Contemporary Post-Modern Apologetics 202 (New Testament)

Course opens August 1

About this course

Thinking well about Scripture also means being able to answer the hard questions posed in the culture and church today. In this course, Dr. Bass focuses on New Testament controversies that in today’s conversation provoke criticism of the Bible as a reliable source of spiritual, theological, and historical truth. The goal is to expose how scholarly discussions, as well as amateur discussions (those in the media or online environments), misrepresent these biblical controversial topics.

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What you'll learn

After completing this course, you'll be able to:

Identify New Testament controversies that provide contemporary skepticism about the Bible’s veracity.
Discern the basis of skeptical criticism about controversial biblical topics and how to engage the issues honestly.
Deconstruct skeptical conclusions about controversial topics and probe for points of incoherence.
Apply rules for sound thinking to critique skeptical conclusions and formulate coherent alternatives.

Course content

Module 01 | Introducing Modern Academic Jesus Research
Module 02 | Gospel Historicity: The Sources
Module 03 | Are the Gospels Historically Reliable?
Module 04 | Introducing the Synoptic Problem
Module 05 | The Christ Myth and the Historical Jesus
Module 06 | Messianic Hope
Module 07 | Jesus the Messiah and the Messianic Pretenders
Module 08 | High Christology, Part 1: Who do you think you are? God?
Module 09 | High Christology, Part 2: Who is this Son of Man?
Module 10 | The Resurrection, Part 1: The Sources and Bedrock Facts
Module 11 | The Resurrection, Part 2: The Rise of the Nazarenes
Module 12 | The Orthodox Corruption of the New Testament
Module 13 | Searching for the New Testament Canon
Module 14 | Acts 17: Paul's Strategy to Win the Culture
Module 15 | Justin Martyr and the Early Apologists