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Don't All Religions Lead to God? (Tough Questions)

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This is a great book for leading a group of seekers. It's not going to work for your traditional church small group of Christians, that isn't what it's designed for. It does a great job of asking open questions that give everyone a chance to give their feedback and ownership of the conversation, while at the same time the questions lead towards a conclusion that makes sense with the Gospel. Highly recommended for working with non-Christians.

This is an incredible book - it has the ability to change lives and it is EASY!! I have been working with youth for about 10 years and have never come across something that packs as powerful a punch as this book. I read Garry Poole's book, "Seeker Small Group" this past spring and felt convicted that I needed to do something like what he was talking about. As he said, having been a Christian for many years, the number of adult non-Christians that I know well are very, very few. I continued to mull over his Seeker book and purchased "Don't All Religions Lead to God", just to see what it was all about. That is when it hit me: Youth! I have good repore with youth due to my years as a Sunday school teacher. I have been firmly convicted for several years that youth of today have trouble claiming Christianity as the way to Christ/God/Heaven. I reserved a local coffee shop after hours, sent out a mass text to former students 19 years or older, told them to ask friends, and that's all it took. I had 12 the first time, and between 13 and 15 the next 4 times. They were bringing their friends... Incredible discussion, lots of opinions, I can't say enough good things about this book. I did get the Leaders Guide - you really can't do the study properly without it. The kids didn't want it to end and were asking me if we could do another one when they come home from college at Christmas and also next summer! And trust me, it wasn't because of me - I simply acted as the facilitator.
Way to go Garry Poole - homerun!

Our Methodist Sunday School Class is currently using this book for study. The questions have REALLY inspired alot of discussions, sometimes heated. The bible verses listed at the end of each discussion lead us to continue our study during the week. I have since bought two other TQ books for future studies in our class. However, I bought the leader's guide and was VERY disappointed in it! Glad I got it on Ebay for only a $1!
I would recommend the TQ series for any Sunday School class, no matter the faith.

This book implies that the reader will learn about other religions, but brings few facts or new information to the reader. The content is quite shallow. Our small group is quite disappointed in this selection and would not purchase another from this series.