Four sessions address the following questions:
- Week 1: What Can History Really Tell Us?
- This session arises from Brown’s assertion that “the winners write history” and therefore competing views are suppressed, so we can’t really know very much about what actually took place long ago. What can history really tell us? How can we be confident that Brown’s most controversial assertions are historically inaccurate?
- Week 2: Can We Trust What the Four Gospels Tell Us About Jesus?
- According to The DaVinci Code, there were 80 gospels contending for the New Testament. How can we be sure that the best biographies of Jesus were included in the canon? Are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John really trustworthy?
- Week 3: Is Jesus the Son of God?
- Brown says Jesus was just a rabbi who wasn’t deified until the fourth century. Did Jesus ever claim to be the unique Son of God? Did he authenticate that claim by rising from the dead? How can we know for sure?
- Week 4: What’s the Role of Women in Christianity?
- Based on Brown’s assertion that Mary Magdalene was supposed to run the church and that the church’s male-dominated hierarchy has suppressed women through history, this session will explore what Jesus and the Bible say about the role of women in Christianity.
