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LOCAL EVENT: Conversational Apologetics – A Six-Week Course (Chicago) 7:00PM CT

Park Community Church - Near North, 1001 N Crosby St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
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Register 2026-08-26 19:00 2026-08-26 20:30 America/New_York LOCAL EVENT: Conversational Apologetics – A Six-Week Course (Chicago) 7:00PM CT

Join Dr. Peter J. Williams, one of the world’s foremost biblical scholars and an internationally respected expert on the Gospels, as he examines what Jesus actually said, how his first-century audience understood him, and why his identity remains the defining question of the Christian faith.

 Park Community Church - Near North, 1001 N Crosby St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA kj@cslewisinstitute.org

CSLI-Chicago presents

 Conversational Apologetics 

with Karl "KJ" Johnson

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation about faith and wish you knew what to say?

What if you could learn to engage questions about Christianity with confidence—not by winning arguments, but by listening well, asking good questions, and offering thoughtful reasons for hope?

Conversational Apologetics is a six-week course designed to help you become more confident and competent when conversations about faith arise naturally.

Through interactive teaching and practical exercises, you'll learn how to articulate, defend, and share your faith in ways that are gracious, compelling, and conversational. Whether you're already comfortable talking about Christianity or tend to freeze when someone asks a difficult question, this course will equip you with practical tools and the confidence to put them into practice—all while depending on the Holy Spirit to guide your conversations.

Join us at Park Community Church and discover how ordinary conversations can become extraordinary opportunities to share the hope of Christ.

Date: Six consecutive Thursday nights beginning on October 8, 2026 (Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 5, 12)
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm CT
Location: Park Community Church (Near North) 1001 N. Crosby St. Chicago, IL 60610
Cost: $15/person + $2.85 Fee = $17.85/person

Karl “KJ” Johnson

CSLI City Director, Chicago

Karl "KJ" Johnson, Lt.Col., USMC (Ret.) is the Director of the C.S. Lewis Institute in Chicago where he oversees programs that foster the discipleship of heart and mind. He’s been a C.S. Lewis Fellow since 2008 and holds a Masters in Military Studies (Marine Corps University) and two Masters of Arts from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion). KJ retired after 20 years in the Marine Corps where he served as a helicopter pilot, operations officer, and weapons and tactics instructor. He’s a veteran of numerous deployments as well as multiple humanitarian assistance/disaster relief missions—most notably Operation Unified Assistance (2004 tsunami) where he served as the Air Mission Commander for former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton.

 

The Schedule

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Session