The Search Begins
9 Episodes
The Search Begins is a new seven-episode video series adapted from the Augustine Institute's award-winning series The Search, hosted by Chris Stefanick. It is designed to enkindle meaningful discussions with teens searching for answers: What is the meaning of my life? Why am I here? Who am I? Is God real?
Modified for teens, The Search Begins invites middle and high school students to consider the deepest questions of the human heart. The series considers death, sorrow, happiness, science, and faith. It features teen commentary and shorter segments to facilitate honest conversations between teens and their youth ministers, parents, teachers, and peers.
The Search Begins emphasizes why a teen should care to ask life’s tough questions and, ultimately, seek an answer to this most important question: Who is Jesus Christ, and how do I respond to his invitation?
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What Do You Seek? | The Search Begins | Episode 1
Episode 1
What do you seek? What does your heart long for? The age-old answer to this question is happiness, but what will make you truly happy? Many people try to satisfy this longing with things like power, money, influence, pleasure, or success... but these things won't satisfy us forever, and we're lef...
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Who Are You? | The Search Begins | Episode 2
Episode 2
To search for the meaning of life, we must first look to ourselves. Who am I? Am I just my body? In this episode, we'll hear from neuroscientists, psychologists, composers, and artists to examine the mystery of you.
Find The Search Begins Leader’s Kit, which includes:
- 10 "What Do You Seek?" t...
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Why A God? | The Search Begins | Episode 3
Episode 3
Some people claim science disproves God, saying the idea of a divine being is outdated and ignorant. Yet, throughout all of human history, people have looked to something beyond themselves to answer life's deepest questions. In this episode, we'll hear from astrophysicists, chemists, Harvard prof...
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What's Our Story | The Search Begins | Episode 4
Episode 4
Your life is part of the incredible love story of God and man told through the Bible. Created, redeemed, and made holy out of his infinite love for us, we long for union with God in this life and the next. In this episode, we explore how your life fits into this intricate story, giving you value ...
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Who Is Jesus? | The Search Begins | Episode 5
Episode 5
The best part of this story is that we can know God's love personally—through the person of Jesus. No one has ever changed the world like Jesus of Nazareth: we measure time by his birth, build churches in every corner of the world to worship him, name cities after his followers. In this episode, ...
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Am I Saved? | The Search Begins | Episode 6
Episode 6
God is so generous and merciful that he enters our messy world to transform us and give us new life. Christ's life, death, and resurrection was the greatest act of sacrificial, saving love in history. In this episode, we explore what it means to be saved. We'll see how our relationship with God i...
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Why A Church? | The Search Begins | Episode 7
Episode 7
We most fully, uniquely encounter the love of God in the Church. The word "church" may bring up varied thoughts and feelings for some of us, including negative experiences. But is the Church more than just the people? Truly, the Church is the family of God where we encounter grace in every part o...
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The Search Begins | Trailer
Episode 8
The Search Begins is a new seven-episode video series adapted from the Augustine Institute's award-winning series The Search, hosted by Chris Stefanick. It is designed to enkindle meaningful discussions with teens searching for answers: What is the meaning of my life? Why am I here? Who am I? Is ...
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Episode 1 | The Search Begins Leader's Video with Jim Beckman
Episode 9
Join Jim Beckman to unpack what The Search Begins is, how to use the Leader’s Guide & Participant Journals, and the why behind this program.
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