Different versions of the arrest, trial, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus are depicted in the Gospels. As we compare them, we find differences that the Gospel writers wanted to convey in telling them with a specific purpose, and we see how they fit into the ideas of how Christianity developed and about what Jesus came to do and be. Join Karen and E.J. in this discussion of Lenten themes.

Different versions of the arrest, trial, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus are depicted in the Gospels. As we compare them, we find differences that the Gospel writers wanted to convey in telling them with a specific purpose, and we see how they fit into the ideas of how Christianity developed and about what Jesus came to do and be. Join Karen and E.J. in this discussion of Lenten themes.

Who was Mary Magdalene really? What was her relationship with Jesus? With the apostles? Why has she been depicted as a scandalizing figure in Christianity? The answers to these questions and many more may surprise you. Join us!

Who was Mary Magdalene really? What was her relationship with Jesus? With the apostles? Why has she been depicted as a scandalizing figure in Christianity? The answers to these questions and many more may surprise you. Join us!

Ideas such as hell, purgatory and limbo were developed hundreds of years after Jesus' life. They were not part of Jesus' teaching or Jewish thought but came into Christianity through other doors. Learn what led to their inclusion in Christian cosmology and how to get them out of yours today!

Ideas such as hell, purgatory and limbo were developed hundreds of years after Jesus' life. They were not part of Jesus' teaching or Jewish thought but came into Christianity through other doors. Learn what led to their inclusion in Christian cosmology and how to get them out of yours today!

Where did the notion of the devil come from? How have Christians read into the Hebrew Scriptures a devil that Jews did not know and that Jesus did not teach? Learn where these ideas came from, what WAS meant by the references in the Old and New Testaments and how to see this troubling symbol for what it really is.

Where did the notion of the devil come from? How have Christians read into the Hebrew Scriptures a devil that Jews did not know and that Jesus did not teach? Learn where these ideas came from, what WAS meant by the references in the Old and New Testaments and how to see this troubling symbol for what it really is.

The earliest forms of Christian community can be traced to the Jesus movements that formed after Jesus' death and the Christ cult that developed in the second half of the first century and informed much of Paul's writing. In this program, we will examine how the Book of Revelation is the culmination of this Christ notion that is unique to the early Christian community. Join E.J. and Karen as they explore the implications of this transition—what was gained, what was lost—in our Christian heritage.

The earliest forms of Christian community can be traced to the Jesus movements that formed after Jesus' death and the Christ cult that developed in the second half of the first century and informed much of Paul's writing. In this program, we will examine how the Book of Revelation is the culmination of this Christ notion that is unique to the early Christian community. Join E.J. and Karen as they explore the implications of this transitionwhat was gained, what was lostin our Christian heritage.