(You may want to use this lesson as the final, summary lesson in a series, after having looked at several…
For the Love of God is a documentary that confronts the worst that Christians have done, and traces the origins of Western values like human rights, charity, and non-violence back to the influence of Jesus.
These resources, produced in partnership with several teachers, contain suggested activities for use in high-school classrooms, based on one or more of the documentary's segments. If you would like to do a series on For the Love of God in your classroom, click here for a suggested ten-week plan.
(You may want to use this lesson as the final, summary lesson in a series, after having looked at several…
This segment comes from Episode 1: War + Peace. From Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” to the idea of…
This segment comes from Episode 1: War + Peace. From Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” to the idea of…
This segment comes from Episode 3: Rich + Poor. From decadent medieval popes to modern televangelists with private jets, religion…
This segment comes from Episode 4: Power + Humility. The church’s record of holding power – from Emperor Constantine in…
This segment comes from Episode 4: Power + Humility. The church’s record of holding power – from Emperor Constantine in…
Dr Darrell Bock is Executive Director of Cultural Engagement and Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the author of over 40 books, including notable commentaries on the biblical books of Luke and Acts, and several works looking at the historical Jesus. He often speaks in the media on topics related to the New Testament and Christianity in contemporary society.
In this video series, he answers seven commonly-asked questions about the most-read book of all time.
Part I of Bites on the Bible with Darrell Bock.
Part III of Bites on the Bible with Darrell Bock.
Part IV of Bites on the Bible with Darrell Bock.
These resources contain suggested activities for use in high-school classrooms, based on videos and articles from the CPX online library. The resources aim to help students explore important questions to do with the Christian faith, such as whether the Bible is reliable, the relationship between science and Christianity, and how the human experience of suffering fits in with the Christian notion of a good God. More resources will be released over the coming months.
Whilst we cannot ‘prove’ the existence of God, there are many good reasons, both rational and emotional, for belief in…
We have many good reasons to trust the Biblical accounts of Jesus (that is, the four gospels) as historically reliable…
There are good reasons to trust that Jesus’ resurrection was an historical event, and therefore it is worth considering whether…
There are aspects of scientific study that resonate with belief in the God, such as the laws of science and…
The problem of pain and suffering in the world does pose a challenge to belief in an all-good, all-powerful God.…
There are a range of views within Christianity by people who take the Bible seriously with regards to the early…
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