Driver’s Seat: Learning the Columbo Tactic. The eight-session apologetics course includes:
- Getting in the Driver’s Seat: The Columbo Tactic (34 min)
- Refining Columbo (32 min)
- Perfecting Columbo (39 min)
- Suicide: Views That Self-Destruct (42 min)
- Taking the Roof Off (29 min)
- Steamroller (27 min)
- Inside Out (31 min)
- Mini-Tactics (31 min)
Greg Koukl founded Stand to Reason in 1993 and currently serves as President of Stand to Reason. He has spoken on more than 70 college and university campuses both in the U.S. and abroad and has hosted his own call-in radio show for 27 years, advocating for “Christianity worth thinking about.” Greg received his Masters in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology, graduating with high honors, and his Masters in Christian Apologetics with honors from Simon Greenleaf University. He is an adjunct professor in Christian apologetics at Biola University.