More Than A Carpenter - Schedules for Old and New Books
More Than a Carpenter was revised in 2009 with the help of Josh McDowell's son Sean. There are two added chapters (My Story, which is Josh McDowell's testimony, and The Challenge of the New Atheism). Also some material has been added to expand a couple of the chapters with updated content. You may use whichever book you prefer, both are very good. The revised book is a little longer, but still very manageable as the weekly assignments are about the same. The old book had more weeks with no reading assigned from this book; the newer book has fewer weeks with no reading. Here is a schedule for the original book, and the revised book
More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell (old copy)
Week 1: Preface
Week 2: ch 1, What Makes Jesus So Different? first third
Week 3: ch 1, What Makes Jesus So Different? middle third
Week 4: ch 1, What Makes Jesus So Different? last third
Week 5: none
Week 6: none
Week 7: ch 2, Lord, Liar, or Lunatic? first half
Week 8: ch 2, Lord, Liar, or Lunatic? second half
Week 9: none
Week 10: none
Week 11: ch 3 What About Science?
Week 12: none
Week 13: ch 4, Are the Bible Records Reliable? first third
Week 14: ch 4, Are the Bible Records Reliable? middle third
Week 15: ch 4, Are the Bible Records Reliable? last third
Week 16: none
Week 17: none
Week 18: ch 5, Who Would Die for a Lie? first half
Week 19: ch 5, Who Would Die for a Lie? second half
Week 20: none
Week 21: ch 6 What Good is a Dead Messiah?
Week 22: none
Week 23: ch 7, Did You Hear What Happened to Saul? first half
Week 24: ch 7, Did You Hear What Happened to Saul? second half
Week 25: none
Week 26: ch 8, Can You Keep a Good Man Down? first half
Week 27: ch 8, Can You Keep a Good Man Down? second half
Week 28: none
Week 29: ch 9, Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up? first half
Week 30: ch 9, Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up? second half
Week 31: none
Week 32: ch 10, Isn't There Some Other Way?
Week 33: none
Week 34: ch 11, He Changed My Life first half
Week 35: ch 11, He Changed My Life second half
Week 36: none
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More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell, 2009 revised edition
Week 1: Preface
Week 2: ch 1, My Story first half
Week 3: ch 1, My Story second half
Week 4: ch 2, What Makes Jesus So Different? first quarter
Week 5: ch 2, What Makes Jesus So Different? second quarter
Week 6: ch 2, What Makes Jesus So Different? third quarter
Week 7: ch 2, What Makes Jesus So Different? last quarter
Week 8: ch 3, Lord, Liar, or Lunatic first third
Week 9: ch 3, Lord, Liar, or Lunatic? second third
Week 10: ch 3, Lord, Liar, or Lunatic? last third
Week 11: ch 4 What About Science?
Week 12: none
Week 13: ch 5, The Challenge of the New Atheism first quarter
Week 14: ch 5, The Challenge of the New Atheism second quarter
Week 15: ch 5, The Challenge of the New Atheism third quarter
Week 16: ch 5, The Challenge of the New Atheism last quarter
Week 17: ch 6, Are the Bible Records Reliable? first fifth
Week 18: ch 6, Are the Bible Records Reliable? second fifth
Week 19: ch 6, Are the Bible Records Reliable? third fifth
Week 20: ch 6, Are the Bible Records Reliable? fourth fifth
Week 21: ch 6, Are the Bible Records Reliable? last fifth
Week 22: ch 7, Who Would Die for a Lie? first third
Week 23: ch 7, Who Would Die for a Lie? middle third
Week 24: ch 7, Who Would Die for a Lie? last third
Week 25: ch 8 What Good is a Dead Messiah?
Week 26: ch 9, Did You Hear What Happened to Saul? first half
Week 27: ch 9, Did You Hear What Happened to Saul? second half
Week 28: ch 10, Can You Keep a Good Man Down? first third
Week 29: ch 10, Can You Keep a Good Man Down? middle third
Week 30: ch 10, Can You Keep a Good Man Down? last third
Week 31: ch 11, Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up? first half
Week 32: ch 11, Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up? second half
Week 33: ch 12 Isn't There Some Other Way?
Week 34: ch 13, He Changed My Life first half
Week 35: ch 13, He Changed My Life second half
Week 36: none